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Color from the scene at Thomas & Mack Center: We have a wire job! Rebels win, and Louie Armstrong sings!
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 | 12:30 p.m.
Updated at 3:05 pm.: The final sequence has Chase Stanback missing the front end of a one-and-one, but teammate Justin Hawkins pulling in the rebound and drawing a foul. He makes the first but misses the second, and the Aztecs rebound with 10 seconds left and a chance to tie it at 65 or win it. But Hawkins makes an open-court steal from Aztec guard Xavier Thames, the buzzer blares and the Rebels escape with a 65-63 victory. The crowd, exhausted, files out, as Louie Armstrong sings, "What a Wonderful World." And that is a fitting conclusion. What a ballgame.
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