unc vs villanoca will forever live on as the greatest college basketball game of all time. I cant see other final being more dramatic than that one. i remember watching it live and I couldn't believe what I was watching
2016 was just such an insane year. so many buzzer beaters, so many upsets, and that comeback after being down by 12 with 40 seconds left. it had more moments like that than the next 7 years combined.
I know 1983 was a long time ago, but the last-second dunk by NC State's Lorenzo Charles off the Derrick Whittenburg air ball to beat the stacked (Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young) Houston Cougars squad is the essence of March Madness in a single play. Despite not being a fan of either team, I jumped off my couch and screamed with joy over the beauty I had just witnessed.
Yeah, can't believe that ones not in here. NC State ran the tables in the ACC championship that year just to get in and then one the whole darn thing. I still remember Jim Valvano running around looking for someone to hug.
i know your iq is very low cus youre in the army, but what do you expect them to do when everyone rushes the court... when the game is over the ref blows the whistle... have you never played or watched basketball before?
one unfortunate thing following the incredible buzzer beater at 1:17 - the next game northern iowa found themselves in a similar situation but with a lot more time on the clock and they were down, this same guy chucked it from half court with like 5 seconds left, missed badly and they lost the game. but at least in this moment he was perfect
14:28 that year Laettner hit the game winner my mom, who knows absolutely f@ckall about basketball joined her work pool on the tourney. She dropped $100 on Duke and in the end won 2500. We went to Disney that year!
You forgot the 1982 championship game. It has Michael Jordan's title-winning shot with 15 seconds left followed by an errant pass from Fred Brown to James Worthy. You also forgot the 1987 championship game when Keith Smart hit a title-winning shot with 3 seconds left and later intercepted a length-of-the-court pass at the last second.
I remember that game. The refereeing was so bad at the last minute of the game; one of the only comebacks that I didn't like. Northern Iowa was robbed. :-/
There is an argument to be made that Mario Chalmers' shot in the 2008 National Championship is the most important clutch shot in NCAA Tournament history. 7:02 1) It happened it the championship game, so that makes it automatically more important than all other clutch shots that happened in earlier rounds of the tournament. 2) Two other shots that happened in the championship game were Jenkins shot to win against UNC and Charles dunk of the airball to lift NC State over Houston. Those were game winners, but in both cases the games were tied when those shots went in. Had Jenkins missed or Charles missed those games go into overtime. If Chalmers misses his shot the game is over and Memphis wins the title. 3) It was found out a few months later that Memphis had an ineligible player on its team and had to vacate all their wins from that season. Had they won the title they would've had to vacate that as well. Not only did Chalmers' shot prevent Kansas from losing by sending the game into overtime, but it also prevented there from being no champion whatsoever as the championship does not go to the runner up. There just would've been no champion for that season, making the season kind of pointless. This is just an opinion however and if you have a different one it's fine.
I saw Chalmer's, Laettner's, Edney's and many others live. My favorite two game winners/buzzer beaters in my known world are Bryce Drew over Ole Miss and Clayton Custer over Tennessee. Mid-majors winning will ALWAYS have more meaning for me (haves vs have nots).
The refs won that game for Kansas, not Chalmers. Proper officiating would've resulted in a 20+ point win for Memphis. Most athletic college team of all-time.
@@instig8torConsidering that Kansas and Memphis were pretty much dead even in a lot of statistical categories for the season: Points Per Game: KU: 80.7 Memphis 80.2 Opponents Points Per Game: KU: 61.3 Memphis: 61.6 Rebounds Per Game: KU 38.7 Memphis 40.8 Blocks Per Game: KU 6.0 Memphis 6.2 Kansas had only 3 losses and Memphis ended with 2 losses and considering the Big 12 was a much tougher conference, than Conference USA was back in 2008, I don't think that Memphis was that much more athletic or talented than Kansas' team was.
