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Massachusetts high school hockey championship ends with a buzzer-beater (and controversy)

There is controversy in Massachusetts in the end of the D1 state title game.

The Division 1 final in Massachusetts ended with a buzzer-beater on Sunday. But the debate about if the goal should have been allowed is still on-going.

Johnny Tighe’s goal for St. John’s Prep (Danvers, Massachusetts) lifted his team to a win over Winchester (Winchester, Massachusetts) and a state title. But should the goal have even counted?

It appears that Tighe’s shot came after the green light behind the goal lit up, indicating that the clock on the scoreboard turned 00.0. But the officials ruled that the shot came before time had expired.

There is no video replay in Massachusetts high school hockey.

The light is on a split moment before Tighe fired his shot past Aiden Emerick in Winchester’s goal.

You be the judge? Did St. John’s get the game-winner before the light behind the goal goes on?

 

In New Jersey, a state playoff basketball game at the buzzer also recently drew controversy. Except in the basketball game, the rightful team was denied their winning basket at the buzzer.

An imperfect and flawed world, isn’t it?

In defeat, Winchester handled the controversy with dignity. According to the Boston Herald, Winchester head coach Gino Khachadourian took the high road in talking about the end of the game.

“It’s a tough way to lose,” Khachadourian said per the Boston Herald.

“I feel bad for them. They gave everything and they’re all distraught in (the locker room). … They’re a great group of kids and they’re a class act, and they know we’ll walk out of here with our heads high, and wish St. John’s Prep the best. They won the championship.”

 

Wisconsin HC Greg Gard recreated the play that led to Bronson Koenig’s 2016 buzzer-beater vs Xavier

Thoughts on Greg Gard’s coaching in win over Purdue?

Attentive Wisconsin basketball fans were all over this on X during the Badgers’ heart-stopping overtime win over Purdue Saturday afternoon.

The win came thanks to the play of point guard Chucky Hepburn. He finished with 22 points, four assists, three steals and incredible clutch moments in regulation and overtime. It also came thanks to how head coach Greg Gard was able to manage the game, and his ability to dial up late-game plays for his best players.

This was perfectly seen with Hepburn’s buzzer-beater to force an overtime period. Wisconsin was inbounding the ball with 2.7 seconds remaining and a two-point deficit.

Related: Wisconsin basketball social media celebrates Badgers’ shocking win over Purdue

Then Gard dialed up a beauty:

Wisconsin fans were all over that action, which I guess is called ‘wagon,’ because it reminded them of Bronson Koenig’s game-winning three against Xavier in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

I see the resemblance, and each obviously resulted in a clutch basket.

The official Wisconsin basketball account on X seemed to confirm the suspicions, by posting the following after the game:

Wisconsin’s last-second win sends the team to the Big Ten Tournament final to take on the winner of Illinois and Indiana. That game will be tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. eastern, and will immediately proceed the reveal of the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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WATCH: Daniel Russell scores buzzer beater winner for MSU hockey

Watch MSU hockey’s crazy buzzer beater to knock off Minnesota on Friday night:

Michigan State hockey welcomed in Minnesota for a weekend series at Munn Ice Arena this weekend. The series is pivotal for Big Ten standings and the Spartans quest for a Big Ten Championship.

In the first game of the weekend series, the Spartans overcame a 2-0 deficit to knock off the Golden Gophers, 3-2, on the back of a Daniel Russell game winning goal with 4 seconds left in the game.

Watch the insane game winner:

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STUNNED: Twitter reacts to Ole Miss upsetting No. 1 Stanford

No. 1 Stanford gets knocked out before the Sweet 16.

Ole Miss shocked the world on Sunday when they took down No. 1 seed Stanford, 54-49, in the second round of the 2023 March Madness Women’s D1 NCAA tournament. The Rebels advance to their first Sweet 16 in 16 years.

This is the 11th  Sweet Sixteen in program history for Ole Miss. Stanford is the first No. 1 seed to lose before the Sweet 16 since 2009. The difference maker for Ole Miss was out-rebounding Stanford, 44-39, and their 5 made three-pointers

Stanford is not a stranger to being knocked off by unsuspecting teams, but it is rare. In 1998 Stanford was seeded No. 1 and Harvard came in at a No. 16 and took them down. This was the first time a No. 16 seed took down a No. 1 seed in the history of either the women’s or men’s tournaments.

This has occurred only three times in the history of the women’s and men’s tournaments. Most recently with No. 16 seed Fairleigh-Dickinson defeating No. 1 seed Purdue in the 2023 men’s tournament.

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Quick Hits: Oregon suffers a brutal buzzer-beater loss on The Farm

Oregon suffers a gut punch in the name of Jaiden DeLaire as the Stanford forward knocked down a three at the buzzer to down the Ducks.

Dana Altman said it would be a process.

Two conference games, two close losses in games the Oregon Ducks probably should have won.

Stanford’s Jaiden DeLaire knocked down a three-pointer from the left wing at the buzzer to defeat Oregon 72-69.

Will Richardson had a chance to give Oregon the lead on the previous possession, but his three-pointer didn’t find the mark. The Cardinal called timeout with three seconds left to set up a play to find DeLaire.

Oregon is now 0-2 in Pac-12 play, 5-5 overall and this season is quickly becoming something no one in Eugene expected. The Ducks were a Top 15 to begin this year, but now will be fighting for their post-season lives and it’s just mid-December.

Notre Dame NCAA Tournament Hero Inks Pro Deal

Notre Dame NCAA Tournament hero Rex Pflueger has signed a pro basketball deal.

Rex Pflueger, Notre Dame’s all-time leader in games played for the basketball team, has inked a professional deal with the Newcastle Eagles of England.  Newcastle plays in the BBC, the British Basketball League.

Pflueger chose Newcastle in part, due to his late mother who was English by birth.

Pflueger said in the team’s official release:

“It feels great knowing that I will be starting my professional career in a country that I am very much familiar with”, he said.

“My mother was born and raised in Andover before eventually meeting my father in the US and moving out here full time.”

Notre Dame fans remember Pflueger for being a leader, leaving his heart on the floor nightly and for battling back from a knee injury.

Pflueger’s tip-in with under two seconds remaining against Stephen F. Austin in the Second Round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament helped send Notre Dame to the Sweet 16 and eventually the Elite 8 for the second year in a row.

Basketball player with Down syndrome hits buzzer-beater with silky shot, perfect crowd reaction

The crowd had the perfect reaction after Reid Demelo, a Canadian basketball player with Down syndrome, showed off his silky shot with a buzzer-beater 3-pointer.

As Mike Breen is prone to saying: “BANG!”

We can only imagine a call of exuberance resonating from the broadcaster’s voice as if he were watching Steph Curry and not Canadian high school basketball player Reid Demelo.

Demelo has Down syndrome. He also has one of the smoothest jumpers we’ve seen. Barstool Sports Vancouver got hold of his 3-point buzzer-beater, and he quickly went viral.

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Demelo got out on a fast break with a teammate, who gave him a behind-the-back pass. Demelo stepped into his shot and fired. It was a beauty: great form, high arc.

Buzzer-beater.

The crowd went berserk and stormed the court.

And Demelo knew exactly how to react, as if he consistently hits shots that cause frenzies. He let the crowd chase after him before allowing himself to get engulfed.

A different angle from the student section shows a cool shot of the crowd running toward him to celebrate.

Making a group of people who just want to celebrate chase you first is one of the coolest forms of celebrating a shot like this, as players from Stephon Marbury to Dwyane Wade have shown.

You can throw Reid Demelo into that group, too.