1995 ncaa basketball championship game

Tony Skinner gets a career-best 25 points but can't hit a shot in the closing seconds to pull an upset that would have bested anything prior in Gonzaga's history. Stepp, who also scores 25, has the game's final shot that just comes off wrong and smacks glass before rolling off the rim. Ironically, the game's last points come via Stoudamire with to go.

The great Dick Enberg on the call here. One of the few great Kentucky teams to fail to make it to the Sweet Kentucky is listed as the No. Mo Finley's footer with The tournament fails to get two of its No. If Saint Joe's was going to have its season end before getting to the Final Four, it deserved this kind of game.

A fantastic minute-long close to the game no timeouts called is capped by a John Lucas 3-pointer with 6. The Hawks get their shot, and appropriately it's Jameer Nelson who takes it, but it's just to the right. The Huskies pull the rug out from under the Blue Devils by scoring the game's final 12 points. National Player of the Year Emeka Okafor -- who missed most of the first half with foul trouble -- puts on a defensive clinic in the closing four minutes to save his team's season.

Luol Deng and J. Redick, who misses a key late 3-pointer, are also on this team. Mike Krzyzewski is heard yelling, "You cheated us! The scare is a wakeup for UConn, which won its previous four games by 17 points on average. This one is also remembered for its bad-beat finish: Chris Duhon cashes a running footer as time expires, allowing Duke to cover the 3-point spread.

Simien 24 points, 10 rebounds misses on the next possession, and Kansas loses in the first round for the first time since Bucknell's band never even shows the school is on spring break so Northern Iowa's pep band steps in. This is a late tip on a Thursday night in Oklahoma City; Kansas a A couple of hours earlier, Vermont upsets Syracuse in Worcester, Massachusetts.

John Beilein-coached West Virginia trails by 13 at halftime but gets 19 points from Mike Gansey alone 29 in all in two overtimes to pull off one of the most entertaining wins in second-round history.

It's somewhat forgotten how good this Wake Forest team was. Chris Paul was on this team, as was Justin Gray, Eric Williams and Taron Downey, whose 3-pointer with 13 seconds left ties the game in regulation. It's and Wake Forest has the No. WVU wins its sixth game in 11 days, doing so two days removed from barely getting by Creighton.

The game is played on the beautifully hideous court of Cleveland State and the 34 points in both overtimes set an NCAA Tournament record. South Elite Eight: No.

This game is associated with Texas' home floor and Patrick Sparks just barely stepping beyond the 3-point line and sinking a hit-the-rim-four-times 3-pointer to send the game to overtime. But the entire sequence is bonkers. Sparks has his first 3-point attempt nipped by Matt Trannon, then Kelenna Azubuike gets the board, puts up a fallaway 3-pointer but it hits just the right part of the front of the rim to carom back to Sparks for one more go-go-go 3-point attempt that drops.

It's brief redemption for Sparks, who missed a foul shot to tie the game on UK's prior possession. But as these things sometimes go: Michigan State actually wins the game. Shannon Brown leads all scorers with On an epic weekend for the Elite Eight, this game is remembered above all others.

Arizona leads with to go, then it chops from -- Arizona ball, with remaining -- to only 45 seconds later. A classic not just because of the comeback, but because of the talent. Williams' 3-pointer, after a brutal Arizona turnover, ties the game at Illinois shoots better from 3-point range 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.

The No. He tells reporters afterward that he saw the shot fall through by looking behind the backboard glass, due to where he landed. The upset comes as the crescendo of a point rally in the final eight-plus minutes.

It's the seventh time Northwestern State wins after trailing by double digits that season. The Iowa loss leads to speculation that Steve Alford will leave for the newly vacant Indiana job. The shot comes after Kevin Pittsnogle's 3-pointer with five seconds left ties the game at WVU makes 15 3-pointers; Texas makes four. LaMarcus Aldridge scores a game-high The '06 bracket was quality. One of the biggest choke jobs, as Gonzaga blows a nine-point lead with three minutes remaining and a point lead carried over from the first half.

The enduring image of Adam Morrison folding over and crying, face down at midcourt in Oakland, defines the agony element of this tournament. Morrison's GU career ends as frustratingly as maybe any National Player of the Year ever -- and it happens on the same night J. Redick and Duke get done in by LSU. Mbah a Moute's steal on Derek Raivio is the arrow to the heart.

Batista's shot doesn't even hit rim. East Elite Eight: No. George Mason's bus crashes into a parked car on the way to the arena. It's Washington, D. Huge plays, big blocks, mood swings every seconds. Mason plays only its starters for the final and overtime and runs the same play about 20 times.

Denham Brown's reverse layup with 0. It's Brown who misses the final shot of the game. Years later, Jim Larranaga admits to me he was tempted, on a primal level, to steal the ball away from Brown on that play. George Mason becomes the first double-digit seed in 20 years to make the Final Four.

It's a top-three Elite Eight game in tournament history. If you want to learn more about George Mason's incredible run, I have just the story for you. South second round: No. Don't let the seven-point margin fool you. This was a beaut at Kentucky's Rupp Arena.

