Midwest first round: No. Wallace, who avoids fouling out despite having four fouls for final 17 minutes, puts up a beast of a game: 30 points, 15 boards. The Catamounts haven't been back to the NCAAs since. Oregon State was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 and had to bid-steal its way into the bracket in the conference tournament. 1 UNLV 77. If Duke-over-Kentucky in '92 never happens, then this is the buzzer-beater Laettner is most known for. 7 Washington 58. Tennessee and Mississippi set the record for the longest womens basketball game in March Madness history. South Sweet 16: No. UCF pulls off an all-time upset if either B.J. Final Four: No. 6 Xavier 96 (2OT). 1. Burgess is outstanding, scoring 26 and making six 3-pointers. 3 Gonzaga 71. East Elite Eight: No. 6 Houston 63. 40. So with all due respect to Virginia vs. Auburn in 2019, the last great Final Four game we've had was this one. UConn and NC State battled in the first womens tournament game to reach double OT in the Elite Eight or later. It's the shot that's most remembered along UNC's run to the 2017 national title. Of course, Navy made it so far because it had a unique star: David Robinson. Utah then outscores Michigan State 10-9 to make the final 16 for the 11th time in school history. The '93 title game is more remembered for Chris Webber's timeout blunder, but the best game played in 1993 in New Orleans was between the Wolverines and Wildcats. The night "Farokhmanesh" became a verb -- no, a lifestyle. 1 Oklahoma 72, No. Carsen Edwards puts up one of the best performances in a losing effort we'll ever see. 23. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at A relatively tame tournament that's mostly remembered for this game. The most memorable highlight from the game is Scotty Thurman's parabolic late 3-pointer. Like so many games, it's listed because of a comeback. 2 seed! The game went to triple overtime, with Tennessee coming out on top, 90-83. Kansas, UNC men to meet in home-and-home series. Quality Pitt club (Sam Young, DeJuan Blair, Levance Fields) that Nova upends in Boston. UNC outscored Michigan State 8-4 in the final period. What we have here is the largest comeback in the shortest amount of time in the history of college basketball. 10 Gonzaga 73, No. 12 Stephen F. Austin 52, Second round: No. 12 Butler 68 (OT). 13 UNC-Charlotte 92 (OT). 2 Florida 71 (OT). Shouts to Ted Robinson, who makes the "Drew! 4 Arizona 84, No. 2 upsets. Christian Laettner gets 20 points in the first half alone. Midwest Sweet 16: No. This one is also remembered for its bad-beat finish: Chris Duhon cashes a running 30-footer as time expires, allowing Duke to cover the 3-point spread. The loss is a hammer to the nose for Nova, which was coming off an uplifting Big East Tournament championship. For womens basketball, the 2021 tournament featured three single overtime games: First round: No. 80. His father tracked both his own familys roots and James Naismiths, and both trails led to Scotland in the 17th century. Behind the heroics of Ken "Mouse" McFadden, the Vikings are the first small-conference team to make the Sweet 16, and of course the lowest-seeded to do it as well. 100. 8 seed. Frank Kaminksy (28 and 11) vs. Aaron Gordon and Kaleb Tarczewski. This is ridiculous." The head-to-head alone is meaningful. St. Josephs outscored Utah 15-8 in the final period to win 127-120 behind Jack Egans 42-point outing. It's also the final game at West Virginia for Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey. Green fires a pass, but he doesn't see teammate Delvon Roe, who goes Neo-in-the-Matrix and ducks to avoid the ball hitting his head. A classic not just because of the comeback, but because of the talent. This is the only LMU game on the list. 63. The most recent game in March Madness history to go to triple overtime was between Villanova and the Old Dominion Monarchs. He tells reporters afterward that he saw the shot fall through by looking behind the backboard glass, due to where he landed. It's a track meet and a powerful reminder of how revelatory Paul Westhead's scheme was. That said, it's the second of two No 14-over-No. Pertha Robinson's name is lost to history. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. Undefeated Kentucky, with the No. Championship: No. But triple and quadruple overtime? The game features five ties and five lead changes, with Szczerbiak playing 39 of 40 minutes. 1 Indiana 74, No. 5-0 All hail, the state of Texas. One of the five or six best Sweet 16 games in history. 99. Alex Caruso came up with a couple huge buckets and a few clutch free throws in the final minutes as well, but freshman guard Admon Gilder was the one who got the game-tying layup after a turnover. 