Two Buzzer Beaters

[Markedman]

I saw a Reece Gaines buzzer beater...that wasn't any fun.....

[MU/Panther]

I saw a Reece Gaines buzzer beater...that wasn't any fun.....

Garcia in 2005 and Jerry Smith in 2007. Gaines wasn't a buzzer beater. MU did run a play with 5 seconds left. All the same, wasn't fun.

[Nukem2]

Garcia in 2005 and Jerry Smith in 2007. Gaines wasn't a buzzer beater. MU did run a play with 5 seconds left. All the same, wasn't fun.

The Jerry Smith buzzer beater was a real stunner. The air just sucked right out of the BC.

[MUMac]

The Jerry Smith buzzer beater was a real stunner. The air just sucked right out of the BC.

Yes it was. Worse than Gaines, as MU/Panther said above, MU still had a chance after Gaines shot. MU drew up a good play and had a good look at the end. Wade gets the ball at Midcourt, Diener to his right, Novak to his left. Diener gets a good look at a 3, but just misses. I wonder if that game were 3 weeks later, if Wade doesn't look to Novak. The Louisville D was leaning towards Diener and Novak may have had an even better look. He was a frosh and really just started to come on at that time. A few weeks later and Wade may have had the confidence to hit Novak.

Adding injury to insult, both Smith and Gaines were from Wisconsin.

[MUfan12]

For me, the sting of the Gaines shot was erased a couple of weeks later, when MU came back from 19 down and won at Freedom Hall.

That might have been my favorite regular season win ever.