In many ways, the culmination of the Male University Basketball Championship of the NCAA managed to perfectly capture the essence of the intrepid leader of the Florida Gators, Walter Clayton Jr.
Over time running, the senior guard saw how the snipers of the Houston Cours Emmanuel Sharp (the name is casual) caught a pass at the top of the key and prepared for a potential winner of the game three.
Clayton, alone in the paint, ran to the top of the key, jumped high in the air and managed to affect the vision of Sharp of the ring so severely that the Guard of the Couchars tried to land without firing the ball, which would constitute a travel rape “up and down” from “up and down” and an automatic turnover.
Instead, Sharp dropped the ball, a fight occurred, and the Florida Gators sealed their third championship when time expired, leaving fans of the stunned Couchars and the Gators and their fans base exploding in Euphoria.
But it is what Clayton Jr. did then served as a reminder that there is truth in that old adage, “it is not whether you want or lose, that’s how you play.”
He approached Sharp, who was kneeling on hard wood, his hands buried in his face and placed his arm on his opponent’s back. He offered some words of breath and gave him a hug, literally just moments after the game ended.
The sports show caused an immediate reaction from fans throughout the country.
“This is what sports are around 100,” NCAA published in X.
A user writing in the thread, “Class act! [The] Houston Couars was worthy of opponents and deserved respect and empathy! See GATORS! “
Another person published: “Showing a lot of Walter Clayton Jr.” class, since dozens of others commented what they saw as an example of “great sportsmanship.”
The backon history for Clayton could help explain the mentality behind its moving action.
A very wanted four -star recruitment in football, Clayton received offers of blue chips programs such as Notre Dame, Florida State, Georgia, Nebraska and even Florida, according to USA Today.
But Clayton Jr. wanted to play basketball, and elite programs were not interested. So he realized a low profile, Iona program, then led by coach Rick Pitino, and used three years of game time there to exhibit his basketball bonuses.
Originally from the Orlando area, the next stop for the box office was Gainesville and the University of Florida, where its star really shone.
But Clayton Jr.’s commitment to the team, and the group about himself, is a feature that seems to have endured during his basketball trip.
And Monday night, he also talked a lot about his DNA on the court and empathy, for all competition players, whether they share their shirt or not.
“The feeling is simply surreal, it is a crazy sensation, sincerely, I can’t even explain it,” said Clayton Jr. when asked about how he felt a national championship.
“And we all understand that we are all picking ourselves throughout the year,” he continued. “I think the way we win … It is just a sign of exclamation in the year, and it is great to win like this, knowing the fact that we are only a brotherhood, together.”
In San Antonio, the power of the Brotherhood was in full exhibition.
