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Top 10 Buzzer Beating Shots in NCAA Tournament History

The Grueling Truth's Top 10 Sports Lists

Mike Goodpaster

03/18/2026

Buzzer-beaters are the lifeblood of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. They are the moments that define careers, create legends, and live forever in highlight reels. There is nothing in sports quite like a game decided as the clock hits zero. For this list, the criteria are simple: the shot must come at the end of the game and decide the winner. Beyond that, we consider the stage of ...

NCAA First Round Siena vs Duke: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round St. Louis vs Georgia: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round VCU vs North Carolina: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round High Point vs Wisconsin: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round South Florida vs Louisville: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round Troy vs Nebraska: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

NCAA First Round TCU vs Ohio State: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

Top 10 Biggest What if’s in NCAA Tournament History: Kenyon Martin, Scott May, Rick Pitino and more

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

Mike Goodpaster

03/17/2026

Top 10 Greatest Cinderella Stories in NCAA Tournament History

March Madness is the ultimate stage for the unexpected. The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ...

James Ernest

03/16/2026

NCAA First Four Miami RedHawks vs SMU: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Time: 9:10 PM ET Location: UD Arena, Dayton, OH | ...

James Ernest

03/16/2026

NCAA First Four Prairie View vs Lehigh: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Prairie View A&M Panthers arrive in ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/16/2026

NCAA Fist Four UMBC vs Howard: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/16/2026

NCAA Tournament First Four Game Texas vs N.C State: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/16/2026

March Madness Upset Watch: The 10 Teams Most Likely to Shock the First Round

Every year the NCAA Division I Men's ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/16/2026

Top 10 College Basketball Teams that didn’t win a National Championship

Today we will look at the greatest ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/15/2026

Top 10 Indiana High School Girls Basketball Teams of All Time

Indiana has long been known as the ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/14/2026

Big Ten Semi Final UCLA vs Purdue: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026 | Time: 3:30 PM ET Location: United Center, Chicago, IL | ...

James Ernest

03/14/2026

SEC Semi-Final Vanderbilt vs Florida: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/14/2026

Big Ten Semi-Final Wisconsin vs Michigan: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/14/2026

Northern Kentucky Norse 2025–26 Season Recap: Offense, Resilience, and the Road Ahead

The 2025–26 season for the Northern Kentucky ...

James Ernest

03/13/2026

College Basketball Arkansas vs Oklahoma: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Friday, March 13, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/13/2026

College Basketball Houston vs Kansas: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Kansas Jayhawks enter this Big 12 ...

James Ernest

03/13/2026

Stalled in Clifton: Another Season of “What Ifs” for the Bearcats

The 2025–26 season for the Cincinnati Bearcats ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/13/2026

College Basketball Purdue vs Nebraska: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Purdue Boilermakers men’s basketball program enters ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/13/2026

College Basketball Kentucky vs Florida: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team enters ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/13/2026

Why the Miami RedHawks Deserve an NCAA Tournament Bid After a Historic Season

The Miami RedHawks men's basketball just completed ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/12/2026

College Basketball Northwestern vs Purdue: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/11/2026

The Night Wilt Scored 100 Points: It was just like Bam and Kobe’s Big Nights

On the night of March 2, 1962, ...

James Ernest

03/11/2026

College Basketball Creighton vs Seton Hall: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop bets

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/11/2026

College Basketball UMASS vs Miami RedHawks: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Miami (OH) RedHawks men’s basketball program ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/11/2026

College Basketball Northwestern vs Indiana: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/11/2026

College Basketball Marquette vs Xavier: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/11/2026

College Basketball LSU vs Kentucky: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/10/2026

College Basketball Pittsburgh vs Stanford: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/10/2026

College Basketball Utah vs Cincinnati: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/10/2026

Top 10 Small Forwards in NBA History

Ranking the greatest small forwards in NBA ...

