March Madness 2026: St. John’s heads to Sweet 16 on Dylan Darling’s historic buzzer-beater

St. John’s is going to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999 thanks to the newest ‘Darling’ of March Madness.

After squandering a 14-point lead with eight minutes to go, the Red Storm knocked off Kansas 67-65 on a lay-up from guard Dylan Darling, who hadn’t scored a point all game and had his previous four shot attempts all come from three-point range.

The backstory to this final possession is one not often seen in men’s college basketball. With 13 seconds left, Kansas phenom Darryn Peterson sunk two free throws to give the Jayhawks their first tie since it was 6-6 early in the first half. Kansas had only

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