Tuesday, March 23, 2010

My Favorite Buzzer Beaters of the Past Year



5. Kentucky vs. Mississippi State in the SEC Championship. Kentucky won this game after missing a 3 pointer and barely getting the recovery. It is slightly bittersweet because had they not made the shot Mississippi State would have gone to the NCAA tournament. They are the definition of a bubble team.


4. Evan Turner’s 37 foot shot in the Big 10 Championship. The Ohio State University point guard made the three pointer which won them the Big 10 Championship. They beat Michigan State with a 69-68 victory.


3. Murray State vs. Vanderbilt in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This game was one of the first big upsets in the tournament. 13 seed Murray State scored a last second shot to win the game 66-64 and upset 4th seed Vanderbilt.


2. Florida at NC State earlier this season. NC State was up with seconds left. Florida recovered the ball and Parsons shot it with a second left and made it. He was 70 feet away and swooshed the ball. I call that an amazing victory. It may have been against a not so good team, but they aren’t so good themselves.


1. Texas vs. Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship. If you didn’t catch that I switched it to football. This game would decide weather Texas would go to the National Championship or not. The game was very low scoring with switching off leads, but by the end Nebraska had taken the lead by 2. Texas needed a field goal to win it. With seconds left, the ball was snapped and Colt was in a pickle; he threw it out of bounds which left ONE second on the clock. The field goal unit was called onto the field and Hunter Lawrence kicked a 46 yard field goal. It was good by about a foot. This game was possibly one of the scariest games I have ever watched. But texas pulled through and won with a 13-12 victory.


However, the best all time buzzer beater was from 1994 between East Plano and John Tyler high schools. I have included the video below to watch the highlights from this incredible game.


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