Xavier is headed to the Elite Eight after knocking off West Viriginia 79-75 in overtime.  The Musketeers got off to a torrid start and led 28-10 with nine minutes to go in the first half. However, West Virginia would take their first lead with 9:45 to go in the second half and from there it would be a nail-biter (8 lead changes).

Josh Duncan turned in a performance of his life scoring 26 points and grabbing five boards while shooting 9-for-10 from the free throw line. The most amazing part of the night though was the fact he didn't foul out despite picking up his fourth infraction at the 10:45-mark.

"I just tried to play aggressive," Duncan said in his post-game press conference. "You know, take what the defense gave me. We did a good job of playing team ball. We didn't break down in tough situations."

West Virginia's big man Joe Alexander was not as fortunate as he fouled early during the overtime period, though he did last to overtime and scored the game-tying bucket to force the extra frame as part of an 18-point, 10-rebound effort.

"We tried to kind of take advantage of some of mismatches we thought we had," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "We were just too stagnant, stood around too much."

Free throws played a big part in this game though. Alexander missed a pivitol one on to convert a three-point play at the end of regulation and the team followed suit in overtime by only connecting on two of six attempts from the charity stripe. Xavier only shot 57% from the line themselves, but they hit them when it counted most.

Duncan may have had the best numbers on the night, but B.J. Raymond hit the money shots.  Raymond, who had made only one field goal all night, hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to put the Musketeers ahead 75-74 with 1:18 to play. He then shook loose on an inbounds play, took a crosscourt pass and made a 3 with the shot clock expiring with 30 seconds to go for a 78-74 lead.

Xavier point guard Drew Lavender also had a key three in overtime, but failed to deliver throughout much of the game. He finished with 9 points on 3 of 11 shooting.

The win gives Xavier its first-ever 30-win season and sends them to the Elite Eight and a showdown with top-seeded UCLA on Saturday.

Last second losses.  Crappy missed calls.  Crappy made calls.  Lucky half-court bombs. 

We as sport fans have all been crushed by the moments listed above.  So with The Madness picking back up tonight, I thought it was a perfect time to break out the heatbreak moments.  Or as I like to call them, the Grrrrrr moments.  Those moments as a sports fan where everytime someone mentions it, or you see a replay, you get so enraged all over again that you can't talk rationally.  You simply must excuse yourself, walk out of the room and let out a long, primal Grrrrrr.

My stepfather's is the NCAA Championship game in 1983.  My pops was a diehard Houston Cougars fan and Phi Slamma Jamma was the bomb.  How could it not be?  With potential NBA legends like Clyde "The Glide" Drexler and Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon on the same team.  Mix in All-American Michael Young and a highly underrated Larry Micheaux and you had a dominant team that rolled to 31-2 record in the 1982-83 season. 

But in the championship game they were done by a North Carolina State Wolfpack team that most said weren't even in Phi Slamma Jamma's class.  Lorenzo Neal grabbed an airball above the rim and dropped it in the hole as time expired for an 54-52 victory.  To this day, my stepfather, and anyone else from Houston at the time, will come completely unglued when that moment is shown.  They still believe that Neal's shot was goaltending.  They still believe they got jobbed.

Mine is burned in my mind as well.  September 21, 1999.  Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium.  University of Texas at Austin campus.  I was a junior at the 40-acres and we had Notre Dame in our house.  This was when Notre Dame was still good.  They came in ranked 9th in the nation.  Texas had begun to come back to college football powerhouse status being ranked #6 in the nation.

I bought tickets for me and my brother.  Had a fired up (hint:  liquor was involved) weekend.  Campus was buzzing like it hadn't been since I had been at school.  

The game went according to plan for us Longhorn faithful.  Pre-dope smoking Ricky Williams had over 100 yds. rushing and a touchdown.  The Godfather of Soul at QB, James Brown, was having a solid day, throwing for 178 yds, a TD and limiting his mistakes to only one interception.  With 2:54 left to play, the game was tied at 24.  The Irish drive the length of the field and get into field goal position.  The trot out PK Sanson (sorry, never knew his first name; don't care to know it now) and he buries the 39-yarder as time expires.  But adding insult to injury, the ball went over the protection net and proceeded to land right in the row directly in front where my brother and I were sitting.

I could've caught the damn ball as it bounced off the bleachers if I had cared to. 

It was like the whole Notre Dame team took a shank to my heart and then turned it for good meausure.  I'm actually surprised I was able to make sense long enough to write this out.  But having to relive it again?  Excuse me.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Let us know your best Grrrrrrr moment.  And I hope that a buzzer beater doesn't set the dagger in your hearts tonight as you watch The Madness all this weekend.

It seems that Tiger Woods like the rest of the golfing community don't like to have any noise during their tee shots.  Poor baby.  This is just one of the many reasons why I don't consider golf a sport.  The rest would include.

1.  If you don't run it isn't a sport.  Walking to your ball doesn't take much talent.

2.  If you don't carry your own equipment it isn't a sport.  How pathetic is it for a grown man or woman not to be able to carry their clubs but some poor caddy can?

3.  If you can be drunk and outplay your opponents it isn't a sport.  See John Daly.

4.  If everyone has to be quiet when you hit the ball it isn't a sport.  If you are a true athlete then suck it up and deal with the noise like every other sport has too.

5.  If you don't allow blacks or women on certain courses it isn't a sport.

6.  If you have to cuss out a photographer and threaten to break his neck for snapping your picture during your back swing it isn't a sport.  See Tiger Woods.

7.  If you have guys named Fuzzy and Tiger it isn't a sport it is a cartoon.