But the possession arrow showed it was Syracuse's turn to have the ball.
A jump ball was called, and the possession arrow was pointing in the Providence direction.
"I knew they had the possession arrow and they would get the ball on a jump," said Grzcsk.
Several players from both teams tied the ball up, but the possession arrow - and the final shot - belonged to Manhattan.
This uses a possession arrow on the scorekeeper's table.
At the start of each quarter the team who has the possession arrow pointing towards their hoop gets the ball.
A few years ago, the possession arrow was removed from the questionnaire.
If a jump ball had been called, the possession arrow would gone the Tigers' way.
The possession arrow will be turned off and is not in use.
Jump balls were used instead of the alternating possession arrow because of an experimental rule.