West Virginia player takes a missile of a pass directly to the face

Published Mar. 16, 2017 4:46 p.m. ET

Chris Bahr

West Virginia’s Elijah Macon is the front-runner for the most painful moment of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Lucky him, huh?

The Mountaineers forward was playing tremendous defense – he had trapped Bucknell guard Avi Toomer in the corner – but he had no defense for what happened next. Desperate to unload the ball before stepping out of bounds, Toomer inadvertently fired the ball right into Macon’s face.

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Ouch. Chances are, you’ll see this clip again in a few weeks during “One Shining Moment” – even if that isn’t how Macon would classify it.