On ESPN Classic right now

20. 1981 Rolando Blackman - Kansas State over Oregon State
19. 2003 Drew Nicholas - Maryland Terrapins over UNC-W
18. 1997 Cameron Dollar - UCLA over Iowa State
17. 1996 John Wallace - Syracuse over Georgia
16. 1996 Gabe Lewullis - Princeton over UCLA "The Backdoor"

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 9:20 PM. Reason : ]

3/19/2007 9:09:17 PM

i see where this is going.

3/19/2007 9:10:09 PM

iow, i see what they're about to do there.

3/19/2007 9:11:13 PM

lol

Quote :

"19. 2003 Drew Nicholas Maryland Terrapins over UNC-W"

that one was cool.. because he like ran off made or not


this is the perfect show to watch, i love buzzer beaters



[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 9:13 PM. Reason : ]

3/19/2007 9:12:11 PM

do we get #1 for 1983?

3/19/2007 9:15:31 PM

I wonder if State will make #1

Possibly Laettner (Even though it has less implication?...very slightly, but was a better shot)

(Jeff?) Capel for Duke vs. UNC has got to be up there as well (Or are these tourney shots?)

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 9:17 PM. Reason : ]

3/19/2007 9:15:39 PM

but it was the pass!

3/19/2007 9:17:06 PM

15. 1992 James Forrest - Georgia Tech over Southern Cal "Missouri Miracle"
14. 1981 John Smith - St. Joe's over Depaul
13. 2000 Mike Miller - Florida over Butler
12. 1998 Richard Hamilton - Connecticut over Washington
11. 1994 Charlotte Smith - North Carolina over Louisiana Tech (women's game)

3/19/2007 9:19:53 PM

^^^ tourney shots only

3/19/2007 9:21:57 PM

#2 NC State
#1 Duke

(both guesses)

3/19/2007 9:28:16 PM

10. 1963 Vic Rouse - Loyola over Cincinnati
9. 1981 U.S. Reed - Arkansas over Louisville
8. 1990 Christian Laettner - Duke over Connecticut

3/19/2007 9:29:10 PM

3. valpo when it was like 2 seconds and they made 2 passes to the coaches son for 3.?

3/19/2007 9:37:47 PM

5 not 3

3/19/2007 9:38:36 PM

7. 1987 Keith Smart - Indiana over Syracuse
6. 1981 Danny Ainge - BYU over Notre Dame
5. 1998 Bryce Drew - Valparaiso over Ole Miss

3/19/2007 9:38:40 PM

tyus edney has gotta be coming up

3/19/2007 9:40:38 PM

#2, they fucked us

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 9:45 PM. Reason : ]

3/19/2007 9:41:49 PM

sid!!!!!!!!!!!

3/19/2007 9:47:04 PM

HI SID!

3/19/2007 9:47:37 PM

4. 1995 Tyus Edney - UCLA over Missouri
3. 1990 Tate George - Connecticut over Clemson
2. 1983 Lorenzo Charles - N.C. State over Houston
1. 1992 Christian Laettner - Duke over Kentucky

Fucking assholes!

3/19/2007 9:49:57 PM

i <3 sid

3/19/2007 9:50:01 PM

duck fook

3/19/2007 9:53:07 PM

Here's the full list.


Greatest NCAA Buzzer Beaters

20. 1981 Rolando Blackman - Kansas State over Oregon State
19. 2003 Drew Nicholas - Maryland Terrapins over UNC-W
18. 1997 Cameron Dollar - UCLA over Iowa State
17. 1996 John Wallace - Syracuse over Georgia
16. 1996 Gabe Lewullis - Princeton over UCLA "The Backdoor"
15. 1992 James Forrest - Georgia Tech over Southern Cal "Missouri Miracle"
14. 1981 John Smith - St. Joe's over Depaul
13. 2000 Mike Miller - Florida over Butler
12. 1998 Richard Hamilton - Connecticut over Washington
11. 1994 Charlotte Smith - North Carolina over Louisiana Tech (women's game)
10. 1963 Vic Rouse - Loyola over Cincinnati
9. 1981 U.S. Reed - Arkansas over Louisville
8. 1990 Christian Laettner - Duke over Connecticut
7. 1987 Keith Smart - Indiana over Syracuse
6. 1981 Danny Ainge - BYU over Notre Dame
5. 1998 Bryce Drew Valparaiso over Ole Miss
4. 1995 Tyus Edney - UCLA over Missouri
3. 1990 Tate George - Connecticut over Clemson
2. 1983 Lorenzo Charles - N.C. State over Houston
1. 1992 Christian Laettner - Duke over Kentucky