1 Virginia 80, No. Five overtime games in NCAA's round of 64 most in its history Chalmers for the tie: YES! Kentucky's season dies when Gimel Martinez misses a 3-pointer on UK's final possession. BU steams back from down 11 with 10 to go. 3 Iowa 63. Armstrong scores 20. 10. @marchmadness | #HookEm pic.twitter.com/tczfByZGUu, 62. Being a part of the Pac-12 has been wonderful . 1 Kansas 82. 8 Wisconsin 83 (OT). Get the list of College Basketball Leaders, Records and More About College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . 9 UCF 76. defined. Thats how long the Wildcats trailed Winthrop, who was supposed to beat them on gobs of brackets. There will forever be a gap in the record books, and understandably so. 93. Then Ole Miss' Ansu Sesay (did you know: the '98 SEC Player of the Year) misses a foul shot. That happened here, and if this list was to be a top-20 of the greatest tournament games of all time, this tilt would still make the cut. Shannon Brown leads all scorers with 24. Its appeal and majesty have only grown more irresistible and indelible in the years since. It was more like easing into a cold swimming pool. and landed wrong on his foot and had to be carried off. West first round: No. Less time, tougher play (future NBAer Elden Campbell guarding the inbounder), tougher shot. Few winners in NCAA Tournament history are as unlikely as Wallace's prayer. It's the second meeting in 73 years between two schools separated by a two hour drive in Ohio. 5 Purdue 83 (2OT). ), 60. But it's 7-footer Wille Cauley-Stein's ability to stay stride-for-stride for 85-or-so feet with Jerian Grant, before Harrison and Trey Lyles converge on him, that ends the evening's events. Loyola of Chicago's Clayton Custer hits the winning jump shot with 3.6 seconds remaining in the game to defeat #3 seed Tennessee 63-62, sending the Ramblers into the Sweet 16. pic.twitter.com/fHYEWqUMh2, 97. IU is fueled by the win and makes it to the national title game, where it falls to Maryland, which had its previous tournament run end at the hands of Duke. Among those still in town is an unusually large group of new faces. 38. Kerry Miller April 2, 2018 David J. Phillip/Associated Press The Villanova Wildcats are the national champions in men's college basketball for the second time in three years. There are 32 first-round games, 16 in the second round, 8 in the "Sweet 16," 4 in the "Elite Eight," 2 in the "Final Four," followed by the national championship game. Four games were decided by a total of seven points: No. On the final night of the 2018-19 season, Virginia goes up by 10 twice, entirely gives up those leads each time, and is only able to get it to overtime thanks to a 3-pointer by De'Andre Hunter with 12 seconds left. This one was the final tip of the first round back in '09 and had loads of lead changes to boot. The two teams have met seven times in the NCAA tournament, including two NCAA titles games in 1957, a UNC triple overtime 54-53 win, and 2022. BYU pulls off the biggest comeback in NCAA Tournament history. IU's Ricky Calloway catches Daryl Thomas' airball and puts the orange into the hoop with six seconds to go to send Bobby Knight to what will ultimately be the penultimate Final Four of his career. Hartford won the opening tip, went to the corner to take a shot . 12 Little Rock 85, No. Leaders and Records Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com WVU wins its sixth game in 11 days, doing so two days removed from barely getting by Creighton. College basketball overtime length, rules: Explaining NCAA OT Championship: No. In total, they've faced off ina Sweet 16, an Elite Eight, two Final Fours, and one national championship game. 5 Michigan State 84 (2OT). Prior to Webber's timeout blunder, Michigan holds a 67-63 lead with 4:32 to go, and then Carolina peels of a 9-0 run that gets the game to 72-67 in favor of the Heels with 58 ticks left. East first round: No. Villanova senior Ed Pinckney is named the Most Outstanding Player. Mitch McGary gives Michigan the go-ahead basket late in OT. This collapse comes less than 48 hours removed from UNI winning by half-court heave in the first round over Texas, courtesy of Paul Jesperson. It's the first loss for the Lumberjacks in 2016. West second round: No. Ed Horton has 32 for Iowa's side, and oh yeah, future Chicago Bull B.J. 42. 1 Duke 74. Purdue finishes the game shooting 48.4% from 3-point range and 48.5% from the foul line. Morrison's GU career ends as frustratingly as maybe any National Player of the Year ever -- and it happens on the same night J.J. Redick and Duke get done in by LSU. 