A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament.
The AP game stories are being republished because the sport has been shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. The following game was voted No.
7 and this story was sent after it wrapped up April 5, 2010. ___ By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ball went sailing while the buzzer went off.
Where it landed would be the difference between a shining moment for one team, a tear-stained loss for another. Butler forward Gordon Hayward's halfcourt shot hit backboard, then rim, then barely careened out.