Where does the UConn vs Duke game winner rank in March Madness history?

And they do for Booser, followed it back for Sarn, needs to get rid of it, does for Kaden.

Seven seconds, tried to throw it ahead, deflected, stolen by Connecticut.

Two seconds, it's Mullins up top for the win.

Oh, in it, with three-tenths of a second to go.

Valekis Smith ran off the bench.

That should be a technical.

But with three-tenths of a second to go, Connecticut has the lead, 73 to 72.

That was obviously the Duke call of the final sequence, the play-by-play voice, Dave Schumat,

on the call, looking for a tech for the bench coming out onto the floor.

I've watched it a couple of times, the bench didn't really come out on the floor,

enough for it to be called, and Duke used their last time out in that sequence.

So, we're talking about Duke Yukon here, and we've gotten to the end.

A couple of things, first of all, the turnover at 70 to 66 by Can Boosers, such a bad turnover.

I mean, that's one that you just can't have in that spot.

You're up for trying to make it six, and you turn it over without much,

it wasn't a defensive for Sarnover, you just lost the basketball,

and Yukon comes right down, they hit a three-in with 50 seconds left, it's 70 to 69.

And by the way, they run such good offense to get that three.

That was Caravans, I think, first and only three of the game.

And then, look, they came back, and Boosers hit a shot for them to go up three,

and then you get the last sequence.

And it was interesting about the last sequence for Yukon when they had the ball down three.

As a man, they took a lot of time to only get fouled and get to the free throw line with 10

seconds to go. Made one, missed the second one, and then comes the final 10 seconds.

So, here's my thought on it, and it comes from the perspective of a fan first,

but I've certainly been involved in coaching basketball a long time.

And the press break, their press offense, was perfect.

I mean, they didn't run something really to get the ball in bounds,

but Booser comes in. Here comes the trap.

In press break, you'll always have somebody behind the ball.

As a release, it goes back, and then here comes Kaden Booser into the middle of the floor,

perfectly executed, great pass, and that's where the issue comes.

Now, I've heard a lot of the conversation about this, including from coaches and former players

and the whole thing, and everybody seems to have a different opinion on this one.

The first thing that has been consistent, and it's true, against press break in the middle of the

floor, against a zone when you catch the ball in the middle of the floor, at the high post,

or in the middle of the paint, you're taught, most cases, to catch, turn, and face.

Use that pivot foot, turn, and face. Bring the defense to you, you've got to pass.

Defense doesn't come to you, you've got to shot. In this particular case, in press break,

if they don't come to you, you don't make the pass. You hold on, the clock comes, burns down.

But here they come, and he didn't turn in face. He turned and put the ball on the floor.

The dribble is the mistake. Now, in that situation, when you're going to be trying to play

keep away, and try to burn some clock before they get fouled, I think that's what was in

Caden Boosers' mind. By the way, he had a terrible turn over in the second half, just a lazy pass

to his brother out at mid court that read, just picked off and dunked at the other end.

Part of the eight turn over second half for Duke that really gave Yukon the opportunity

to chip away. But the mistake he makes is to put it on the floor. That's not the way it's coached.

I'm guessing with a little bit of experience here, nowhere near, but these college coaches have

understand, all right? Not trying to tell you I'm an expert here, but you are typically even

from a young age in your zone offense in the middle of the floor or in press break in the middle

of the floor. You're taught to catch turn and face. By the way, two hands on the ball, ball up,

not down, and then you can make the decision. I think what he's doing in this particular case is

he puts the ball on the floor, which is a mistake, because he's intending on playing keep away a

little bit and burning more clock before Yukon fails. He doesn't know, because he kind of catches

it on the run more than face back towards his own basket. He doesn't know that he until he turns

and puts them on the floor that all five defensive players are in the back court and that he's got

two of his own players wide open for a dunk. Now, if he does make a good pass and it's not deflected,

it's a dunk. It's game over, you know, they're up 74 70. Yukon has a time out left, but you know,

it's not, I guess, totally over if they dunk or Duke could have dribbled the clock out, you know,

had a had a successfully made the pass, but you're not supposed to turn and immediately put the ball

on the floor and then pick up the dribble. Like, you don't want to lose that dribble. You don't

want to lose that. I think personally, the reason he did it is his idea for at first was we're going

to play keep away here, going to burn more clock before I get fouled. And then he realized he's

got two of his own players down court and he tries to make a pass off the dribble. And there's

a good defensive play made. Now, once they converged on him to try to make that pass is a bad decision.

It just is. At that point, you know, Yukon does have the jump ball possession. So you don't want to

get tied up, but they're going to foul. You know, they're going to foul in that spot. So you hold on

to it when you realize it's going to be a difficult pass. And you take the foul. But the mistake,

I think most coaches would tell you is that he didn't turn in face. He turned and put the ball

on the floor. And then, you know, yeah, I mean, I think he's I think what's in his mind is we're

going to try to play keep away here. And I'm going to try to burn a little bit more clock before I

get fouled because they're going to clearly found me. And then he saw that there were two players

and he decided to make the play. It's instinctual because you do, you know, catch turn face and then

make the pass. And if you're crowded like that, then you can use the dribble to try to get around

and burn some clock and get fouled or make the pass after. But that was tough. And then the fact

that that mullins at a 35 footer, a great job by caravan who, you know, is a championship player.

And he's immediately picked up and he goes right back to mullins. And I don't know what kind

of criticism you could have for Duke defensively after the turnover. That's a scramble situation.

