Buzzer beaters
The last time Michigan won on a buzzer beater, to my recollection, was Tommy Amaker's first season: January 19, 2002 at Crisler.
Michigan came back from a 10 point deficit against Minnesota in the final 6 minutes to tie the game 69-69. On the final play, Bernard Robinson Jr. threw up a 12 foot floater that went in at the buzzer.
That was the only drama to celebrate that year as the team finished 11-18. The team was so bad, there's no footage of it on youtube or pictures of it on google.
The only other buzzer beater I can think of was the Fab Five's secound round tournament game against UCLA in 1993 with Jimmy King's put back....
Can anyone think of any others?
February 26th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
Walton's got two of those this season.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
February 27th, 2014 at 12:03 AM ^
February 26th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
Have a whole set on it in my Men's Basketball SuperGuide (working title) I'm in the process of finalizing. Taken directly from it-
These aren't all buzzer beaters, but "last second wins"
Secs is short for seconds left.
|
Date |
Player |
Opponent |
Score |
Secs. |
|
1/15/1962 |
Tom Cole |
vs Iowa |
56-55 |
1 |
|
12/14/1964 |
Cazzie Russell |
#2 Wichita State |
87-85 |
1 |
|
12/30/1964 |
Cazzie Russell |
Princeton |
80-78 |
2 |
|
1/19/1974 |
C.J. Kupec |
vs Michigan State |
84-82 |
0 |
|
1/27/1975 |
Wayman Britt |
vs Wisconsin |
75-73 |
0 |
|
2/17/1975 |
Steve Grote |
vs Minnesota |
67-65 |
1 |
|
3/3/1975 |
Joe Johnson |
vs Illinois |
77-75 |
2 |
|
2/2/1978 |
Mark Lozier |
at #7 Michigan State |
65-63 |
0 |
|
1/18/1979 |
Alan Hardy |
at Northwestern |
53-51 |
1 |
|
1/25/1979 |
Keith Smith |
vs #4 Michigan State |
49-48 |
0 |
|
1/27/1979 |
Marty Bodnar |
at #8 Illinois |
56-54 |
1 |
|
2/10/1979 |
Marty Bodnar |
vs Indiana |
60-59 |
1 |
|
1/10/1981 |
Marty Bodnar |
vs #19 Minnesota |
68-67 2OT |
5 |
|
2/5/1981 |
Marty Bodnar |
vs Michigan State |
79-77 |
2 |
|
1/28/1982 |
Dan Pelekoudas |
vs Ohio |
62-60 |
1 |
|
2/16/1984 |
Eric Turner |
vs #7 Illinois |
62-60 |
3 |
|
1/19/1985 |
Roy Tarpley |
vs Iowa |
69-67 3OT |
0 |
|
3/10/1985 |
Gary Grant |
at Indiana |
73-71 |
1 |
|
1/8/1986 |
Robert Henderson |
vs #18 Illinois |
61-59 |
1 |
|
4/1/1989 |
Sean Higgins |
1 Illinois |
83-81 |
2 |
|
4/3/1989 |
Rumeal Robinson |
3 Seton Hall |
80-79 OT |
3 |
|
1/27/1990 |
Rumeal Robinson |
vs Michigan State |
65-63 |
2 |
|
12/29/1992 |
Jalen Rose |
#5 North Carolina |
79-78* |
1 |
|
3/23/1993 |
Jimmy King |
9 UCLA |
86-84 OT* |
2.4* |
|
11/30/1997 |
Maceo Baston |
at Detroit |
54-53* |
0* |
|
2/7/2004 |
Courtney Sims |
vs Purdue |
64-63 |
1.4 |
|
3/20/2006 |
Dion Harris |
vs 5 Notre Dame |
87-84 2OT |
0.8 |
|
11/29/2008 |
DeShawn Sims |
vs Savannah State |
66-64 OT |
0.8 |
|
2/26/2014 |
Glenn Robinson III |
at Purdue |
77-76 OT |
1 |
February 26th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
Well, that certainly helps.
I forgot about Maceo Baston's shot against Detroit. I remember the ESPN highlights of that one.
But I'm drawing a blank on Courtney Sims shot against Purdue. Seems I should remember that one.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:24 PM ^
4-peat on that list!
Happy to see his name on there. Bodnar helped me out with tickets a couple of times several years ago when he was in charge of that area in the Athletic Department. Great guy!
February 26th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^
My apologies on the games covered up by the sidebars. My formatting blows goats.
|
1/18/1979 |
Alan Hardy |
at Northwestern |
53-51 |
1 |
|
1/25/1979 |
Keith Smith |
vs #4 Michigan State |
49-48 |
0 |
|
1/27/1979 |
Marty Bodnar |
at #8 Illinois |
56-54 |
1 |
February 26th, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^
February 27th, 2014 at 5:30 AM ^
and can't help but remember, i was there in seattle when rumeal sank his 2 FT's vs. S. Hall in the nat'l championship game. a thriller for the ages.
February 27th, 2014 at 8:20 AM ^
Sean Higgins putback sticks in my mind. It is easy to look back on great runs like last year and 89 and forget that it takes a lot of little miracles to reach that level.
