Valpo Buzzer Beater

[DavidJOtt]

my high school runs this play and it really worked for my game winner

[Lorenshyne]

Get well coach Homer Drew and wife.

[DMMPELLETIER]

my sons name is bryce.

[von32897]

I remember this like it was yesterday. Can't believe it's been over 13 years. Wow.

[21sibs21]

why are there four people on the side of the free throw line? Ohh...

[previnsnaidu1]

AMAZING!!!!

[1967mustanggta]

Great moment. IF

Butler had made that mid court shot against Duke last year - IF

Oh well, Butler is in it tonight and we hope for more magic, miracles, etc.

along the way

[WingerSupreme]

Pacer wasn't called during the time-out, listen very carefully at 2:06. Turn your volume up.

[fsuchino]

My favorite March Madness buzzer beater. That play was executed to perfection. All that hard work paid off.

[sctvhound]

I was six years old, and was sick from school. The finish was shown on CBS here, and that hooked me to college basketball.

[dbfro1]

now that i look back on this game, coach drew using his last timeout after the 1st free throw instead of after the 2nd was brilliant...gave his team time to gather themselves for "pacer" and iced the shooter at the line, all at the same time. i remember when i watched it live, i was like "what r u thinkin"

[kstatefan3]

Watching KU-Valpo....had to revisit this shot :-D

Bryce is currently the assistant coach at Valpo.

[LordBizarre112233]

It's funny, the announcer says, "You can't diagram that and you can't practice it." But the fact is, it was diagrammed (called "Pacer") and the team *did* practice it.

[golfdude2007]

any time...a Dad gets to coach his son....and then the son wins it

for the Dad.........is what a Dad / son relationship is all about !!

[mikeynyc64]

One of my all time favorite tourney moments...

[USCtrojansgamer]

Valpo vs Ole Miss was featured on the College Classic in NCAA March Madness 06, I got the game on PlayStation 2, it's cool college basketball

[dxdude2004]

@USCtrojansgamer I pulled it off with Bryce Drew, but on a fade-away lol

[defnyung]

The shot is great but damn, the pass was just as awesome! Without the pass the shot wouldn't have happened. 

[americanaccents]

I'm gonna use Drew in the 3-Point shootout in NBA Courtside 2. Can't miss!

[SeovyeQuirsefron]

The great thing about March Madness is that something like this happens almost every year. You gotta love the MADNESS!!

[oly1236]

This is still in my opinion the best play in NCAA history. a 13 seed in Valpo who was completely unheard of, knocking off a 4 seed on a full court pass hitting a 3pt shot to win by a point. Don't come back to me with Laettners shot either. Duke/Ken great moment, not near as the same category as an upset and shot like this.

[dirtybirdambrose]

Why not? Just because it wasn't an upset doesn't make it any less great a shot. To me, the significance of the Laettner shot raises it above this. He doesn't hit that shot, they don't win the title. This Drew shot was amazing, but the larger context of the Laettner shot makes a difference. This happens all the time in sports. The more important the game, the more important the moment. Does that mean Drew's shot wasn't amazing? Of course not. But, iMO it doesn't beat Duke-Kentucky

[falconhead67]

i see you in the background scott drew

[00JosefK]

Didn't Bryce Drew lose the state championship on a buzzer beater in high school?

[AndyAkeko]

In 1994, Valparaiso (the high school, not the University) blew an 8-point lead in the final minute of regulation and lost to South Bend Clay in OT.

[gmf20002]

this is the quintessential march madness game and moment to me it embodies everything that the big Dance is aaall about

[thedude19766]

what year was it happed

[Boojkill]

1998

[Boojkill]

I think they get up to the Sweet 16 and lose to URI.

[Th3GrammarPolice]

lesson-dont give a great shooter a second chance.

[TheSandman10101]

not that good of a shot

[gmsalemme]

@TheSandman10101

Are you kidding?  Seriously?

[gmf20002]

its not JUST about that single shot man. its about how they clawed and scratched to try 2 beat this 4 seed and after all that on a half court pass and shot he hits and all the emotions come out at once thats y he was so hype when he hit they had finally done it!

[1967mustanggta]

This shot, Kieth Smart's shot and the N.C. State winning shot are the best.

[discolando]

Mario Chalmers' is the best, IMO.

[stevo0665]

i second that.

[ILBaller20]

my high school team had this as a last second play and obviously called it Valpo but we never got to do it like valpo did that day

[Ctownballer34]

Top ten.. No top five of the all time greatest NCAA buzzer beaters easy

[bubbabear244]

ted robinson (play-by-play guy) is the new voice of the 49ers!

[unclehalliburton]

Best in the business

[quigonpaj]

I saw Bryce play against my high school in the state championship in 94. He scored like 4 points in the first half, and about 33 in the second. If it hadn't been for Jaraan Cornell (who would later star at Purdue) hitting a 3 pointer at the buzzer, Drew's team would've won. Classic game.

[mildeo81]

Bad Defence

[ottomayshun]

uhh...no....Bryce Drew was THAT good. Trust Me

[chainsawcharlie]

I was lucky enough to witness this in person. The Myraid was going insane when Valpo hit the shot.

[dybeen]

lucky bastard

[gmsalemme]

@dybeen - you have obviously never seen Bryce shoot a basketball. He ain't lucky, he's just a pure shooter.

