Cards signing:
ASU’s season ends on putback by Texas’ Ridley as time expires
Former New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie becomes the newest Arizona Cardinal. He is signed to a one-year deal to bolster the defensive secondary.
MILWAUKEE — Arizona State all season struggled with rebounding. On Thursday night, in its first NCAA Tournament game in five years, its season ended on one.
Texas center Cameron Ridley put back a miss just before the buzzer, giving the seventh-seeded Longhorns a thrilling 87-85 win over the No. 10 Sun Devils in second-round action of the Midwest Region. Officials reviewed the play, but it stood, ending ASU’s season.
“In March, every game is pretty much decided by one possession, and that one possession didn’t fall our way,” sophomore point guard Jahii Carson said.
ASU junior forward Jonathan Gilling made two free throws with 16 seconds left, tying the score. The Sun Devils dug in defensively and forced Texas forward Jonathan Holmes to fire up a contested 3-pointer with three seconds to go.
It missed badly, but Ridley scooped up the re-
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