3/19/2007 9:54:04 PM

national championship > regional final

3/19/2007 9:54:20 PM

Quote :

"AndyMac All American 5764 Posts user info edit post #2 NC State #1 Duke (both guesses) 3/19/2007 9:28:16 PM"

3/19/2007 9:54:34 PM

hah. you probably saw it before. This isn't the first time it's been on.

3/19/2007 9:56:26 PM

you have got to be shitting me

we finished 2nd to Duke??

but we won the god damn title with that shot

fuck them and the duke bias

3/19/2007 9:58:02 PM

Digger knows what's up. Thinks ours was the best. Pointed out it won the National Championship.

3/19/2007 9:59:46 PM

^^^ Heh, nah they were seriously just guesses.

I figured that #2 was the most memorable shot, and #1 was the most amazing shot.

Plus this is ESPN, anything Duke or UNC related will be hyped to the max.

3/19/2007 10:02:29 PM

Quote :

"national championship > regional final"

3/19/2007 10:11:20 PM

Quote :

"(Jeff?) Capel for Duke vs. UNC has got to be up there as well (Or are these tourney shots?)"

"buzzer beaters" usually defeat the other team, this shot did not but you are not alone in your misinformation, many fall victim to this particular scenario.

Quote :

"but we won the god damn title with that shot"

True, but we would not have lost if we had missed, would have gone to OT. Laettner and Hill were down by a point, meaning the 2.1 seconds they went the length of the floor was do or die, we were tied with Houston before the ally oop. However, degree of difficulty will always be debateable.

3/19/2007 10:29:33 PM

How many times do you see buzzer beaters involve the team having to go the length of the court to score? A bunch. State's was unique. It was an unpredictable dunk/alley oop. I mean look at how unreal it was. Lorenzo Charles was actually out of position. Hakeem Olajuwon a Top 50 All-Time NBA Player made an unlikely mental error in not blocking out/going up for the rebound. Clyde Drexler was also a Top 50 All-Time NBA Player. Dereck Whittenburg just threw up a prayer. Yes we were tied, but who knows if we would have been able to go another 5 mins of basketball with that Houston team. It was a unique and unlikely scenario that capped an unlikely championship run. There was nothing unique to Laettner's buzzer beater. I wonder if Duke hadn't later went on to win the National Championship if the play would still be held in such high regard. Obviously it would have been would one of the best buzzer beaters, but it's unlikely that it would be considered #1 by so many people.

3/19/2007 11:11:34 PM

I think alot of people only remember Jimmy V running around the court (a la CBS intro) than they do the dunk. Only footage they show of the Duke-UK game is the Laettner shot

3/19/2007 11:13:53 PM

I disagree. I think they go hand in hand. Every time I see Jimmy V running around the court they always show Lo Charles dunking right before. I don't think I've ever seen them just show Jimmy V running around the court.

3/19/2007 11:25:05 PM

Quote :

"There was nothing unique to Laettner's buzzer beater. I wonder if Duke hadn't later went on to win the National Championship if the play would still be held in such high regard. Obviously it would have been would one of the best buzzer beaters, but it's unlikely that it would be considered #1 by so many people."

I can't stand laettner but if he misses the shot (or Pitino puts a body on Hill), Duke and coach K have 2, not 3 titles, and he wouldn't be regarded as an elite college player that he is today (I'm guessing he is between 10-20, whereas without that shot and subsequent title, he would be 30-50, off of just one solitary shot) and who knows, the FAB 5 likely would have won with all freshman in the starting lineup, talk about history that would NEVER be forgotten. We also wouldn't have to hear about Florida and trying to repeat Duke's history of the last back to back. Not only that, If UK had beaten Zona in 97 (game went to OT) all you'd hear about NCAA tourney accomplishments is UK and the 3 peat and VERY few analysts/experts mention how close UK was to a 3 peat, the old adage of nobody remembers second place comes to mind. Our miracle was great and another cinderella is unlikely, the Laettner shot changed a lot of things to come (obviously their title in 92 a week later) for Duke, K, and Laettner, and of course Michigan and the FAB five frosh, and the whole back to back gimmick that we will hear until someone does it again, which UK nearly trumped. Drexler and Olajuwon still went on to successful careers, no one from our team benefited from our miracle 1/4 as much as Laettner did. Sure the cinderella term was coined, but Laettner's draft stock couldn't have been any higher, back to back titles with an incredible buzzer beater we still talk about as if it happened yesterday. He also was on the 92 dream team for no other reason than the back to back titles, which doesn't happen without the shot. He got exposed in the NBA, but that shot made him lots of cash