It's shocking that they turned it over there. And the guys from 35 feet from the basket. You can't

contest too much. You can't close out too hard. They end up fouling him and putting him at the line

for three. I mean, a 35 footer for a team that at one point was one for 16 from three.

It's a great shot. It's an all time memorable shot. And Duke with four tenths of a second left.

That is enough time to catch and get a shot off. But the ball was deflected game over 73-72

Yukon. And certainly it's going to go down as one of the all time memorable NCAA tournament games.

It's Duke going down. And man, I've heard some of the conversation about Shire now losing three

times in the elite eight. Is that what it is three times in the elite eight? He did get to the final

four when they he did get to the final four last year where they lost to Houston in the final four.

All of his all of his losses this year, including by the way, the Houston lost last year in the

final four were double digit second half leads. So maybe there is something to them not being able

to close out. I didn't think tempo wise or anything like that. There was a lot that they could have

done. Like I read a little bit this morning from some people who said they played the game and

sort of arrogant Duke fashion and that they never thought they were going to lose the game. So they

didn't value the possessions. They could have milked the clock more. I actually thought they did end

up, you know, even with some opportunities to score and transition. Ball came back out and they

burned more time. I'll tell you what I didn't think was a great thing for Duke ultimately. And

this may be controversial for Duke fans. I didn't think the return of Caleb Foster helped that much.

His he had three three turnovers. And he had to eat some turnovers. I think the other night

against St. John's. He didn't look he looked super confident and he did make some plays. Don't

get me wrong against St. John's in the sweet 16. But I don't know. It's the the handle was a

little bit loose. There are a couple of times where he kind of forced it. Missed a couple of

the passes. I'm sure Duke people will tell me I'm wrong. I didn't watch Duke all year long,

you know, religiously. But I didn't think his return was necessarily like a huge thing and a

huge game changer. I'm looking to see how many. So against St. John's, he was five of eight,

you know, missed a free throw. I remember in that game. Yeah. Yeah. Mr. free throw. He didn't have

any turnovers in that game, but there were a couple of times where he's close to turning it over.

He had three turnovers. So three of the 13 were Caleb Foster turnovers. But yeah, I mean shocking,

shocking ending never thought even on even at 70 to 69 with 10 seconds to go. I'm not thinking

they're going to lose the game. I'm thinking here comes the ball in bounds. They'll get fouled.

Yeah. They could make one and miss the second one and lose on a three that way. But the way

it happened was certainly shocking. Now in terms of where does it, you know, kind of rank all time.

I mean, it's going to be up there. You know, Braille and Mullins shot from 35 feet with, you know,

it wasn't at the buzzer, but with four tenths of a second left in DC in the lead eight to beat Duke

after trailing by 19 is going to be up there. But it's nowhere near Christian Latener in 92.

That's number one all time. March madness buzzer beaters. There is nothing that touches how many

times we have seen Grant Hill throwing the ball the length of the court or three, you know, to the

high post to the top of the circle to Latener him catching it, turning and firing and hitting the

game winner to knock out Kentucky 104 103 in over time to get to the final four and eventually to land

on a second straight national championship for truly one of the greatest college players that's

ever played in one of the all time great college winners. Christian Latener, that to me is number one.

And number two, I would say the one that we've seen. Of course, it's much older than Chris Jenkins

against North Carolina, but Lorenzo Charles is dunk at the buzzer to beat Houston in the 83

championship game with Jimmy V running all over the court. I don't think we've seen anything as many

times as we've seen that other than the Latener play. Now it's because it's much older, of course,

and then Chris Jenkins at the buzzer to beat North Carolina in a national championship game. Those are

to me like the easy top three yesterday's not touching that. So when somebody says that's the

all know it wasn't that's kind of Mike Greenberg, you know, everything's the most extraordinary thing

you've ever seen, you know, until tomorrow. And then it'll be the most extraordinary thing that

happened last night. You know, we live with always recency bias. It's nowhere near those three.

I mean, even shots like Bryce Drew's or Ty said knees, you know, end to end. Christian

Latener's shot at the buzzer to beat Yukon in 90 was an unbelievable shot. That that was when,

I mean, he was a sophomore that year. And that was an incredible tournament. The 1990 tournament

had so many buzzer beaters, Tate George, Kenny Anderson against Michigan State,

Latener against Yukon. And then, of course, UNLV ended up beating Duke by 30 something in the

in the final. God was UNLV good. So good that year. That 90 and 91 UNLV, those UNLV teams,

I've said this many times in the past, the best NCAA college basketball teams in my lifetime,

the 90 and 91 UNLV teams. Grown men and, you know, they lost to Duke in 91 and the semi-finals

and the final four is an undefeated team. Didn't think that would happen for sure. And Duke

obviously ended up getting their first title and then they repeated the next year. But,

yeah, I mean, so many great, like I looked up a list. I mean, you know, Drew Nicholas's shot to

beat you and see Wilmington's on the list. Bryce Drew, of course. James Forest, Georgia Tech

at the buzzer, one of Al McGuire's all-time great calls to beat Baby Jordan in USC at the buzzer,

Richard Hamilton shot at Capitol. Well, I think there was a Capitol one arena in the sweet 16.

I mean, we've had so many of them, so many of them. That one's going to be remembered, no doubt.

But ironically, again, it wasn't like this incredible basketball game.

This back and forth classic. It wasn't. It was shocking because for me, anyway, I can't speak

for all of you. It just never seemed like it was going to happen. Duke was going to win that

basketball game. The only question for me at the end was, are they going to get to cover with

some free throws or not at the end? And there it was. Phone lines open, 301230-0980. Anything on

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