Honestly you could make 2/3rds of a video like this with just 2019 UVA highlights. It's like they signed a contract with the NCAA agreeing not to win any games that weren't off the charts crazy nail biters.
How in the sam hell do you make this kind of video and not include perhaps the best and most exciting NCAA tournament games in history? K-State/Xavier in double OT almost caused Gus Johnson to have a stroke, and gave us one of the great impromptu Gus-isms of all time, referring to Jacob Pullen, as he hit a 3 late in double overtime: "He's in shape!"
There was some moments that were underrated like South Carolina comeback or these other comebacks but the teams lost the buzzer beaters upsets and clutch shots are always amazing. There was couple more I would of added for sure UNI clutch shot against Kansas Murray st and western Kentucky buzzer better. Xavier k state back and forth game
fun fact- when Loyola went to the final four they won their first three games by a combined total of 4 points edit: the proof that those weren't just lucky games is that they won their 4th game by 16, and when they lost to Michigan, I remember actually crying after this (I was like 8 years old) they were leading the whole game, (they were up by 7 at half) and ended up losing by about 10, but they were leading against a 3 seed for the whole game.
Uk fan here and the Kentucky Duke game in 92 hands down greatest NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME EVER MOST ENTERTAINING GAME Louisville vs Houston (Phi Slama Jama) 1983 if you can check it out !
Buzzer beaters are all good and dandy but the greatest March Madness was 1997 when Arizona took down THREE number 1 seeds to win it all. With the likes of Mike Bibby, Miles Simon, and the great Jason Terry, this team had the God's on their side. These 3 teams they beat weren't just 1-seeds, they were three of the most storied names in basketball: NORTH CAROLINA with Vince Carter. KENTUCKY with Ron Mercer. KANSAS with Paul Pierce. Now THAT'S a most memorable moment of all time. Buzzer beaters happen all the time... this doesn't.
How nasty was the unc over Kentucky win though?! And remind me how many of the guys on unc made it to the nba? Maybe Justin Jackson ? While Kentucky had monk, fox, adebayo?
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unc vs villanoca will forever live on as the greatest college basketball game of all time. I cant see other final being more dramatic than that one. i remember watching it live and I couldn't believe what I was watching
Duke vs Kentucky 92
@@alanmoskowitz5779 thats a classic for sure. But unc v villanova just edges it for me because it was a final
whatev....Duke UK '92..they had 8 All-Americans, we had one....and they struggled to beat us with a miracle shot
Great game but it's not Kentucky vs Duke in 92 if you had watched the game you would not have made this comment
2016 was just such an insane year. so many buzzer beaters, so many upsets, and that comeback after being down by 12 with 40 seconds left. it had more moments like that than the next 7 years combined.
“Ron hunter has fallen off his stool” has me crying every time🤣
That saint peters run will forever be an unreal memory
Watch it happen again this year
At the expense of Kentucky
@@josephperez6706uh oh
Nevermind
I watched the entire game
as a unc fan hoping the shot isn’t in here 🙏
wow i spoke way too soon
@@brokenbugzLMAO it was the first one😂😂😂 tbf that was a top 3 March madness game ever
People easily forget Marcus Paige’s shot because of that
@@lukestevens1430i’d argue that’s the best one. Game winner for the Natty? that’s what dreams are made lf
The End tho 💀
Bruh Edwards from Purdue just unplugged himself with 4 seconds to go. Crazy 😂
He did his best Otto Porter Jr impression during the biggest moment of his life😂😂😂😭😭
I mean he held for 1
As a Purdue fan I had a “wtf” moment 18 times in 1.2 seconds 😂
@@Diehardbucsfanyou don’t hold for 1 on the other side of the court with 5 seconds left lmao
@@jcoolio1he probably thought coach was gonna call a timeout
I love march madness.
Nothing better
shut up
I don't watch really any basketball throughout the year, but this is my favorite tournament of all time
That dude from Little Rock hit some crazy shots down the stretch, most impressive to me for sure 🔥
0:36 As a Michigan Fan, watching this highlight when I woke up the next day is a memory that will live on for the rest of my life.
