Gonzaga guard Eric McClellan (21) heads downcourt in the second half of the NCAA men's tournament basketball game against Iowa on Sunday at KeyArena in Seattle. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

At his self-described lowest point, when Eric McClellan was one of those national footnotes of disdain and weighed down by his own remorse, he didn’t so much lean on those close to him as solicit their belief. He did it with his friends, old coaches, his family – but mostly his mother. “I’m going to make this right,” he told Kimberly Woody, and he said it often. Just how right, nobody could quite imagine. At a time of year when there are no do-overs – the NCAA basketball tournament being the cruel lose-and-cruise vessel that it is – Eric McClellan’s restart with the Gonzaga Bulldogs is one of those happy exceptions to the rule/John Blanchette, SR. More here.

Question: Have you ever made the most of a second chance?