James Ernest

03/09/2026

The Legend Before the Legend: Inside Heartland and the Untold Story of Larry Bird

In Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/09/2026

Top 10 Houston Rockets of All Time

The Houston Rockets have produced some of ...

James Ernest

03/07/2026

College Basketball Michigan State vs Michigan: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/06/2026

College Basketball North Carolina vs Duke: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/06/2026

College Basketball Cincinnati vs TCU: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/06/2026

The Top 10 Atlanta Hawks of All Time

The Atlanta Hawks franchise has a long ...

James Ernest

03/05/2026

College Basketball Miami RedHawks vs Ohio Bobcats: Preview, Prediction and Top prop Bets

Date: Friday, March 6, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/05/2026

College Basketball Michigan vs Iowa: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball (27-2) arrive ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/05/2026

Top Ten College Basketball Teams of All Time

College basketball has produced some of the ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/04/2026

College Basketball Minnesota vs Indiana: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Time: ...

James Ernest

03/04/2026

College basketball Texas vs Arkansas: Preview, Prediction and Top Prop Bets

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Time: ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/04/2026

The Top 7 Point Guards in NBA History

This list does not include active players, ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/03/2026

Top 10 Single-Game Performances in Indiana Hoosier Basketball History

Absolutely. If we’re going to rank the ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/02/2026

Top 10 Greatest Freshman Seasons in Indiana Hoosier History

Before the early 1970s, first-year players weren’t ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/01/2026

Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers of the 1970s

The top 10 of the 1970s was ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/28/2026

Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers of the 1990s

The 1990s were an interesting decade for ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/26/2026

Clutch in Crimson: Bob ‘Slick’ Leonard and the Making of a Hoosier Legend

William Robert "Slick" Leonard (July 17, 1932 ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/25/2026

Echoes of Greatness: The Life and Legacy of Walt Bellamy

In the annals of basketball history, certain ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/24/2026

“Frozen Dreams: The Indiana Pacers, the 1985 Draft Lottery, and the Patrick Ewing Conspiracy”

When the NBA introduced the draft lottery ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/24/2026

Top 10 Big Ten Basketball Teams of All Time

The Big Ten Conference has produced some ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/22/2026

Rick Mount: From Lebanon Phenom to Purdue Immortal and ABA Trailblazer

Before three-point shooting became basketball’s modern religion, ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/21/2026

Ted Kitchel: Indiana Hoosiers’ Silent Assassin of the Early ’80s

When fans recall the golden era of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/20/2026

The Van Arsdale Twins: Basketball’s Mirror Image Duo

In the golden era of the NBA, ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/19/2026

Mick Cronin Meltdown at Michigan State: Breaking Down a Mad Mans Issues

In a high-stakes road game at Michigan ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/19/2026

Top 10 Indiana Hoosiers to ever play in the NBA

The Indiana Hoosiers have won five National ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/18/2026

Top 10 Underrated Indiana Hoosiers of all-time

Indiana Basketball has always been about more ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/17/2026

Legends of Hoosier Hysteria: The Wingate High School basketball team (The original Hoosiers)

Everybody knows the story of the Milan ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/17/2026

Top 10 Wins in Xavier Basketball History

I thought about making a list like ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/16/2026

Damon Bailey: The Small-Town Kid Who Became Indiana Basketball Royalty

In a state where basketball is religion, ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/15/2026

The Complexities of Bob Knight: The Greatest Coach of All-Time?

Bob Knight, born in 1940 and ...

