Duke vs. Kentucky (1992): Christian Laettner's shot - FULL GAME 

The greatest game of all Time

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There is a bit of bias with people saying this is the greatest NCAA tournament game of all time. The 2016 championship was arguably better.

@@skoop651 I'm open to hearing your argument.

@@skoop651 I don’t remember who played & who won in 2016…I will never forget this one

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Went 4-0 in regional final games and in those games hit 31-of-34 from the field (91%) and 34-of-37 from the line (92%) with two buzzer-beating game-winning shots. Laettner was clutch at a different level than everyone else.

I love Christian Laettner!!!

In terms of accomplishment what about Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar three years of Varsity college basketball, three national titles

@@kylehoward2961 Competition was terrible compared to Laettner's... maybe 4 or 5 decent teams during Kareems college years

Where were you

I started recording it in the final 5 minutes of regulation. I could not believe what I was seeing. I thought it was the greatest game in any sport that I was seeing. We all were so lucky and fortunate to watch perfection on the basketball court.

some would say the 1974 UCLA/NC State double OT game that ended UCLA's run of 7 straight NCAA titles was the greatest college basketball game. Just recall that NC State had David Thompson while UCLA had Bill Walton and Jamaal Wilkes.

In the duplex, upstairs in the master bedroom, the whole family was huddled around one of those 200 pound box televisions that expired with the 90s. I remember quite well.

I remember too I was sitting about 8 rows back behind the UK basketball team..

Oh yes I agree! I can't believe how I've never forgotten this day

Very well said, as a Duke fan it's annoying how every year our players go pro, there's little to none team building since Coach K has to restart each season

Enjoy the next 5 years with Cal.

And it should have been cut short after stomping on the Kentucky player

@@DanielSong39 that's the only way Kentucky would had won 😜😜😜

@@DanielSong39 He barely tapped him and he was stepping back, wasn't really clear how intentional but certainly not ejection worthy.

@@jc4388 Dude. You don't accidentally step on someone's chest. Stop it!! If he didn't play for Duke or North Carolina he would've been ejected

@@DanielSong39 An argument can be made that he should have been ejected (I don't think he should have), but most people don't realize that he did it in retaliation to being shoved hard at 1:00:10. Laettner shouldn't have stomped the guy (wasn't even the guy who shoved him), but it's not like he did it for no reason at all.

To this day the mention of his name makes die hard Cats fans’ toes curl

@@wlfrnfdjf still painful to watch

At 8 years old I didn’t realize that this meant Kentucky basketball was back and would only get better. I was to busy crying. Only time I ever saw my dad turn the tv off immediately, go to his bedroom, lock the door and didn’t see him until he got home from work the next day. It hurt me and my dad, but imagine being one of those Kentucky kids nobody wanted.

Many who watch this will not remember… But in 1988…our Kentucky Wildcat Basketball program was nearly KILLED by the NCAA for violations that, today, would get a “hand slap” by that weak body. We were left for dead as most of our players abandoned our program except for four Kentucky home boys… Rick Pitino took the pieces of our program and served the years of restrictions placed on us… while teaching our Kentucky kids how to play a phenomenal up-tempo-pressure style not yet seen in the NCAA. Kentucky fans watched each year as Jamal Mashburn joined the team and we kept getting better and better …. THIS was the year we were finally off probation and released into the national spotlight! Duke was king and crowned the NCAA champion in all the national pundits minds before this tournament or game was ever played. When Kentucky finally crossed paths with Duke in the final 8…. it seemed like nobody in the nation had any respect for us… nor truly KNEW what our style of basketball was all about! You watch the first few minutes of this game, and the two HUGE runs our CATS went on to climb back from deficits, and you will see how Pitino’s style was so effective and hard to prepare for and told the nation… Kentucky Basketball is BACK… get used to it! Best Basketball game I ever saw played and hats off to both teams and coaches!

@@vanjones4110 Richie Farmer shaved points throughout his career. He is a born grifter and makes Kentucky Basketball look like a clown show.

Thank for sharing your memories, Davon!

Yeah, that's just the heart of Coach K, he's always been like that! I wish Hubert would have done that on March 5th LOL,,,nope that will never happen!

Glenn, thank you for not being a "hater",,,I watch games and root like heck for my team, if the other team wins, I am disappointed and sad, but I have never felt "hate", it's just a game afterall!

@@karenenderle532 yeah well most kentucky fans arent like that and dont show class like glenn here. especially unc and maryland fans, they are the worst

@@user-bf9iz9jm8e I forgot about that! You're right. You have to admit, it was a thriller!

Idk why because y’all got revenge 6 years later by beating duke in the regional final en route to a national championship.

@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 That's the funny thing I'm a huge DUKE fan and I honestly dont care or even think of 98. Most fans dont. 92 was "The Shot". And probably the most iconic shot in NCAA basketball history.

Had Laettner gotten tossed I think a loss would have been easier to swallow

@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 I'm sure that 92 game hurts the most!!! And besides, Kentucky fans should count their lucky stars, since Utah beat UNC.

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Totally agree with you dude. Grant Hill's inbound ala-merican football pass in that epic play was dead accurate. Hill and Christian both nailed it.

Pitino will still not admit that was a mistake

He had no choice his best defensive player fouled out that's why he made that decision.

@@TheJ-manT800 I guess you are referring to Mashburn. I don't know if he was Kentucky's best defensive player, but that doesn't matter. Pitino could have had anyone in front of Hill jumping up and down and waving his arms. That would have been enough to get his throw off the mark. If Laettner had to chase after the ball time would have run out.

Agreed

Kareem

@@coachtorres5536 Nope.

Kareen Abdul Jabaar might be the GOAT, but this shot puts Laettner up there.

@@karenenderle532 kareem could never shoot three pointers like laettner could.

@@archangelmusic13 It's because they won't nan...Duke fully exploited the 3 when it was fully instituted in 86-87

I hear you my man. And I was a Kentucky fan since Rex Chapman. I remember watching this game in a small dive bar in South Jersey with my friends that afternoon. And I recall one of my pals saying with still plenty of time left, this is the best game ever. Every shot that went in sounded like a game winner. That was kinda amplified by being played in that Spectrum shoebox.

No, ur wrong.

his career was pretty good, 12 years average of over 10 a game, just played on some dismal teams and his shooting the 3 wasn't as good in the nba

He averaged 12.8 points per game 6 rebounds three assists made NBA all rookie team and made one All-Star game had a pretty good career

@@Alphasports576It was a pretty good career. I thought he would me more of a star. Really appreciate his collegiate accomplishments now in retrospect.

For me it died off after the Villanova and NCU national championship game.

I think that was Laettner's mother and sister.

@@freakystyley4000 You're right.

Oh wahhhh, you wish you could be a thousandth as good as laettner.

Not true. Pitino stayed on the court for nearly a minute, which can feel like an hour when you'v lost a game with this kind of a gut punch bad beat. What was he supposed to do? Linger there and soak it all in? The court belongs to the winners. Did Mike K. hang around and swap hugs with every Lehigh player when they upset Duke in the tournament? Pitino ceded the court to the victors, and walked away very calmly.

Wow. "Tv" Teddy valentine. That clown again. The name says it all