[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 11:43 PM. Reason : .]

3/19/2007 11:32:16 PM

Well the Laettner shot was very important historically, but the designed play wasn't anything out of the ordinary in a last shot attempt where you had to go the length of the floor in just a couple of seconds. Long in bounds pass, and shoot. The stars had to align for our play to happen.

3/19/2007 11:49:09 PM

well obivously they did, it was a long pass to say the least. Point is, if history and consequences of said buzzer beaters are significant in your rankings, Laettner's shot gets it. If your ranking is about probability and circumstances in the exact moment they happened, Charles' dunk gets it. I mean people can say it was the right to go to the elite 8, but it did affect the national title because we all know who won. To think that we could still be talking about five frosh winning the title vs having to listen about Duke, K, and Laettner is sickening and it's 2007, and it's all off of one do or die shot.




[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 11:56 PM. Reason : .]

3/19/2007 11:53:18 PM

I think Bryce Drew's was the best honestly.

They were a #14 beating a #3 IIRC. This was the biggest upset, but then again it was a 1st round game.

3/20/2007 12:09:31 AM

An airball that turned into a dunk to win the National Championship against a much better team has to be #1. Not to mention the fact we weren't even suppose to be in the tournament.

3/20/2007 12:15:43 AM

I want State to be #1, but I really cant argue against Laetteners shot. Honestly, that Duke/Kentucky game was one of the greatest (if not the greatest) tournament game ever, and that I've seen. So many people stepped up for both teams, went into overtime, and Woods of UK hit that runner with 2.4 sec left, which made it look over. Then Hill throws it and Laettener makes the turn around. He didnt miss a single shot from anywhere all day.

I'd say it got #1 because it was the end to an unbelievable game, not the circumstances........We should still have got #1 though

3/20/2007 7:15:13 AM

Quote :

""buzzer beaters" usually defeat the other team, this shot did not but you are not alone in your misinformation, many fall victim to this particular scenario."

I'm aware it didn't win the game.

It sent it into OT....and I believe Duke lost in 2 OT's.

Buzzer beaters don't have to win the game....it has to be a crazy shot just before the buzzer (That is somewhat meaningful, which that was)

3/20/2007 2:45:37 PM

Quote :

"It sent it into OT"

sent it into double OT

Quote :

"That is somewhat meaningful, which that was"

for about 15 minutes, unless you're into moral victories (or one of those crazed "lifelong" Duke fans that sees this replay and thinks it won the game)

3/20/2007 3:08:05 PM

Quote :

""19. 2003 Drew Nicholas Maryland Terrapins over UNC-W""

Would never have happened if stupid UNCW hadn't called a timeout like Herb did that year to give Gary a chance to draw up a play.

3/20/2007 3:14:47 PM

21. 2007 David McClure - Duke over Clemson

3/20/2007 5:00:52 PM

Since we can't make parody threads anymore:

Greatest NCAA Wife Beaters:

3/20/2007 6:20:31 PM

Quote :

""19. 2003 Drew Nicholas Maryland Terrapins over UNC-W" that one was cool.. because he like ran off made or not"

He did the exact same thing against us at home that year.

[Edited on March 21, 2007 at 1:30 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on March 21, 2007 at 1:30 AM. Reason : .]

3/21/2007 1:30:07 AM

honorable mention: duke upsets clemson this year at cameroon endor:

3/21/2007 9:36:55 AM

Quote :

"cameroon endor"

I loled

3/21/2007 9:48:10 AM

4/5/2016 3:21:59 AM

this was a great one. history was made tonight.

[Edited on April 5, 2016 at 4:23 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2016 4:18:04 AM