COLUMBIA, S.C. (97.1 The Ticket) -- One of the most anticipated matchups of the NCAA Tournament's first weekend started with exactly what everyone has been waiting for -- a meeting between UCF's Tacko Fall and Duke's Zion Williamson.
Well, sort of.
Many folks have hyped up the possibility of Williamson, the sport's most explosive and dominant player this season, trying to dunk on Fall, the sport's tallest player. Fall said he wouldn't let it happen.
Instead, we were given the reverse of that on the game's very first possession.
Fall worked in the post against Javin DeLaurier to put up the game's first shot. While DeLaurier was able to alter it, there was no stopping what happened next. Fall towered over everyone and grabbed the rebound and promptly slammed it home with one hand, as Williamson stepped slightly out of the way and looked up in amazement.
As you could imagine, Twitter exploded.
Fall, at least for now, held true on his claim he would not let Williamson bully him around in the paint.
This has to be one of the most intriguing individual matchups we've ever been blessed with in the NCAA Tournament.