February 27th, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
GRIII's buzzer beater and the 2014 force-field repellant of the point-blank tip in miss by Nebraska
February 26th, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^
February 27th, 2014 at 11:10 AM ^
I remember watching that game and absolutely losing my mind when Dion drilled that desperation shot. Funny how excited I got about a second-round NIT game against a mediocre Notre Dame squad.
The times, they are a changin'.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
I remember DeShawn Sims vs Savannah St. Beilein's second year, and what would become our first NCAA tourney in a decade. Crazy to think that a loss like that could have doomed our NCAA tournament hopes as a bubble team. We've come a long way.
Also notable from that game was Zack Novak stealing the ball and missing a break away dunk at the end of regulation.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:47 PM ^
Troubling times inside the kingdom.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
Nothin' Sweeter!
February 26th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
"Bernard Robinson" might be the cutest six-year-old garbled version of the moniker pertaining to a recently departed #16.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
February 27th, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
short-short mafia...another old man.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
February 26th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
Trey Burke hit a pretty big shot pretty late in the game one time. Wasn't a buzzer beater or a winner but I'll take any opportunity to bring this up.
February 27th, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^
I could watch this all night. That was such a great shot such a great run in the tourney, man I wish we would have won Trey could have gone down as the Charles Woodson of Michigan B-ball. I am just soooo happy to watch what Michigan basketball has become again under Beilein, Go Blue!!!!!!
February 27th, 2014 at 1:36 AM ^
... the charles woodson of basketball?
Wait we already have him and his name is glen rice. He only averaged treys career high in the tourney.
February 27th, 2014 at 2:43 AM ^
Burke:Woodson::Naismith:Heisman::NCAA Title:National Champions
I loves me some Glen Rice but he wasn't the national POY. He was only co-POY for the B1G (silliness) with Jay Edwards from Indiana.
February 27th, 2014 at 6:40 AM ^
For our tournament hopes last season, that was as close to a buzzer beater as you could probably get when it comes to at least vastly improving our relative chances in that game. I don't have the graphic where I am right now, but the estimated odds of Michigan winning as that shot fell jumped about 40-50% at that precise moment in the game per the tracker. Still, I think I woke people up with my screaming in joy after that game.
February 27th, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
I jumped off my couch like toast popping up out of a toaster!!!
February 26th, 2014 at 11:23 PM ^
Aww man, thought this was gonna be a thread on sweet buzzer beaters. Here's my personal favorite.
February 27th, 2014 at 1:37 AM ^
Man, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Duke.
February 27th, 2014 at 2:50 AM ^
February 26th, 2014 at 11:23 PM ^
I had wondered this same thing right after the shot. The last Michigan game winning shot as time expired I could remember was Dion Harris' rainbow 3 against ND in the NIT in 2006. I guess Peedi's shot against Savannah State could have been as time expired as well
February 26th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
February 27th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^
He was pissed the refs were reviewing it. Harris clearly got it off in time live.
February 27th, 2014 at 12:42 AM ^
I remember watching that with at a friend's apartment back in undergrad. Classic finish! My favorite part is the guy at the end of Michigan's bench by the baseline. He evidently didn't think the shot had a chance, because he had two arms full of fold-out seats that he was bringing out for the players to sit on in the huddle, and when it goes down, he has no idea what to do with all those chairs!
February 27th, 2014 at 11:21 AM ^
you can see he's trying to raise his hands up to cheer, but all he can do is kind of heave his arms up in the air.
February 27th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
Even though this video is only from 2006 (which still feels relatively recent), everything about it looks so old. The jerseys, the arena, and court...crazy what a difference winning can make.
February 27th, 2014 at 11:16 AM ^
I forgot how small the M at halfcourt was, along with the small, weirdly-offset "Michigan" along the baselines.
Crisler's court is the way it should be now (minus the B1G logo, bleh): giant M at halfcourt and prominent "Michigan" centered along the baselines.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:24 PM ^
I don't know that it was technically a "buzzer beater," but I rememeber Jimmy King hitting a 3 on M's final possession to beat Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye in 1994, after M had trailed pretty much the entire game. It was kind of similar to tonight's game in that it seemed throughout that Iowa was destined to win--and then, right at the end, bam!
February 26th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
I have that game on tape but I don't think I've ever watched it. I'll have to go back and check it.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:25 PM ^
Sean Higgins in the 1989 Final Four has to be the buzzer beater for a life time. I watched the game on TV at at a party in Chicago full of Illini fans. Nothing irks the Illini faithful more than watching that putback.
February 27th, 2014 at 7:38 AM ^
Gotten over the 1989 semi-finals game. I think they'll always believe they deserved the national championship, not us.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:25 PM ^
February 26th, 2014 at 11:31 PM ^
Yes -- it was a tip-in at one of the preseason tournaments in Hawaii. Good call.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:33 PM ^
And that's only going to a Michigan basketball game once every two or three years. I'm taking full credit and will begin attending more games all for your benefit. You're welcome.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
This one reminded me so much of the DeShawn Sims almost-buzzer-beater against MSU a few years back. Out of bounds toss over the top, off the glass, seemed to hang on the rim forever.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
Apologies to Dion Harris. That was an incredible shot.
February 26th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
That our jerseys were actually awesome that recently...
February 27th, 2014 at 12:07 AM ^
I was going to say that I missed those jerseys. I still cant understand why we abanoned the big block M on the shorts, they were iconic.
February 27th, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^