[dybeen]

I wasn't calling Bryce the lucky one. I was calling

chainsawcharlie lucky for being at the game live and in person.

[gmsalemme]

My bad.

[jjwings12]

incredible...thats all i can say...incredible

[tchiasson10]

That is still one of the most memorable buzzer beaters of the NCAA tournament to this day.

[mevins31]

once again it really wasnt a big deal. a fine moment but they didn't even finish in the top 10 that year.. who cares.

irrelevant school, irrelevant bryce drew and irrelevant everything

[greatjgatz]

No team that has ever won the NCAA has lost that year in earlier rounds - 32 teams a year will tell you that every game - including first round games - matter. You've never played sports, obviously, from your comment or you would know that every game matters. The same, sadly, can't be said about comments: Irrelevent comment from an irrelevent poster.

[Ayecandigit]

you're clueless. do you even watch sports?

[dybeen]

Considering he has Brady Quinn videos tagged. It's safe to assume he's a faggot ignorant ND fan.

[ImperativeNation]

What was Valpo ranked during this game?

[jax1492]

13th

[jkbezo]

I remember watching this game. I just turned on the TV , exactlt at the part where the Ole Miss player missed the freethrow. I was just getting up, hung over(partying the night before) , laying in bed with the remote. then the Drew half-court shot woke my ass up. My brother was yelling in the other room. I was like WTF? just happened? WHo the fuck is Valpo. Haha, what a wild ride that school had. That was something else.

[mjwatts1983]

Who is on the call here?

What a play. What a story. Coaches son, misses the first game winner, then Ole Miss misses the two foul shots, son gets another chance and wins the game.

Isn't Bryce Drew a coach somewhere?

[Boojkill]

I think he's an assistant coach for Valpo.

[pootanaki]

go valpo

[jamesdouglasallen]

This is pretty exciting. 4 vs. 13

what a catch.

and the shot was crazy.

[mevins31]

Valpo finsihed what? 32nd that year? Who cares. Not like it was a final four.

They were nothing more then a fart in the wind.

[dmgreenberg]

Actually, they made it to the Sweet 16.

[syntonik]

Exactly. They beat FSU in the second round, eventually losing to URI...and not by much, if I'm correct.

[jax1492]

one of the best plays in tourney history

[iggledon]

here's another MM UNCUT! moment

[southsidesoxsidefan]

Took the words right out of my mouth. "The Shot" catapulted Valpo onto the national stage

[radio187]

All the great basketball that's been played over the years, and I still have to hear about Bryce Drew. I bet Bryce Drew is even tired of hearing about Bryce Drew.

[mevins31]

you took the words from my mouth. it wasn't a big deal! my god people get past it.

[publicimage1]

To Mevins31: sucks to be you. Valpo must have wrecked your bracket. Nothing like a poor sport showing up years later.  Great shot, great moment, now get lost, Mev.

[mesoed]

Watching the replay still gives me chills 11 years later. Still one of the most remarkable plays in tourney history. (Valpo went to the sweet 16 and narrowly lost to Rhode Island in the regional semifinals) They called the play "The Pacer." Drawn up from a play the Indiana Pacers had in their book.

[vanni9283]

What were these teams seeded?

[lordgort]

Ole Miss was #4, Valparaiso #13.

[godawgs06]

I love seeing this, but I know it is going to happen to my team sometime and I'm going to be absolutely devastated.

Two more days!

[tigerwoods232000]

Bryce Drew is GAY!!!!

[fatman50000]

This was a great moment and just proves two things.

The first is that ANYTHING can happen in the NCAAs.

The second is proof that Ted Robinson should stick with calling tennis.

[wmsballer13]

ok, maybe he should stick with calling tennis, but dont tell me that "Drew for the win, got it" isnt one of the greatest calls in sports.

[fatman50000]

The Valpo call was 100 times better.

Give me Verne Lundquist, Tim Brando, or Gus Johnson in that case, not Ted Robinson.

[unclehalliburton]

Wrong again, fat man. Teddo nailed it. His sense of gravitas cannot be overlooked.

[fatman50000]

It can, because it doesn't exist.

Like I said, gimme Brando, Verne, or Johnson. Hell, I'd take Sean McDonough.

[golfdude2007]

you can beat a father/son combination like Valpo had.....and what confidence did the father have in his own son!!!

a shot for the ages!!

[MikeMcC17]

I was a senior in high school in South Bend, IN that year and we had a 1/2 day. I remember watching it like it was yesterday. Bryce choose Valpo over Notre Dame so he could play for his dad. Side note, his dad formerly coached in South Bend at NAIA power Bethel College.

[indiana9947]

yea now that hes gone our collage b-ball team sucks

[dxdude2004]

My cousin knew Bryce Drew

[detroitmuscle66]

as a valpo student this is one of the biggest things were known 4 in sports. kinda sad.

[wmsballer13]

living in the Valpo area, every march you hear about Drew and the famous play "pacer", what an incredible story.

[SneakySneasel]

Sesay should have made at least one of those free throws.

Either way it's an amazing buzzer beater.

[artwarkam]

it is interesting that Bryce Drew missed the shot that could have won the game before hitting the winner

[shooka29]

my friend mike white played for ole miss that year they lost to valpo

[valpokat]

yeah Valpo!