San Diego State junior guard Lamont Butler willed his team to the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament championship game with one of the best buzzer-beaters you’re likely to see this year.
As the seconds ticked down to zero, Butler got off the hero shot with his team down by a point to Florida Atlantic in the first Final Four game of the day.
The ball went right through the hoop as the buzzer sounded, helping cement the comeback victory for San Diego State.
SDSU players, coaches and fans immediately went wild as their team notched the game-winning basket in Houston, giving college basketball fans similar shades of the Kris Jenkins buzzer-beater that gave Villanova a national title in 2016.
SAN DIEGO STATE WILL PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP pic.twitter.com/5NWXWvl138
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) April 2, 2023
That is exactly what March Madness is all about. Butler’s terrific bucket will be talked about by San Diego State fans for decades to come.
The team will move on to Monday’s championship game between the winner of Miami and Connecticut.
Lamont Butler's game-winning buzzer-beater was the 5th in a Final Four game all-time.
He joins:
🏀Jalen Suggs (GONZ, 2021)
🏀Kris Jenkins (VILL, 2016)
🏀Lorenzo Charles (NCST, 1983)
🏀Jerome Whitehead (MARQ, 1977) pic.twitter.com/C83ZGLrXzX— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 2, 2023
LEGENDARY buzzer-beater 🤯#MFinalFour @Aztec_MBB pic.twitter.com/msNfmuVNCg
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) April 2, 2023
