With 0.9 seconds left Griffey left defenders Cody Zeller and Christian Watford behind on an inbounds play from the baseline, took the pass from Brandon Paul and delivered the uncontested buzzer-beater for the Illini.
The Liberty won a first-round series in 2004, knocking out the then-defending champs on a buzzer-beater in the decisive Game 3, but then came up short in hard-fought three-game series in the first round in 2007 and the conference semifinals in 2008 during the Shock's run to their last title.
The Thunder started to rally before Pondexter's buzzer-beater from the half-court logo to finish the third quarter bumped the lead up to 73-64.
The Blue Devils topped Kentucky in the 1992 East Regional final on Christian Laettner's buzzer-beater in perhaps the greatest game and shot in the tournament's 75-year history.
The sample also contained more Duke wins than losses and an extra Duke home game, plus two phenomenal Duke performances in Kelly's 36-point explosion Saturday and last season's Austin Rivers buzzer-beater against the Tar Heels.
This was the first time Pitino and Mike Krzyzewski had met in the regional finals since that 1992 classic that ended with Christian Laettner's improbable buzzer-beater, a game now considered one of the best in NCAA tournament history.
Stoudemire's buzzer-beater to end the quarter got the Knicks within 62-51 and New York eventually got as close as 65-57 with 9:10 left.
He made his second attempt before intentionally missing the third, but Durant swatted the rebound away and Marc Gasol's attempt at a buzzer-beater was late.
Further, many workers will put in extra time at their jobs in the beginning or end of the workday to compensate for any production that may be lost listening to a buzzer beater call.
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