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2024-2025 College Basketball General Discussion

Did he take three steps before that game-winner?
I think so yes, but it was cool and didn’t impact my team so play on.

Did Derik Queen travel? Evidence, experts split on Maryland's thrilling buzzer-beater vs. Colorado State

An investigative look at Queen's last-second shot, and whether it should have been called off, with input from CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore​

Maryland freshman star Derik Queen saved the day Sunday for his team with a buzzer-beating bank shot from just outside the painted area to lift Maryland past Colorado State and into the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. But one of the key pieces of the Terps' "Crab Five" might have done some crab-walking to do it.

Queen gathered the inbounds play with 3.7 seconds remaining and went into attack mode from the top of the key. He took two dribbles, gathered and launched into the air off his right foot while fading left, hanging just long enough in mid-air to get a shot that smooched the glass and went in.



The shot fell, the horn sounded, and the game ended: Maryland 72, Colorado State 71.

If only it were that so simple. A closer inspection of the play reveals Queen may have traveled on the play as he attacked the basket. It was not called.

Current NCAA rules allow a gather and two steps. A slow motion view of a separate angle, posted by March Madness and slowed down by me, shows he clearly gathered and subsequently took three steps.
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Did Derik Queen travel? Evidence, experts split on Maryland's thrilling buzzer-beater vs. Colorado State

An investigative look at Queen's last-second shot, and whether it should have been called off, with input from CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore​

Maryland freshman star Derik Queen saved the day Sunday for his team with a buzzer-beating bank shot from just outside the painted area to lift Maryland past Colorado State and into the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. But one of the key pieces of the Terps' "Crab Five" might have done some crab-walking to do it.

Queen gathered the inbounds play with 3.7 seconds remaining and went into attack mode from the top of the key. He took two dribbles, gathered and launched into the air off his right foot while fading left, hanging just long enough in mid-air to get a shot that smooched the glass and went in.



The shot fell, the horn sounded, and the game ended: Maryland 72, Colorado State 71.

If only it were that so simple. A closer inspection of the play reveals Queen may have traveled on the play as he attacked the basket. It was not called.

Current NCAA rules allow a gather and two steps. A slow motion view of a separate angle, posted by March Madness and slowed down by me, shows he clearly gathered and subsequently took three steps.
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Where he picked up his dribble and where it left his hand, I counted 4 steps
 
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