Nothing in basketball is better than a game that comes down to a last second shot. Sometimes it goes in, sometimes it doesn’t and sometimes Pat Connaughton leaps out of a gym and stuffs it before it ever has a chance to find the bottom of the net.
In their latest edition of #NDTop10, Notre Dame released their ten best men’s basketball buzzer beaters in program history. Take the next three minutes and enjoy a couple hand-fulls of epic Fighting Irish basketball finishes.
🚨 There's no thrill quite like a buzzer beater. 🚨
We broke down the #NDTop10 buzzer beaters — did your favorite make the list? pic.twitter.com/0lXsELtj03
— Notre Dame MBB (@NDmbb) May 15, 2020
I love that Rex Pflueger averaged 5.4 points per game during his Notre Dame career but managed to make the list twice, including the top spot. I still don’t know how the Irish got by Stephen F. Austin that day but I’m not complaining.
Glad to see Torin Francis on the list on what was to me, Chris Thomas’s most-memorable play/assist at Notre Dame.
I still contest that stuffing someone at the buzzer should count for this though.