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament - Wikipedia It's 2005 and Wake Forest has the No. Taylor or Dawkins can make close-range shots on the game's butt-clenching last possession. Wolf Pack coach Eric Musselman eagerly takes off his shirt before barging into the locker room. Since that highlight is so prevalent every mid-March, it's key to remember the context that made it possible. 44. Remember, a player remains a shooter until he is no longer airborne. 56. 61. The Spartans are lucky to get to overtime. It's Oden flying in wait, swatting the attempt. 1 Michigan 86, No. 79. 2 Kentucky 86, No. That's why meaningful outcomes -- such as UMBC's 20-point win over Virginia in 2018, UNLV destroying Duke in 1990 or Florida Gulf Coast's electrifying Sweet 16 run as a No. Michigan State controls most of the way despite losing Kalin Lucas in the first half to a torn Achilles. 14 Georgia State 57, No. 10 vs. No. 1 Duke 104, No. Another top-seeded Jayhawks team that fails to make the Final Four. The pair of No. Wolverines freshman Jordan Poole is the anti-Jim Valvano. 3 Texas A&M 92, No. Brown makes his first free throw, but after he misses the second, Pitt's Nasir Robinson fouls Matt Howard on the loose ball chase. Gonzaga Was Finally, Truly Tested. Calipari and Roy Williams opt not to call timeouts in the final minute. Some players go to class that morning. The Badgers win thanks to a timely tip from Frank the Tank with more than a minute remaining in OT. South Sweet 16: No. 92. VCU relies on 3-pointers after being an average team from distance most of the season. South Sweet 16: No. Mark Few's team led for the first 32-plus minutes. To me, this season was all for nothing. This is the monumental upset of 2010. 3 Maryland 83, No. VCU Rams vs. Kansas Jayhawks. 4 Clemson 84 (2OT). 14 and No. The Buckeyes survive back-to-back thrillers, needing double-digit comebacks in both games. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. Credit to UCLA's Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, whose layup with 10 seconds left gives the Bruins the lead, capping an 11-0 UCLA Run. 2 in college basketball. Jacob Pullen's 3-pointers in the second overtime gets Kansas State to its first Elite Eight since 1988. The ninth-seeded Penguins, who entered the game with a 12-20 record, closed +13.5 on the spread and +795 on the moneyline . 15 Santa Clara 64, No. 9 Boston College 75, No. So which teams have played each other in the tournament the most? The University of California, Los Angeles (trophy room pictured) has won the Men's Division I Basketball Championship a record 11 times. There's fuss and buzz over the fact a rocky-but-dangerous UK team is put in the same pod, setting up this potential matchup. The Longhorn State is 5-0 through Friday and apparently has made Bloomington its temporary capital, winning three of the games at IUs Assembly Hall. Last Saturday in the second round Horizon League Tournament, Youngstown State defeated Oakland in one of the biggest upsets in postseason history. The 1981 Bradley vs. Cincinnati men's basketball game is the longest NCAA Division I men's basketball game ever played and tied for the most overtime periods, regardless of NCAA classification, with seven. Karl-Anthony Towns has a wonderful game (25 points) and doesn't miss an attempt in the second half. The Tigers' Andre Turner hits a jumper with six seconds left -- it's still jarring to see a tournament game in the modern era without a 3-point line -- and then UAB coach Gene Bartow chases an official after the game ends with a "no -foul" call on the Blazers' last shot. A battle of streaks and stalls, Clemson overcomes a 15-point deficit and finagles a tie at the end of regulation after trailing by four with 20 seconds left. The Gaels score 55 points in the game's first 16 minutes then only seven in the next near-17 minutes. A rule was put in place soon thereafter that prevented any such advantage again in the men's tournament. 18 Syracuse Orange (No. Most Underachieving 2021-22 Men's College Basketball Teams Published March 23, 2023 Updated March 27, 2023 Kansas State plays in a city called Manhattan and features four players from New York City, so it seemed fitting that they were cheered like the. Kaminsky's just tremendous here while the rest of his team is skittish from the field. Noah Hartsock scores 23, Brandon Davies 18. 0-3 Overtime has become the Bermuda Triangle for the Big Ten, with Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue all foundering. On Dec. 21, 1981, his Bearcats defeated the Bradley Braves, 75-73, in seven overtime periods at Robertson Memorial Field House in Peoria, Illinois. 