The outbreak of COVID-19 has taken over the sports world with the professional sports in suspension and the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. So, Sixers Wire will bring back some of the best moments of March Madness for the current Philadelphia 76ers.
This edition heads back to Glenn Robinson III’s days with the Michigan Wolverines in 2013. This game is one of the more classic games in not only Michigan history, but college basketball as a whole. It also is not so much about Robinson III, but former Sixer Trey Burke for knocking down one of the more amazing shots in NCAA history.
March 29, 2013
The Wolverines were feeling confident after two big wins to begin the Tournament and now they were running into the Kansas Jayhawks who held the top seed in their region. Kansas was led by a surefire NBA talent in Ben McLemore who was a projected lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft and the odds were stacked against Michigan in this one.
The Wolverines trailed by double-digits and Burke was scoreless at halftime with Michigan trailing 40-34 thanks to contributions by Robinson III and former Sixer Nik Stauskas. The Kansas lead was then 68-54 with just about seven minutes left to go and all seemed lost.
Burke then went on a rampage to get Michigan back in it, however, with 12.6 seconds left Kansas had a chance to ice it. They could not do it as a missed free-throw on the front end of the 1-and-1 gave them a chance and Burke drilled a deep triple to force overtime to lead Michigan to an 87-85 win in the extra session.
Mutch McGary led Michigan with 25 points and 14 rebounds, Burke had 23 points and 10 assists, and Robinson III had 13 points and eight rebounds.
Burke told reporters postgame:
We never had the mindset that we were going to lose the game. When we were down 14, we knew anything could still happen. It’s March, anything can happen.
The Wolverines will now continue their NCAA Tournament run when they take on the Florida Gators in the Elite 8. [lawrence-related id=28465,28458,28436]