March Madness - Final Four is set

[superrific]

Interesting. Regardless of how the NBA defines “game-winning shot,” I think most people would define it as the last shot taken by the winning team that also gives that team the lead immediately after being down or tied.

I don't think that's right. If a player makes a shot to put his team up 2 with 2 minutes left, and then neither team scores again, would anyone really call that "the winning shot"? That's just a shot, followed by two minutes of inept offense/great defense.

When we think of game winning shots, we usually require some proximity to the end of the game. Now maybe you can say that 16 seconds is close enough and that's fine. I probably would have done better to describe in terms of buzzer beaters. That's what the MJ shot lacked. There was still plenty of game action after.

 

[superrific]

Watching that is unreal. Guy dribbled like four times just to make it close to half court and then dribbled three or more times to get around the defender. He would have had his pocket picked three times in today's game.

That clip just reinforces how much harder the game is today, and how much more skilled the players are. They don't stand straight up when dribbling and take small steps.

 

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[Calheel]

Where does the Mullins shot rank among all time tournament shots?

When factoring in degree of difficulty and the comeback it’s hard to think of many that top it

I think Kris Jenkins tops it simply because it was the final game. I’d probably put Lorenzo Charles dunk ahead of it for the same reason. But this tops all 1st and 2nd round games by default and is also ahead of Luke Maye and Christian Laetner.