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Before the game, Capaci said, Banks had officials ask the Champion Baptist coach if he would mind doing away with the long media timeouts that stop play four times per half.
Capaci didn’t want to do that, telling officials those timeouts benefit his players, who can use all the rest they can get against bigger, more athletic Division I teams.
“Maybe that is what fueled something,” Capaci said. “I have no idea. I’ve never been asked to play without media timeouts in a Division I game, and I’ve played in a lot of them. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it.”
By “it,” Capaci means Southern’s press. Southern pressed its way to a 44-0 lead -- which set the national record for a game-opening run -- and didn’t stop. When Champion finally hit a free throw to make it 44-1, the Southern crowd cheered.
Banks says he hadn’t realized how lopsided the game was.
“I looked at the scoreboard,” Banks said, “I turned around and asked my assistant, ‘Is that the right score?’ I think it was 44-1 at that point. I really wasn’t aware.”
Capaci was.
“When you’re down 44-0 and you’re still facing a full-court press, it’s demoralizing,” he said. “We still continued to do our best and did not react outwardly to that situation.”
