ACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There would be no compelling reason to leave the exercise center lights on back in Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday night.
As has moved toward becoming piece of the legend of Fletcher Magee, at whatever point he gets back home after what he felt was a poor act in an amusement, he makes a beeline for the rec center to attempt to show signs of improvement while frustration is still new in his brain.
It doesn't make a difference how tired he is or how late it is. They leave the lights on in the Wofford rec center for Magee, the 3-point shooting wonder who will invest hours in there independent from anyone else shooting, in some cases until 2 toward the beginning of the day, endeavoring to consummate what is a blemished specialty — notwithstanding for a standout amongst the most productive 3-point shooters in NCAA history.
Had Saturday night's 62-56 Wofford misfortune to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament second round come before in the season, Magee — after the 377-mile drive from here to Spartanburg that takes about 5¹/₂ hours — might have pulled a dusk 'til dawn affair in that Wofford exercise center. He may have been in there for the remainder of the end of the week.
Since Magee endured the most nightmarish execution of his university profession Saturday, shooting only 4-for-17 from the field and — most incredibly — 0-for-12 from 3-point go. He completed with eight of the calmest focuses you'll ever observe.
This came two evenings after Magee set the NCAA record for most vocation 3-pointers — going 7-of-12 from long separation in a first-round win over Seton Hall, a success that happened to be Wofford's first-ever NCAA Tournament triumph in its fifth outing to the Big Dance,