1989 NCAA Basketball Championship

http://vault.ncaa.com/ The 1980s were closed out with one final game for the ages. Rumeal Robinson's two free throws with three seconds left in OT led to a Michigan victory over Seton Hall. The 80-79 win under interim head coach Steve Fisher was the first in Wolverine history. Glen Rice led Michigan in scoring with 31 points.

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• Michigan
• Seton
• Hall
• 1989

[2incher]

oh my god where was the foul? WHERE

[njcashquiz]

@nowayguy You're an idiot.

[velvet1965]

@njphilf robinson STILL hasn't been fouled.

[njphilf]

@daxcata

Foul my ass. Game was fixed. SHU should have won. Just one more championship game that refs/umps blew

[jasonolds442]

This is still my favorite tournament of all time. Princeton - Georgetown in the 1st round, then Seton Hall shutting teams completely down all the way to the final.

As I was 15 at the time, I don't remember this foul, but it's truly shocking. I'm heartbroken 22 years later now. (However, I do remember the horrible shot that the Hall had before Robinson's final possession, that goofy layup.)

[ihasch]

Even Robinson said it wasn't a foul. It was just a very bad call, but what are you going to do? Bad calls go hand in hand with the NCAA tournament. The thing is, the announcers don't even question it.

[goonie50]

rumeal robinson is a bitch

[thecarrotdude]

fuck shittin hall

[TheDOLMET]

Best NCAA championship game ever

[daxcata]

1:56 for anyone who doubts there is a foul on the play that put robinson on the line that led to the game winning free throws, theres clearly a hand check visible on this video and likely even easier to see for the ref on the baseline.. just saying

[SpartyFan1213]

@jmir80 That spike has nothing to do with this game, I'll admit the spike was controversial to say the least, but that is irrelevant to this video and this discussion. Like I said, this is the worst foul I have ever seen given the circumstances of this game.

[jmir80]

@SpartyFan1213 This has got to be a winner for "stunning lack of self-awareness."

No, the worst call I have ever seen was Spartan Bob's spike fiasco. You go ahead and watch every NCAA game that has ever been played, and then watch the rest of the games that will ever be played. I guarantee you, you will never see a spike play take less than a full second. 99% of the time two seconds will run off. Your call was so bad that it led to a RULE CHANGE on who has control of the game clock.