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redshirt junior (Dukan) ― a guy who hasn't played a
whole lot in his career ― and a true freshman (Koe-
nig), I don't think many people would have believed
you."
Not many would have believed that Kentucky
could hold Kaminsky to eight points, either; not af-
ter Kaminsky had 28 against Arizona; not after he
was averaging 18.5 in four NCAA tournament games
overall. Kaminsky took just seven shots Saturday
versus the 20 that he attempted in the Elite Eight.
Kentucky's precocious freshman Aaron Harrison
took one more shot than Kaminsky and it turned out
be the fatal one for the Badgers. Harrison has now
accounted for three game-winners in the tourna-
ment. He had not even attempted a 3-pointer prior
to his dagger with 5.6 seconds left Saturday.
"I felt he was going to try and make a play, that's
for sure," Gasser said. "Obviously, I didn't know what
he was going to do. He hadn't looked to pull (shoot a
3) all game. I was kind of more concerned with the
drive. I still thought I contested it decently. He just
made a better play."
In UW's win over Michigan State in February, Jack-
son made the play by hitting a game-winning step-
back jumper on the left wing over the Spartans' best
defender, Gary Harris, with 2.8 seconds left. He con-
verted on three game-winning or game-tying shots
in the final minute last season.
At the end of regulation against Arizona, Jackson
had almost the identical shot that he had against
Michigan State ― a step-back jumper from the left
wing. But he came up short over the outstretched
hand of Aaron Gordon. His last-second shot against
Kentucky's Aaron Harrison was long.
"IT'S BITTERSWEET RIGHT NOW," GARD
SAID. "IT WAS A HECKUVA RIDE; WE JUST
GOT THROWN OFF THE RIDE A LITTLE TOO
SOON. IT TAKES A LOT TO GET TO THIS
POINT. IT'S A LONG, LONG JOURNEY."
"I still thought I contested it decently," Gasser said of Aaron
Harrison's game-winning shot. "He just made a better play."