2 Arizona 61. 1 North Carolina 77, No. There are many wonderful candidates, but I think this is the best second-round game I've ever seen. 3 Michigan 64, No. Emotional swings, as Memphis, Tennessee, is witness to an epic. This soup may contain bugs and falafel may have rocks, grocer says, Appointments will soon be required to renew your driver's license at several Illinois facilities, Here's when the school year will start for Chicago Public Schools students. The win opens a portal for an even better game in Louisville two nights later. 14 Weber State 76, No. K-State holds three-point leads with less than 10 seconds to go at the end of regulation and OT but can't clinch. Arizona loses its fourth straight Elite Eight game dating back to 2005, those four Ls by a total of five points. Hampton (17.5-point dogs) overcoming Iowa State is unforgettable, but that Boise, Idaho, site was probably the best single-day, four-game site in tournament history. This game set the record for the longest game in March Madness history, getting to quadruple overtime. Ty Jerome misses the second one, a forceful back-tap by Mamadi Diakite into the backcourt. 24. The big bracket manifests classics annually. When thinking about Final Four picks, what should you look for? Tony Christie's layup at the buzzer extends the game. 5 Michigan State 94, No. 66. Walton's bucket with 4.1 left in OT extends the game, but only because Blake Stepp just misses a 40-footer at the end of OT. The Cards come back from 20 down to beat the Mountaineers, and the '05 Elite Eight is probably the best ever, but I can't squeeze 'em all in. What Are the Longest NCAA Games in March Madness History? 1 Kansas 85, No. He has merely 12 here. Championship: No. 1. Midwest second round: No. It seems done. Shelden Williams, Shavlik Randolph and Nick Horvath all foul out for Duke. Narrowing down the 2018 tournament was excruciating, because it boasts one of the three best opening weekends in college hoops history. Here's how the Chicago Tribune's Bob Sakamoto opened his story that night: "The basketball seemed to have a mind of its own, but couldn't decide what to do. Smith is fouled on a play that also provides a layup by MSU's Matt Steigenga. Bramlett). For LSU, Anthony Wilson's 25-point showing proves huge. the two have an emotional embrace moments after this classic ends. Gators guard Justin Hamilton sums up the upset this way: "We accomplished none of our goals. With 2.5 to go, "Pacer" is called and a play design for the ages is revealed. Interesting Ohio State team: Evan Turner, Jon Diebler, William Buford among the starters. Most Overtimes in an NBA game - NBAHOOPSONLINE.com Those are some numbers to shine the way into the next round, and here are a few more. A year after Georgia State, the Sun Belt gets a first-round win in back-to-back seasons. Little Rock overcomes a 13-point deficit with 3:33 left to stay alive, punctuated by Josh Hagins cashing a super-deep 3-pointer to get the game to overtime. But a trailing Jenkins -- yelling "Arch! Ten years into the expanded field, the notion of No. The tournament fails to get two of its No. This was the best of Davidson's four games. March does know how to thin a crowd. The Bulldogs' run ends against the eventual champs two days later, but only by five points. He is so old he covered Bob Knight when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short. 7 Wyoming 115. Syracuse-UConn: The Greatest College Basketball Game Ever Played Play out those sequences again a hundred times and Virginia likely loses at some point in the other 99. Kyle Korver, who will go on to be one of the best shooters in the NBA, is not on the floor; he's fouled out. His writing has also appeared on SI.com, Mens Health, and The Cauldron. 1 offense in the country. That included Houstons 87-56 dismissal of Cleveland State when coach Kelvin Sampson returned to his old place of employment, where it didnt end well. West Sweet 16: No. 2 Missouri 84. The 1996-97 Jayhawks team, led by Paul Pierce and Raef LaFrentz, easily tracks as a top-five KU club in school history and maybe the best non-Final Four team ever? East first round: No. 5 Drake 99. 1 Gonzaga 93, No. Canisius vs. North Carolina State, 1956. APSU's Bob Thomas has a chance to win it at the line with :02 on the clock in regulation but misses the foul shot. Except back in 1963 on Loyolas national championship run, the Illini were one of the stepping stones. It's a classic result. 