1.   Balls clanged off the front of the rim, bounced high and wide off the back, and one attempt by Keith Askins missed the rim altogether.

2.   A video replay of the speech, however, shows that the swish was the sound of a jump shot missing the rim altogether.

3.   Disaster struck Kaiser as he missed the rim entirely on both shots and the boisterous Samford contingent, which stood for the entire first half, groaned.

4.   Nearly every shot that went up came down off the side, back or missed the rim entirely.

5.   Yet the trend of the night was missing the rim, and everyone in green did that.