College Basketball: Best Game Ever?
Even though it’s an impossible question to get a definitive answer for, you may already have a game that comes quickly to mind. But unless it’s one of these three, you’d be wrong.

1985 Championship Game
Villanova 66 – Georgetown 64
In what stands as one of the biggest upsets of all time, the underdog Wildcats moved the immovable object when they defeated the Hoyas back on April Fool’s Day in 1985. Patrick Ewing and the rest of the Hoyas had obliterated everyone that got in their way before Villanova took them down. To win the game Villanova shot an incredible 78.6 percent. Even more amazing was the 90 percent rate at which they shot in the second half. This was the first of many letdowns for Ewing, who also had to endure his fair share of disappointments in the NBA.
1987 Championship game
Indiana 74 – Syracuse 73
Keith Smart hit a 15-footer with five seconds to go to give the Hoosiers a national title. But it wouldn’t have been a winning shot if Derrick Coleman hadn’t clanged a free-throw off the rim just seconds earlier.
1992 Regional Final
Duke 104 – Kentucky 103
The final shot from this game has been played so many times, it has to rank up there among the greatest college games ever played. Christian Laettner’s turnaround jumper over two defenders allowed Duke to advance, but it was Laettner’s perfect 10-for-10 from the field and 10-for-10 from the free-throw line that effectively tamed the Wildcats.
And without further adieu, here’s that Laettner jumper in video form for you. Enjoy.




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