Bro the Suggs walk buzzer beater with fans would have been hype
7:29 Amazing shot one of my favorites ever
I know 1983 was a long time ago, but the last-second dunk by NC State's Lorenzo Charles off the Derrick Whittenburg air ball to beat the stacked (Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young) Houston Cougars squad is the essence of March Madness in a single play. Despite not being a fan of either team, I jumped off my couch and screamed with joy over the beauty I had just witnessed.
Yeah, can't believe that ones not in here. NC State ran the tables in the ACC championship that year just to get in and then one the whole darn thing. I still remember Jim Valvano running around looking for someone to hug.
@@donweber6650it is in here 7:54
@@donweber6650it is here at 8:03
@@donweber6650, RIP Jimmy V, don't give up, don't ever give up
@@donweber6650 7:55 it's in there.
2016 march madness was wild i remember watching as a kid
refs blowing their whistles ruins every single great game ending shot bro
i know your iq is very low cus youre in the army, but what do you expect them to do when everyone rushes the court... when the game is over the ref blows the whistle... have you never played or watched basketball before?
could not agree more.
tbh it makes it even better cuz it fits the chaotic energy of everyone jumping around
the officials have to check the time to make sure that he got the ball off in time
Did he not get it in time
Edny’s shot for ucla vs Missouri 😱 march madness at its best
to have the vision and confidence to go basket to basket for a layup with only 4.8 seconds is incredible
"THEY WON IT, ON THE DUNK"!! - Billy Packer 'R.I.P.'
crazy the 2 best are in the same game. In the final. One after the other
This is why the NCAA college basketball tournament is my favorite annual sporting event.
I will always love the coach falling off the chair at 15:00 🤣
Loyal Chicago, coming out of nowhere, even making it to the final four of that year. Any nostolgia from when they won the whole thing back then.
one unfortunate thing following the incredible buzzer beater at 1:17 - the next game northern iowa found themselves in a similar situation but with a lot more time on the clock and they were down, this same guy chucked it from half court with like 5 seconds left, missed badly and they lost the game. but at least in this moment he was perfect
The Aaron Harrison call against Wisconsin is so good.
jordon pool is crazy after hitting that shot against Houston
Wow Northern Iowa. That’s pain.
Northern Iowa sure appears a lot among these
2016 was a crazy march madness year
Man man man. That first one North Carolina Villanova. I remember like that one was just yesterday. As a tar heels fan..rough for sure.
marchmadness just the best
14:28 that year Laettner hit the game winner my mom, who knows absolutely f@ckall about basketball joined her work pool on the tourney. She dropped $100 on Duke and in the end won 2500. We went to Disney that year!
You forgot the 1982 championship game. It has Michael Jordan's title-winning shot with 15 seconds left followed by an errant pass from Fred Brown to James Worthy. You also forgot the 1987 championship game when Keith Smart hit a title-winning shot with 3 seconds left and later intercepted a length-of-the-court pass at the last second.
18:24 A&M scored 12 points within 40 seconds to tie. Thats crazy!
14… they were down 12. And uni made a bucket in there,
Reminded me of yesterday (03/24/2024) when they came back to force OT against Houston
I threw the remote and turned the game off. In the second half
I remember that game. The refereeing was so bad at the last minute of the game; one of the only comebacks that I didn't like. Northern Iowa was robbed. :-/
@@okapi3202I’m totally unbiased, but yea the officiating was questionable
The ref ruining the ending to Villanova-UNC game when the shot was clearly way before the whistle.
UNC fans always have excuses.
“Shot Heard Around The World” still gives me chills to this day
2016 was a crazy tournament
Best event in sports!
10:34 After this game, Gonzaga said in the post-game they named this play "Villanova" after the first clip in this video.
