Christian Laettner is still a dominant figure in college basketball, even all these years later. His buzzer beater against Kentucky still is a highlight of March Madness and his UConn buzzer beater, while less famous, is still dramatic.
What a lot of people forget is that UConn was almost not in position to play Duke in 1990 because Clemson had them on the ropes in the Sweet Sixteen.
Scott Burrell, guarded by 6-11 Elden Campbell, threw a length of the court pass to Tate George with just one second left. George caught the ball in the right corner and turned to shoot. The Clemson defender kept his hands well away, not wanting to foul, and Tate turned and nailed the shot.
Of course there was not time left and UConn walked away with a 71-70 win.
The high off of that game lasted only until Saturday when the Huskies ran into Duke and Laettner, who nailed his own devastating buzzer beater.
Sadly, George later was convicted of fraud for running a Ponzi scheme. He was sentenced to nine years in 2016 but was released in 2021.
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