Best Qualities of March Madness

#13 - Buzzer Beaters

I use the term "buzzer beater" perhaps a little more liberally than other people. For most people a true buzzer beater is a game-winning shot that leaves no time on the clock. I would say that any game-winning basket made with less than 3 seconds could be classified as a buzzer beater.

My favorite example from this year would be Michael Flowers' three-pointer at the end of the Texas game. Not only did Flowers make the shot, but he also made the heads-up steal of the inbounds pass and tossed the ball in the air to drain the clock to 00:00.

As for March buzzer beaters, two come to mind: Alando Tucker's three-pointer to beat Iowa in the Big Ten Tourney back in 2005, and Freddie Owens hitting a three-pointer to beat Tulsa and send UW to the Sweet Sixteen in 2003.