That loss to Furman still stings as a UVA fan
Uva actually has fans wow
2014 CONNECTICUT won the whole thing as a 7 SEED so a team that was ranked out of the top 25 has won the whole thing and 1983 NC STATE @@Majesticon
The Bryce drew shot was cool to watch i was in junior high when I saw this ending
Why does the guy in the thumbnail look like James A Janisse from Dead Meat 😂
There is an argument to be made that Mario Chalmers' shot in the 2008 National Championship is the most important clutch shot in NCAA Tournament history. 7:02
1) It happened it the championship game, so that makes it automatically more important than all other clutch shots that happened in earlier rounds of the tournament.
2) Two other shots that happened in the championship game were Jenkins shot to win against UNC and Charles dunk of the airball to lift NC State over Houston. Those were game winners, but in both cases the games were tied when those shots went in. Had Jenkins missed or Charles missed those games go into overtime. If Chalmers misses his shot the game is over and Memphis wins the title.
3) It was found out a few months later that Memphis had an ineligible player on its team and had to vacate all their wins from that season. Had they won the title they would've had to vacate that as well. Not only did Chalmers' shot prevent Kansas from losing by sending the game into overtime, but it also prevented there from being no champion whatsoever as the championship does not go to the runner up. There just would've been no champion for that season, making the season kind of pointless.
This is just an opinion however and if you have a different one it's fine.
I saw Chalmer's, Laettner's, Edney's and many others live. My favorite two game winners/buzzer beaters in my known world are Bryce Drew over Ole Miss and Clayton Custer over Tennessee. Mid-majors winning will ALWAYS have more meaning for me (haves vs have nots).
Watched Chalmers live. Definitely top 3 clutch shot in NCAA tournament history
100% Agree
The refs won that game for Kansas, not Chalmers. Proper officiating would've resulted in a 20+ point win for Memphis. Most athletic college team of all-time.
@@instig8torConsidering that Kansas and Memphis were pretty much dead even in a lot of statistical categories for the season:
Points Per Game: KU: 80.7 Memphis 80.2
Opponents Points Per Game: KU: 61.3 Memphis: 61.6
Rebounds Per Game: KU 38.7 Memphis 40.8
Blocks Per Game: KU 6.0 Memphis 6.2
Kansas had only 3 losses and Memphis ended with 2 losses and considering the Big 12 was a much tougher conference, than Conference USA was back in 2008, I don't think that Memphis was that much more athletic or talented than Kansas' team was.
Honestly you could make 2/3rds of a video like this with just 2019 UVA highlights. It's like they signed a contract with the NCAA agreeing not to win any games that weren't off the charts crazy nail biters.
And the other third could just be from MM UCLA/Gonzaga moments. Every game those two play ends up being an absolute banger.
need to update this after colorado vs florida game and kentucky vs oakland
God loves you guys!
Duke vs. Kentucky is the greatest basketball game I've ever seen.
That first one as a UNC fan gave me traumatic flashbacks
March Madness 🔥😉🔥🔥
How in the sam hell do you make this kind of video and not include perhaps the best and most exciting NCAA tournament games in history? K-State/Xavier in double OT almost caused Gus Johnson to have a stroke, and gave us one of the great impromptu Gus-isms of all time, referring to Jacob Pullen, as he hit a 3 late in double overtime: "He's in shape!"
18:12 may be the greatest pass I have ever seen
Ucla Gonzaga is almost a guaranteed instant classic whenever they meet
March madness!💥
God how we use to watch college basketball. Those videos from my teen years look rough!! Lol
As a uva fan im sad and happy at the same time
What about Indiana/ Syracuse 1987?
Thanks for this, us uconn fans hardly ever see close games, lol. KNOCK ON WOOD.
March madness gonna be so lit this year but Houston’s winning it
Man, how could you not include the Murray State buzzer beater over Vandy?