It's the second meeting in 73 years between two schools separated by a two hour drive in Ohio. OSU would have been another No. Xavier can't hold on to an point lead with seven-plus minutes lingering, as Thad Matta beats his former team. Greg Oden fouls out with remaining and OSU down nine. It seems done. Xavier, coached by Sean Miller, is going to the Sweet But there's this other star, Mike Conley Jr. Justin Cage, who was recruited by Matta to play at Xavier, finishes with 25 points in the loss.

The Buckeyes survive back-to-back thrillers, needing double-digit comebacks in both games. Again, Oden can't dodge foul trouble.

Again, Lewis 25 points has to help save hide, this time in San Antonio. OSU comes back from trailing by 20, eventually tying the game at 79 with , thanks to a 3-pointer by David Lighty. Conley Jr. Tennessee's Ramar Smith grabs Conley's miss on the second shot, worms his way up the floor then fails to convert on the last possession.

It's Oden flying in wait, swatting the attempt. The game also features Wayne Chism and his highly placed headband. Start to finish, the best game of the tournament. Remember that one season where Drake was randomly ridiculously good? Drake got a NO. At the time this game sets the record for most made 3-pointers in a tournament game Ty Rogers' winning 3-pointer is the memorable moment.

How about this: Rogers only scored 11 of WKU's points, and in fact his winning shot in OT was the only buzzer-beater of that tourney. The 42 3-point attempts is second most in tournament history Saint Joe's-Boston College, Three nominees for Stephen Curry he wasn't Steph yet in the '08 Dance.

This was the best of Davidson's four games. The Kansas one was close, but low-scoring, and KU had rickety control for most of that one. Gonzaga in fact should have won here.

Mark Few's team led for the first plus minutes. Gonzaga was consistent from deep, and then Curry dropped 30 of his 40 points in the final 20 minutes. This is the game that elevated Curry to oh-that-guy status, and then the Elite Eight run made him a household name. A fever-pitched game with incredible athletes: 11 players in this game will play in the NBA. Chalmers for the tie: YES! Mario Chalmers hits an angled 3-pointer with 2.

Robert Dozier's mid-court heave for the championship goes begging. Rose 18 points plays all 45 minutes. KU's Darrell Arthur is a stud, going for 20 and In the extra session, Kansas scores the first six points, insurance it needs as Memphis sneaks closer but never overthrows. Afterward, Kansas coach Bill Self says of Chalmers' 3-pointer, "It'll probably be the biggest shot ever made in Kansas history.

Best known for Bill Raftery's "Oh! Double order! A lot of drama in this one, a rare case in which a No. When are we going to see something like that again? This one was the final tip of the first round back in '09 and had loads of lead changes to boot. Siena grabs 21 offensive rebounds, giving the program its second straight first-round win. The Scottie Reynolds winner, and had Villanova not won titles in or , Reynolds' coast-to-coast scoot to the hoop would probably be the second-biggest moment in Nova history.

But don't let recent VU successes overshadow how big this win was and how titanic a matchup we had here. The Big East in was arguably the best conference in the country: UConn, Louisville and Pitt, all in the league then, all receive No. And this was the best game of the '09 bracket. Strap in, because the tournament's among the five best in history. Eight double-digit seeds won in the first round. This is prime Jimmer Fredette.

Parsons 20 points is a March hero if either of his attempts at the end of regulation or OT fall. Kenny Boynton gets 27 points, carrying Florida from down 13 to taking the lead before OT. It's Florida's first tourney appearance since winning the title. BYU had lost seven straight first round games before this one. The night "Farokhmanesh" became a verb -- no, a lifestyle. This is the monumental upset of Kansas was a machine in Northern Iowa was no shrinking violet -- getting a No.

Ali Farokhmanesh's no-no-OH!! You may not realize: Farokhmanesh hit a 3-pointer with 4. Kansas' loss is the first in six years by a No. It's the Jayhawks' third loss in six tournaments to a mid-major team in the opening weekend.

Very few instances where two of the top 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.

Here, a Sunday afternoon run in Spokane, Washington. Whiplash ending, interesting game. Michigan State controls most of the way despite losing Kalin Lucas in the first half to a torn Achilles.

It also doesn't have Chris Allen foot most of the game -- and Durrell Summers is suddenly awesome 26 points. Maryland's Greivis Vasquez 26 points helps eradicate a point deficit by hitting a crafty turn-and-shoot mid-range jumper with seven seconds to go, capping a spurt in which he scored nine of Maryland's final No timeout.

Draymond Green brings the ball up the floor. Korie Lucious catches his eye to the right. 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.

Lucious catches -- and cashes. Nobody realizes these teams will share the same conference in 15 months. The fifth OT game of the tourney. K-State holds three-point leads with less than 10 seconds to go at the end of regulation and OT but can't clinch. First, Xavier's Tu Holloway who goes by Terrell at the time hits three foul shots with five seconds remaining after K-State's Denis Clemente fouls him prior to the field goal attempt ,but it's not caught by the officials; the second is, as he's shooting.