3 seeds that night: Weber State picks off Michigan State in Tallahassee, Florida, while this one's in Albany, New York. We will never have a 2020 NCAA Tournament to look back on. 9 Northern Iowa 69, No. West first round: No. March Madness immortalized: The 101 greatest NCAA Tournament games in 11 seed in '86, then came two points away from doing it as a 10 the next year. 1 Connecticut 77, No. Truth be told, I wanted to fit about 155 outcomes into 101 spots (because I couldn't bear to have it at 100). Quentin Hall's missed shot opens the opportunity for Casey Calvary, whose put-back gives the '99 tournament a true sense of magic. In the first round of the 1956 tournament, the Canisius Golden Griffins squared off against the NC State Wolfpack at Madison Square Garden. ", 50. Villanova came back in the second half to force overtime, but Old Dominion pulled off the upset after outscoring the Wildcats 17-9 in the final period. What are the longest NCAA games in March Madness history? Remember that one season where Drake was randomly ridiculously good? Carolina reels away a 12-0 run in the final five minutes, then John Calipari's team -- led by Monk, De'Aaron Fox and Bam Adebayo -- pushes back from a seven-point deficit with 50 seconds remaining. Southeast first round: No. The first NCAA Tournament win in Bucknell -- and Patriot League -- history arrives thanks to Chris McNaughton pulling off a hook shot over the great Wayne Simien with 10.5 seconds to go. 2 USC 78, One of the 10-12 most famous buzzer-beaters in NCAA Tournament history. Midwest first round: No. Is Kentucky's 2023-24 schedule the toughest of Calipari era 16. Gonzaga in fact should have won here. The two powerhouses first played in the very first modern NCAA tournament in 1985 where 8-seeded Villanova beat 2-seeded UNC in the Elite Eight, before the Wildcats shocked Georgetown for. 2 Connecticut 79, No. 15 seed? 15 seeds win in the same year. This was a beaut at Kentucky's Rupp Arena. Mbah a Moute's steal on Derek Raivio is the arrow to the heart. Very few instances where two of the top 100 games happened in the same region, same part of the bracket like this one happening right below UNI-Kansas (they were in different cities, though, due to podding). 15 Lehigh, led by 30 points from C.J. 1s get to a Final Four. In. And the game is totally enrapturing. men's tournament championship on Monday night. Butler has the ball with 13 seconds remaining. 41. Just another opening day at the NCAA Tournament. Rank Team Record Conference Name Rating AvgWinProb SOS Pace Luck; 1: Alabama 1 Automatic South (31-6) SEC: 0.592: 0. . 6 seed in Big East Tournament) and No. Remember, Wichita State's undefeated. FIBA Overtime Rules. After one of the more gripping second halves in recent memory -- Admiral Schofield scoring 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting; Grant Williams putting Tennessee up with 8.8 seconds to go; Williams blocking Edwards and nearly ending the game then and there -- Edwards is fouled on a corner 3-pointer by Lamonte Turner with 1.7 to go. 34. 7. 1 seeds in the same NCAA Tournament -- and it's still the most recent champion from the Pac-12. Midwest first round: No. Edwards, appropriately, is named South Regional MOP despite not advancing. And there's Marcus Paige's twisty, gravity-clinging 3-pointer the possession before Kris Jenkins becomes an all-time legend. 3 Notre Dame 66. 7 Georgia Tech 79, No. "HOLY MACKEREL!". In fact, 117 games since '85 (that's 5.2% or: one in every 20 games) have been decided by one point. 2023 Team Rankings. West Sweet 16: No. Midwest Sweet 16: No. The Wildcats take 14 more foul shots than KU. The Orangemen win thanks to a 20-footer by John Wallace with less than three seconds to go in OT. Colorado agrees to join Big 12 Conference in 2024 | NCAA.com 2. Jerome gets 24. This tilt took place at Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym, and Oklahoma ekes by thanks to a deflected near-half-court shot with a second to go. Edwards goes for 25-plus in five straight tournament games, dating back to 2018, which is also a record. Drake got a NO. That allows for more comebacks and more overtimes. 15 seed -- didn't make the cut. 8 Georgia 81 (OT). Huge 3-pointer after huge 3-pointer dot the overtime sessions. 8 vs. No. It's Wallace who is duped into a bad 3-point shot on Carolina's ultimate possession. Championship: No. By point spread, this is the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history. Down 12 with :44 left, Texas A&M pulls off crazy comeback in 2OT win Farcical. But Drew Nicholas is there. This is the first No. Dave Meyers and Bill Walton combined for 55 points. UCLA coach Jim Harrick goes into a rage, insisting that Rose's shot did not hit rim and therefore it's a shot-clock violation and UCLA should have the ball. It does. Midwest first round: No. His 139 points through four games is the most since 2000. Oh by the way, the '86 tourney had two No. Parsons (20 points) is a March hero if either of his attempts at the end of regulation or OT fall. Arizona winning the '97 championship has somewhat muted the shock factor of this upset. 