Nate Robinson then fouled Andray Blatche, who had missed a free throw only moments earlier.
The determining factor: If Allen, the 55-year-old cofounder of Microsoft, could sink a free throw, the players could relax.
Ohio State guard Aaron Craft made a free throw with two seconds left to cut Kansas' lead to two.
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When Reddic added a free throw with 12:05 to play, it was 60-40 and VCU cruised to the finish.
Morgan Tuck missed a free throw late in the first overtime that could have given the Huskies a four-point lead.
Watson hit a free throw that made it 105-95 and added a floater off the glass that made it 107-98.
The lead stretched to 70-58 when Conley hit a free throw following 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions by Pondexter and Tayshaun Prince.
After Donohoe made a free throw for Oklahoma State, Kendra Suttles had a steal that led to a layup by Bias.
Cousins followed with a free throw and a long jumper, and Evans added a layup to slice the Lakers' lead to two.
Deng nailed a 3-pointer, and Robinson hit a free throw after J.
But the Irish finished the second OT on a 6-1 run to tie the game at 81 after Mosqueda-Lewis missed a free throw.
Creighton didn't get a point from someone other than Fujan until Alyssa Kamphaus made a free throw with 6:46 left in the first half.
Reddic hit a free throw, and Daniels scored on a layup before making three 3-pointers in the span of a minute to make it 59-40.
Lopez hit a free throw and Williams followed with a jumper, but DeRozan made a 3 from the wing with 2:42 remaining, giving the Raptors an 86-78 lead.
He converted a jump hook, then grabbed the rebound and scored with 19 seconds left after Carlos Boozer made a free throw and missed the second, making it 140-134.
Michael Carter-Williams hit a 3-pointer with 1 second left to pull the Orange within 73-71, but Vander Blue hit a free throw with two-tenths of a second to go.
He scored on a jump hook, then grabbed the rebound and scored with 19 seconds left after Carlos Boozer made a free throw and missed the second, making it 140-134.
Alexander, who matched her career high with 34 points in the second round, became the first Syracuse player to reach 2, 000 points when she hit a free throw with 1:40 left.
Hairston hit a free throw on North Carolina's next possession to cut it to 67-62, but Plumlee countered with two free throws with 30.3 seconds left to make it a three-possession game.
Ariel Braker started it with a free throw, then Jewell Loyd muscled in a basket inside and nearly a minute later added a pair of free throws to give the Irish an 87-83 lead.
Iona led 94-91 with 3 seconds left in the first overtime after a free throw by Tre Bowman, but Lewis launched a shot from well beyond halfcourt to beat the buzzer with a tying 3-pointer.
Lopez converted a three-point play, and after a free throw by Jimmy Butler, Wallace nailed a 3-pointer, then came up with a steal and dunk to give the Nets a 103-91 advantage with 2 minutes to go.
After Roy Hibbert opened the overtime with a free throw, the Nets went on a 9-2 run to make it 85-79 with 45.2 seconds to go, and Johnson closed out the win by making four straight free throws.
Playing on the same court that the Notre Dame men's team beat Louisville 104-101 in five overtimes back in February, the Irish didn't lead in overtime until Kaila Turner hit a free throw early in the third to put the Notre Dame ahead 82-81.
In one game at the Carrier Dome, an orange nearly hit Ewing while he was attempting a free throw, prompting Boeheim to grab a microphone and tell the huge home crowd he would forfeit the game outright if conduct like that ever happened again.
While waiting for an inbounds pass (19.8 seconds), Wolverines center Mitch McGary crumbled to the floor, sending the referees to the monitor to review what had happened (4 minutes, 31.9 seconds) before they finally gave McGary a free throw (30.9 seconds) because, as it turns out, Kansas guard Elijah Johnson had hit him below the belt.
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After a Deng free throw, Adam Hanga hit a three to tie the game 64-64 with 1:26 remaining.
Seven out of 10 is sublime for a baseball slugger but lousy for a free-throw shooter.
It went in, the Shockers were ahead 70-65 and the rest of the game was a free-throw-shooting contest.
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