How do you not have Illinois coming back against Arizona in the semifinal in 2005? Down by like 15 with like 4 minutes to go
Before watching, I better see Evan Turner game winner vs Michigan!!!!
i miss u of m jordan poole
There was some moments that were underrated like South Carolina comeback or these other comebacks but the teams lost the buzzer beaters upsets and clutch shots are always amazing. There was couple more I would of added for sure
UNI clutch shot against Kansas Murray st and western Kentucky buzzer better. Xavier k state back and forth game
No one owns the NIU loss against TAM more than NIU, but that phantom foul at 19:09 drives me mad.
Don’t turn over the ball 1000 times in a minute 🤷♂️
No Morehead st over Louisville in 2011?
Jordan definitely saw a baddie for that second shot and knew what he had to do
Surprised Kemba Walker's stepback shot isnt here
Hence the name march madness
The st Peter's run was the best
9:47 is a travel by the UVA player. Not a UVA or Purdue fan, just an observation.
Where is Illinois Arizona elite 8?
I remember that Tyus Edney ucla shot.
Gotta put Bucknell over Kansas in this one! Awesome video tho
The saint peters one is the best in my opinion
That UCLA loss hurt me to watch. Still can’t believe he made that😭
That's why I love college basketball over any NBA
fun fact- when Loyola went to the final four they won their first three games by a combined total of 4 points
edit: the proof that those weren't just lucky games is that they won their 4th game by 16, and when they lost to Michigan, I remember actually crying after this (I was like 8 years old) they were leading the whole game, (they were up by 7 at half) and ended up losing by about 10, but they were leading against a 3 seed for the whole game.
how do you forget kemba walker game winning shot and he made dude fall all for the championship..sheesh
At least they put the Luke maye shot in to make up for the Villanova one lol
Kris Jenkins will never pay for a cheesesteak or cream cheese ever again in his life
As I am watching march madness right now
Uk fan here and the Kentucky Duke game in 92 hands down greatest NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME EVER MOST ENTERTAINING GAME Louisville vs Houston (Phi Slama Jama) 1983 if you can check it out !
Loyola just keeps doing it to teams
2:35 HOW DO YOU JUST STAND THERE WITH 5 SECONDS LEFT?!?!
Danny Ainge BYU vs Notre Dame 1981, length of the court layup for the win.
Imagine coming back to school the day after
I still can't believe that memphis collapse
Is it march yet?😅
5:30 is krazy 💨💨
Buzzer beaters are all good and dandy but the greatest March Madness was 1997 when Arizona took down THREE number 1 seeds to win it all. With the likes of Mike Bibby, Miles Simon, and the great Jason Terry, this team had the God's on their side.
These 3 teams they beat weren't just 1-seeds, they were three of the most storied names in basketball:
NORTH CAROLINA with Vince Carter.
KENTUCKY with Ron Mercer.
KANSAS with Paul Pierce.
Now THAT'S a most memorable moment of all time.
Buzzer beaters happen all the time... this doesn't.
18:21 Holy mother of choke...
Where's #13 Princeton's game winner vs defending champion #4 UCLA in 1996?
Christian Laettner will ALWAYS be #1.
14:20 "The shot"
15:37 greatest one
4:20 Defence annoys me here. It’s like he doesn’t care.
To this day I still have not seen R.J. Hunter's 3-pointer go in at 15:06 because of his dad falling off the chair.
Lmao hilarious 😭
Jalen adams shot better be on this list
So Will Bynum last second shot for GT vs Oklahoma State in the 2004 FINAL FOUR doesn’t make the list???
How nasty was the unc over Kentucky win though?! And remind me how many of the guys on unc made it to the nba? Maybe Justin Jackson ? While Kentucky had monk, fox, adebayo?
was looking for this comment
It’s always Kentucky or Purdue getting upset
2010 2014 2017 2018 2019 2023 were some of the greatest tournaments ever
No creighton vs Florida 2002? The winning shot with creighton cheerleaders hugging, Donovan of Florida crying for something, the announcers losing it