Memorable calls in basketball- one phrase, try not using vids

[JohnFSilver]

The McDonough” Hamilton”, Cardiac Kemba and Jim Nantz’s “For the championship…”

 

[husky8273]

"we think we see Willis coming out" - 5/8/70

 

[MexicoHusky]

A little roller up along first, "BEHIND THE BAG, against Bill Buckner!!!

The Mets Win!!!

does he say "against Bill Buckner" or "it gets through Buckner"?

 

[AdamaNation]

“We gonna win this game” Ollie vs nova

 

[B1GEast]

does he say "against Bill Buckner" or "it gets through Buckner"?

I listed to it on YouTube. It was hard to discern. Could have been the latter, but one of the most incredible outcomes in MLB history. Absolutely wild.

 

[mauconnfan]

McDonough the last possession vs Washington in the Sweet 16…..”……Hamilton YESSSS…..”

 

[Goldenflash]

Send it in jerome

Absolutely, an all time classic from Rafferty.

 

[nychuskyfan]

“Nothing was ever given to him. He started with nothing and had to grind every step of the way.”

If you haven’t listened in awhile to Nantz talking about the GOAT after the 1999 title game, it’s worth it.

 

[uconngb]

does he say "against Bill Buckner" or "it gets through Buckner"?

It's 100% "it gets through Buckner".....take it from an at-the-time cursed Red Sox fan

 

[SeaDog]

I loved Gus Johnson's "the slipper still fits" call from Gonzaga/Florida in 1999.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

"I'll make it."

 

[huskyjawz]

“Nothing was ever given to him. He started with nothing and had to grind every step of the way.”

If you haven’t listened in awhile to Nantz talking about the GOAT after the 1999 title game, it’s worth it.

Thanks, just listened.

 

[JSB60]

“The Doctor…….House Call.”

 

[bazz&boujee]

BLOCK BY JAMES!

 

[Scott2Tate]

"One second left. Just one second left to try and pull off a miracle..."

Did he also say,”It’s late, It’s great, it’s Tate!”?

Can’t remember if the announcer said that, or if it was a headline in the Courant the next day. Either way, that was the play that sucked me into being a forever fan of UConn bball. I was SO convinced as a kid that they had lost the game, that I went up my bedroom before the final play. Learned a hard lesson that day…never lose faith in the Huskies!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Time Out!!!!!!!

oops sorry, technical foul.

Michigan Duke

Fwiw, it was UNC.

 

[Watson79]

“What was once a dream is now a reality!”

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Fwiw, it was UNC.

Maybe it was, but all I remember was the look on Webbers face when the ref T’d him up. A few seconds before the timeout Webber blatantly traveled in front of the ref and it wasn’t called.

 

[YukonDolt5]

"reach around bandit"

 

[willie99]

The most iconic basketball statement in UConn history

"It's doable"

When Jim Calhoun was first hired and being asked can you win at UConn

 

[RedDog]

They thought they had a chance to win the game. They did not.

 

[hookshot]

"And there's a steal by Bird"

'Havelcheck stole the ball' by Johnny Most is the more famous one

 

[boog204]

Did he also say,”It’s late, It’s great, it’s Tate!”?

Can’t remember if the announcer said that, or if it was a headline in the Courant the next day. Either way, that was the play that sucked me into being a forever fan of UConn bball. I was SO convinced as a kid that they had lost the game, that I went up my bedroom before the final play. Learned a hard lesson that day…never lose faith in the Huskies!

My memory is that the "It's late..." was actually a newspaper headline... To do an offshoot of that, after we beat Nebraska in the tourney in maybe 91 or 92, a newspaper headline was "Husker Don't" which is a tremendous allusion to an insanely underrated band.

I'd add that most of Nantz's commentary in the last minute or so in the 99 game is extremely memorable. I always liked, cheesy as it is, "Just when you think you can't, you can, and UConn has won the national championship."

 

[storrsroars]

I always liked, cheesy as it is, "Just when you think you can't, you can, and UConn has won the national championship."

Unpopular opinion, but I've always hated having that line as the enduring coda on our 1st NC.

Nantz had at least 48 hours and probably longer to come up with something (these things are not spontaneous) and that's the best he could do? It's not only cheesy, it's kinda demeaning. "Just when you think you can't"? Who on that team or staff ever let "we can't" enter their minds? No one.

 

[divots]

Practice? We talkin’ about practice.