5 SEED, PEOPLE! This was a high-scoring affair in every period of play, but UCLA went on a big 13-2 run in the third overtime period to advance to the next round. The remaining 36 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Anderson Hunt is the star for UNLV with 29, while ever-valuable point guard Greg Anthony (19 points) fouls out late, which complicates things. 11 VCU 72, No. 8 Butler 74, No. Tournament procedure A total of 68 teams entered the 2018 tournament. Edwards then misses his first foul shot, hits the next two to get us to OT. Florida State's Bernard James says afterward, "The game was decided in the first 30 minutes when we didn't play defense. But did you know: Tate George actually had an opportunity to win the game on the Huskies' prior possession before hitting the memorable winner two possessions later? (This sport is the best.) Conley Jr. hits the winning shot via the foul line, 6.5 seconds showing on the clock. 6 Florida 72. 6 Michigan 75, Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 8 seed. 81. 1 seed to survive the first round. originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. The UK schedule with the fewest number of high-level NCAA Tournament opponents in the Calipari era came in 2015-16, when the Wildcats played only five such games in the regular season: Duke . This is the game that elevated Curry to oh-that-guy status, and then the Elite Eight run made him a household name. 14 Stephen F. Austin 75. 8 Ohio State 72 (2OT). 1 Gonzaga vs. preseason No. It's the stamp on the game after Wisconsin comes back from being down 12 with 4:20 remaining. 2 Villanova 77, No. The United Center in Chicago is host to a No. Syracuse, after all, makes it all the way to the title game. 2 Ohio State 72, First round: No. The St. Josephs Hawks met the Utah Utes to battle in the third-place game in 1961. That. 67. He hits another pretty shot, a bank, to push it to a second OT. East first round: No. Heathcote's case being that the clock operator failed to start the clock in time earlier on the prior possession. If Austin Peay pulls out the win, how does change the trajectory of Rick Pitino's career? 68. 14 BYU 78, No. 1 overall seed is overthrown in Oklahoma City. 9 UAB 76, No. At this point in time, La Salle is a member of the MAAC. South Elite Eight: No. Interestingly, the game that precedes this one -- WKU over Mississippi Valley State, 59-58 -- sets the tournament record for largest deficit overcome in the final five minutes (16). 1 seeds. The 49ers have Byron Dinkins and Cedric Ball, two men who will go on to play in the NBA. 1 seed Duke beat No. Rutgers had not won an NCAA tournament game in 37 years, nor Oregon State in 38, nor Oral Roberts in 46, nor Drake in 49, nor North Texas ever. The 2021-22 college basketball season is off to a fiery start as conference play is now fully underway. BYU, weirdly placed as an at-large No. It's after a Ray Jackson made jump shot (foot is just inside the 3-point line) that Michigan takes its last timeout with 46 seconds to go at 72-69. 2 Kentucky 88 (2OT). Ed O'Bannon's last shot misses. Championship: No. Kentucky loses this game if Tayshaun Prince (game-high 28 points in 48 minutes) isn't on the roster. Turns out its a tie between fivematchups that have had six meetingseach: The two powerhouses first played in the very first modern NCAA tournament in 1985 where 8-seeded Villanova beat 2-seeded UNC in the Elite Eight, before the Wildcats shocked Georgetown for the Wildcats' first-ever title. SEC Player of the Year Chris Loften's scores 24. 2 Wisconsin 64, No. But it is the latest edition of this matchup that takes the cake; a game that is arguably the most exciting in March Madness history: the 2016 national championship game. It's a stinger for La Salle, which averaged 9.5 3-pointers, best in the country, yet fails to get off a shot in the closing seconds. The final score was 54-53. Steve Fisher, an interim coach who got the job only weeks earlier after AD Bo Schembechler fired Bill Freider in advance of Frieder accepting the Arizona State job, becomes the first coach to win a national title in his first trip to the NCAAs since Cincinnati's Ed Jucker in 1961.
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