In OT, X's Jordan Crawford career-high 32 points sinks a footer with the clock dying for five more minutes of free hoop. Jacob Pullen's 3-pointers in the second overtime gets Kansas State to its first Elite Eight since Afterward, Xavier coach Chris Mack proclaims it's "as good a game as I've ever coached or been a part of. Butler overcomes a two-point win against Murray State, a four-point win against Syracuse, a seven-point win vs.

K-State and a two-point victory over Michigan State to meet with college hoops royalty. The head-to-head alone is meaningful. The title game is in Indianapolis, home city to Butler.

Some players go to class that morning. The game is an anxious but physical affair; the lead never swells to more than six points. Butler has the ball with 13 seconds remaining. Gordon Hayward tries to make the play but misses a fallaway jumper, over Brian Zoubek, on the baseline. After Zoubek makes his first free throw, Mike Krzyzewski instructs him to intentionally miss his second foul shot to induce Butler -- no timeouts -- into a scramble play.

That's what makes the Greatest Miss in Tournament History possible. The final 7. All that transpires could inspire a masochistic novella. The game itself is a great one, but we'll boil it down to the final tainted seconds. Pitt leads Butler ball. Shawn Vanzant dishes over his head to Andrew Smith, who converts in traffic with 2.

No timeouts for either team. Gilbert Brown takes an angle to accept a pass, is cut off by Shelvin Mack, and the officials call a foul. Brad Stevens is so mad he might run his hands through his hair. Brown makes his first free throw, but after he misses the second, Pitt's Nasir Robinson fouls Matt Howard on the loose ball chase.

Howard actually attempts to get off a shot 84 feet from the rim. It's spaz-tastic. The clock slips from 1. Howard makes the first and intentionally misses the second -- calling an echo to Butler's loss in the title game a season prior. It's fourth one is the most compelling. This is the first No. The teams switch leads and runs, FSU never going up by more than four. Bradford Burgess' layup with 7. Burgess is outstanding, scoring 26 and making six 3-pointers.

VCU relies on 3-pointers after being an average team from distance most of the season. UConn though, had a well-established cable network to beam its highlights throughout the country.

Texas was one year removed from , where only one of the Final Four games was broadcast live. It proved to be one of the most important things that has happened to the growth of the game. Games were either played Friday night and Sunday afternoon or — as was the case in — on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. That all changed in The national championship game in Charlotte that season was moved to Sunday night — eventually moving to Tuesday night, where it is today — and for the first time ever, was a complete sell-out when tickets went on sale to the public.

Now the head coach at Cincinnati, she took a trip down to the casino floor to walk around and grab a bite to eat. At home, she can walk around in public without getting noticed. She forgot where she was. They all have stories like that now. Carla Berube is constantly asked by her players what it was like to win a championship. And then she did it in a game.

Basketball is how many of them continue to live on. Elliott was an assistant under Auriemma for 11 seasons before taking over at Cincinnati. Berube took Tufts to its first Final Four last season and is , ranked No. Rizzotti has won games in 15 seasons as the head coach at Hartford. That is the part that, even 20 years later, the Connecticut team is still having trouble with: When people thank them for what they did.

How do you respond to something like that? There is no answer, no response that can satisfy yourself and the other person.

They were just a group of girls who had taken a chance on a coach building something at a remote New England state school. Just girls playing basketball, who happened to win all of their games one year — the one year it mattered.

During that season, the players insisted that they never conceptualized how big their impact was beyond Gampel Pavilion. Even when the media spotlight grew bigger and brighter, they remained in their own private bubble oblivious to the outside world, until it was all over. Not quite. After flying home from Minneapolis the team took a chartered flight for the first time all season , there was still the ride from Bradley International Airport in Hartford, to campus.

It was about 45 minutes and Auriemma informed his team upon arrival — many of them still hungover from partying the night before — that there would be a welcome party at Gampel when they returned. The team figured that it would be a couple of hundred students, coach would say something, Rebecca would say something and that would be that. Go back to the dorms and resume normal life as a student on campus.

Over 5, fans greeted the team at the airport. Mile by mile down the Connecticut interstate, they were blown away by what they were seeing: People were hanging off of overpasses. Lining the streets. Signs on buildings. Connecticut flags being waved in every direction.

The police-escorted ride back to Storrs became a mile victory parade. When they arrived , the party was even bigger. Gampel Pavilion was stuffed with over 10, people — far beyond capacity — to welcome the champions home. They were finally realizing the impact their season had on the people outside of their bubble. Not bad for 13 girls and four coaches over the course of 35 games.

Most year olds are only thinking about how it impacts their lives. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. From , forward Chamique Holdsclaw led Tennessee to three national titles.

She holds the women's record for points in the tournament and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player in and In the tournament, Brittany Griner, a 6-foot-9 center, led Baylor to its second national title. Her blocks are the most in tournament history. The game had a Those games had But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!

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