Random Awesome Michigan Moment: Trey Burke vs Kansas
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RK8ED2CUY
One of my favorite sports moments of all time. Was watching with father in Savannah, GA in a hotel room. Will never forget, “5 seconds...fires from three...and the game is tied!!!”
According to Dylan Burkhardt at umhoops.com, Michigan had a 0.6% chance of winning with 2:33 to play.
It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine. Happy holidays and Go Blue!
December 20th, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^
December 20th, 2018 at 7:48 PM ^
Apologies, posting from mobile. Copied the link a few comments down.
December 20th, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^
0.6%?? I was thinking more along the lines of 0.0% at the time
December 20th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
And then GR3 put on his cape and did ALL the things. Burke brought it home, but without Robinson and that one minute Kansas wins by 10.
December 20th, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
Thank you.
I needed this.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
20 years from now players will be sitting out games like these. Why risk injury in a college exhibition tournament? I wish I was joking.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:06 PM ^
It’s more likely that 20 years from now players that are skilled enough and have the desire to make money playing sports aren’t forced into a phony minor league system that compensates in the form of college credits instead of cash.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:15 PM ^
Meant for this to be a happy/fond memory/optimistic/nostalgic thread. Could you please post in one of the other bajillion negative threads?
December 20th, 2018 at 8:34 PM ^
But this is mgoblog, happiness dwells elsewhere
December 20th, 2018 at 8:42 PM ^
Edit - Fair enough, not in this thread.
December 20th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
For some reason, I feel like a single elimination tournament that decides the national champion will never be viewed as an exhibition by players. You’re comparing apples to oranges. Bowls (aside from the playoffs) decide nothing more than your end of season ranking. Meanwhile, the NCAA Tournament can determine the success or failure of a season.
December 21st, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
C'mon. Why do players sit out in football but not basketball....think real hard. Plus, this is apples and oranges. I don't think anyone has sat out a CFP game yet, nor will anyone be sitting out Sweet 16 games either.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
That made me smile ?
December 20th, 2018 at 8:16 PM ^
I remember my reaction started with "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" followed by silence as my jaw dropped. Great team that gave us a lot of memories. They had so many close losses that it seemed like they were snakebitten until that very moment.
December 20th, 2018 at 10:22 PM ^
Basketball has changed quite a bit in five years. Now the shorts are tight and that shot doesn't look so far away with how guys like Steph Curry shoot these days. That was Curry range.
Today they'd be insane to let him get open like that.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
Look how baggy those shorts are.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
Another More-Recent Random Awesome Michigan Moment:
December 20th, 2018 at 8:26 PM ^
My third favorite sports memory of all time behind:
#1 Magglio Ordonez walk-off homerun vs the A’s in the 2006 ALCS
#2 Trey Burke vs Kansas
Was watching this game with my former Michigan roommates in Chicago, where I live now.
“And he rifles it right in front of us to Abdur-Rahan...at midcourt...extra pass...and it goes for the win!!!”
December 20th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
I'm guessing that you're too young to have been around for this moment.
December 20th, 2018 at 8:36 PM ^
Such a lucrative shot for those that had the Michigan money line!
December 20th, 2018 at 8:43 PM ^
Never yelled so much at the TV, was hoarse for a week. What a game
December 20th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
the best moment was the Bill Self clapping of encouragement whilst wiping the sweat of anguish off his upper lip. . .
December 20th, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
I remember when it first happened I asked someone to overlay the Dennis bergkamp audio clip on top of it. Someone did, and it was awesome. Sadly the video was taken down. Any industrious editor out there who wants to give an old man an early Christmas gift?
December 20th, 2018 at 10:13 PM ^
The awesomeness and the impact of this play has not faded with time.
I have a hard time believing that Beilein could have built what Michigan has been these last couple of years if Burke doesn't sink that shot. That run validated Michigan as a program and Beilein as a coach, and it all came down to Burke's shot.
December 20th, 2018 at 10:24 PM ^
I liked Stu Douglass dunking on Tennessee in 2011. But here are my regular season nominees:
2013 vs MSU: "They're gonna hold it, I think Tom Izz-OH NO! What a steal! Burke! Michigan, back on top!"
2014 at Purdue: "Robinson along the baseliiiiine GOT IT!"
December 20th, 2018 at 10:54 PM ^
My dad and I had just gotten home after listening to the comeback on the radio in the car, sat down to watch the end of the game, barely said a word for a half hour out of nervousness, then went nuts when the shot went in. One of my favorite Michigan memories for sure, and I wasn't even in the building.
December 20th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
With your dad? Awesome.
December 20th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
Never a doubt
December 20th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
I had to watch that game again after seeing this post.
December 21st, 2018 at 12:45 AM ^
That was such a great comeback!! That team was very special!! Should have won it all. They got cheated!!
Go Blue!!
December 21st, 2018 at 3:51 AM ^
The block was clean!
December 21st, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
and so was the team!
December 21st, 2018 at 6:04 AM ^
I am a grown man and a dad.. When Trey hit that shot, my 3 year old at the time asked why I was crying.. lol. I literally couldn’t control my emotions.
December 21st, 2018 at 8:57 AM ^
I've been trying to find a nice 8x10 or bigger photo of Trey's shot but have come up empty. So hard to find. Any suggestions?
Thanks
December 21st, 2018 at 9:56 AM ^
I found a version of the picture that included the name of the photographer. Turns out he worked/works for one of the bigger Kansas newspapers (can't recall which). I tracked down his email and sent a note asking if I could buy a copy of the photograph for personal use. Amazingly, he emailed back and included a link to a website to buy the picture. Check a few of the major Kansas newspaper websites. In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the email with link buried in my inbox.
Edit: found the link. Name of the photographer is Nick Krug and newspaper is Lawrence Journal World
http://ljworld.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge_remote.asp?source=jsapi&remoteimageid=7755552
December 21st, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Thanks. Appreciate it!
December 21st, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
Edit: I just saw where someone else had posted this shot. Sorry about that!
Great video & I remember it well but I also really, really like Jordan Poole’s buzzer beater.