When you go through the annals of NCAA history, people tend to gloss over the 1995 tournament even though it was won by a legendary program, UCLA. They had a cheating coach in Jim Harrick, and no NBA stars on their roster. They did, however, have a memorable victory in round 2 of that year's tournament when point guard Tyus Edney raced coast to coast as time expired to beat Missouri.
As an unabashed UConn homer, that moment is particularly memorable to me because the eventual champions took out my beloved Huskies in the Elite 8. For some reason, that game is never brought up when discussing great NCAA tournament games. I assume that this is because there was no last minute miracle shot at the end of the game, but go here and check out the score from that game. It's on the second line of the chart for the west regional. You'll notice that UCLA beat Connecticut 102-96. Think about that for a minute. That was nearly 200 points in a 40 minute college basketball game. Say what you will about the lack of defense but that was one fucking exciting basketball game. Taking a closer look at the tournament from that year, you see that the Huskies' LOWEST scoring game from the tournament was a 96 point effort they achieved twice. As a basis for comparison, the Miami Heat, ostensibly a professional basketball team, managed a mere 54 points in an actual NBA game last night. Had Tyus Edney not made that miracle shot to beat Missouri, assuming the rest of the bracket falls out the same way, theres' a solid chance we're talking about the 1995 National Champion UConn Huskies.
Oh well. Here's some awesome video to get you even more amped up for the upcoming tournament.
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