James Ernest

02/13/2026

2026 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Preview

Date: Friday, February 13, 2026 Time: 7:00 ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/08/2026

Larry Bird is the Greatest of All-Time

With the modern obsession over “Greatest of ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/06/2026

Bob Knight’s Top 10 Coaching Wins of All Time

Bob Knight’s coaching career was not simply ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/05/2026

Bob Knight’s First Final Four: The 1973 Indiana Hoosiers and the Controversial Clash with UCLA

The 1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball team ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/03/2026

Indiana Hoosier Basketball’s Greatest Decade: The Top 10 Hoosiers of the 1980s

The 1980s represent the defining decade in ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/24/2026

The 1975–76 Rutgers Scarlet Knights: A Magical Run to the Final Four

In the pantheon of unforgettable seasons in ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/23/2026

Nebraska Is 19–0 for a Reason: Why the 2025–26 Cornhuskers Are a Legit National Title Threat

Nebraska being 19–0 after last night’s 76–66 ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/07/2026

1970 Iowa Hawkeyes: Miller’s Six Pack

I recently wrote an article recounting the ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/05/2026

Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings January 5th

(Through January 4 Games)** Conference play is ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/26/2025

Top 10 College Basketball Point Guards of All Time

College basketball has always been driven by ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/25/2025

Why the Movie Hoosiers was Nowhere Near as Good as the True Story of Milan 1954

Hollywood always tries to sensationalize. In 1986, ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/24/2025

Top 10 Louisville Cardinals Basketball Players of All Time

Few programs in college basketball can match ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/23/2025

1980 Iowa Hawkeyes: A Legendary Team that had a Tragic ending.

The Iowa Hawkeyes have long possessed one ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/22/2025

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Power Rankings — December 22, 2025

Records through games played on December 21 ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/15/2025

Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings 12/15/2025

Rutgers has the weakest résumé in the ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/01/2025

Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings for December 1st, 2025

Minnesota has slid hard in the last ...

James Ernest

11/28/2025

High-Stakes Non-Conference Clash: BYU Cougars vs. Dayton Flyers — Discipline, Shooting, and Tournament Implications

A meaningful early-season showdown arrives tonight as ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/26/2025

Top 5 Takeaways from Indiana’s Dominant Win over Kansas State

Reed Bailey led the way with 21 ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/25/2025

NBA POWER RANKINGS — QUARTER-SEASON EDITION: WHO’S REAL, WHO’S RISING & WHO’S IN TROUBLE

A quarter of the way into the ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/24/2025

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Power Rankings for Today — November 24th

All records and rankings are through games ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/23/2025

Top 15 College Basketball Coaches of All-Time: Can You Guess the #1?

Ranking the greatest college basketball coaches in ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/21/2025

“Bad News” Marvin Barnes: The Brilliant, Troubled Life of a Basketball Legend

Marvin Barnes remains one of the most ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/19/2025

Top 10 Iowa Hawkeye Men’s Basketball Players of All-Time

The Iowa Hawkeyes have built a proud ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/18/2025

How Larry Bird and Magic Johnson Saved the NBA

The NBA stands today as a global ...

James Ernest

11/17/2025

Kentucky Wildcats vs. Michigan State Spartans Preview: Champions Classic Clash at Madison Square Garden

Two of college basketball’s most storied programs ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/15/2025

Austin Reaves: The Rise to Superstardom and How He Is Saving a Banged-Up Lakers Team in the Luka–LeBron Era

When Austin Reaves entered the league as ...

James Ernest

11/14/2025

The Definitive Game Preview: No. 1 Houston Cougars vs. Auburn Tigers

The college basketball season tips off with ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/11/2025

Top 10 Greatest Shooters in Indiana Hoosier Basketball History

Indiana is a state synonymous with great ...

James Ernest

11/10/2025

College Basketball Santa Clara vs Xavier Preview

CINCINNATI, OH — The Xavier Musketeers will ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/10/2025

Top 5 Takeaways from Indiana’s Statement Win Over Marquette

In a standout early-season performance, Indiana soared ...

James Ernest

11/08/2025

Saturday Night Showdown: No. 14 Arkansas vs. No. 22 Michigan State

The stage is set for one of ...

James Ernest

11/07/2025

Game Day Showdown: Kansas vs. North Carolina Preview

Get ready for a college basketball classic! ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/05/2025

Earl “Big Cat” Lloyd: The First Black Player in the NBA

In the annals of basketball history, few ...