To get all you NCAA basketball fans in the mood I thought this article would be appropriate. So sit back, relax, and enjoy reminiscing about the best comebacks in college basketball history.

The NCAA tournament is notorious for upsets, buzzer beaters, and comebacks that no one saw coming. Coming in at # 3 is when Duke dethroned Kentucky in the 1992 tournament. This Duke team had future NBA stars like Grant Hill, Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley. They were coached by Mike Krzyzewski, who is still Duke's coach to this day.

With 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Duke trailed 103-102. Grant Hill threw a pass the length of the court to Christian Laettner, who dribbled once, turned, and hit a jumper as time expired. The scene ends with Laettner's Duke Teammates dog piling on top of him as the arena erupted in absolute pandemonium. This is the play that made Laettner famous even as he ascended on his NBA career he was still most noted for this play at Duke.

Let's fast forward to one year later, 1993, when North Carolina faced the University of Michigan in the championship game. This comes in at # 2. Michigan had the Fab Five to its credit in their starting line-up. This included Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson and Juwan Howard. While UNC had stars Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace and Eric Montross. 

There was 1:03 left in regulation when Webber called a timeout. The only problem was that Michigan had no timeouts left, so they ended up being charged with a technical foul and Carolina got to shoot two free throws that extended their lead, and they stayed that way until the final buzzer – clinching the NCAA championship.

Last, but definitely not least, we have # 1. This game involves the Arkansas Razorbacks from 1994 over the Duke Blue Devils. The'Backs were coached by Nolan Richardson and the Blue Devils by Krzyzewski. With the game knotted at 70, Arkansas' Scotty Thurman hit a rainbow three-point shot over 6'8" Antonio Lang with one second on the shot clock. Thurman credited an old high-school drill, shooting over a defender holding a broomstick, for his tremendous shot. This ended up paying off and making history as Arkansas first ever national championship to its name.

Hope you enjoyed these stories, and I hope they get you in the spirit of the tournament season. Be sure to tune in to the tournament, it should be an exciting time for hoops fans everywhere! 



Dan Olson writes for KSTW-TV in Seattle. All opinions expressed in this column are his.