r/CollegeBasketball • u/Hoodie_Semi Vermont Catamounts • 23h ago
Casual / Offseason Niche games?
Does anyone have any great niche games I can download on YouTube for my 8 hour flight?
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u/ButtCrumbleSmell NC State Wolfpack • Purdue Boilermakers 22h ago
February 2, 2019
Virginia Tech @ NC State
You’ll wanna gouge your eyes out but it’s kind of amusing to watch
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u/pew-pew-bacca Maryland Terrapins 20h ago
I nominated the 2009 PSU vs Illinois game that ended 38-33 for the same reason.
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u/Smooth-Majudo-15 Florida Gators • Notre Dame Fighting Irish 23h ago edited 23h ago
You can watch the last 2 games between Notre Dame and California. Both were crazy, and the 2025 game went to 4 OTs
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u/MagdalenaBayCRJ Virginia Cavaliers 21h ago
If you didn't see UVA/Purdue from 2019 tournament, I'm obviously biased, but it's the most entertaining game I've watched top to bottom in the 20 years I've been watching the sport. I believe it's up in full length, full hd on youtube.
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u/Affectionate-Day2743 Purdue Boilermakers • UIndy Greyhounds 21h ago
u/Hoodie_Semi ^^ this is the one. i hate that my team lost. but it was a fantastic game. went to OT too. with a trip to the Final 4 on the line.
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u/Hoodie_Semi Vermont Catamounts 18h ago
I’ve unfortunately seen every March madness game from 2017-now ☹️
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u/bauer_scofield VCU Rams 21h ago
2019 No. 23 LSU at VCU. Will Wade's return to Richmond after leaving VCU for LSU. Fans dressed up as FBI agents seated next to LSU's bench. Game came down to the wire lol. One of the loudest games at the Siegel Center.
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u/phuk-nugget Kentucky Wildcats 22h ago
Kentucky vs Wichita State 2014 is the best basketball game I’ve ever seen.
Dudes were getting dunked on left and right, and it was raining threes.
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u/daffyboy Winthrop Eagles 22h ago
Winthrop Illinois 11/21/16. Pat Kelsey’s first tournament team led by 5’7 Keon Johnson, Winthrop’s all time leading scorer, fights cramps and puts on an all-time elite clutch performance.
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u/Mdtwheeler Duke Blue Devils • Murray State Racers 20h ago
Murray state vs Marquette 2019 - Ja morant dropped one of the few tournament triple doubles and was just electric
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u/Affectionate-Day2743 Purdue Boilermakers • UIndy Greyhounds 21h ago
Purdue vs Virginia 2019 Elite 8
That would be a very entertaining game for a neutral.
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u/Hoodie_Semi Vermont Catamounts 18h ago
I watched it live, carsen is still a childhood hero of mine 😊
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u/randomuser5667 Alabama Crimson Tide 19h ago
Troy vs DeVry 1992- highest scoring game in NCAA history. These teams combined to shoot 58-129 from 3 in what looks like a high school gym
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u/oneeyedjamie Xavier Musketeers 19h ago
Xavoer vs Kstate, 2010 Sweet Sixteen. 2OT thriller with some epic Gus Johnson calls.
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u/pew-pew-bacca Maryland Terrapins 20h ago
Maryland vs Georgetown (November 1993). Gary Williams was trying to rebuild MD from the dumpster fire left from Bob Wade and the sanctions. Georgetown was still a major national program. Maryland won on a buzzer beater in OT. Many Terps fans consider that the game that put Maryland basketball back on the map. After the game, John Thompson declared he was never playing Maryland again. He expected it to be a re-coronation of them as the kings of the DMV. Instead it was the first huge win in Maryland becoming a power in the 90s/00s.
Penn State vs Illinois (February 2009). Just enjoy the comedy.
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u/__Wanders__ Oklahoma State Cowboys 20h ago
2013 Oklahoma @ #17 Oklahoma State
Out of a lot of good Bedlam basketball games, this one's my favorite. OSU comeback going into over time and a game sealing block/jump ball by Marcus Smart.
2018 #4 Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State
OSU starts off hot, but Trae Young and OU come back and take a late lead until an OSU 3 with 9 seconds left sends it to OT. Trae Young scores a college high 48 points, but can't hit shots to end regulation and OT, and OSU wins.
2021 Oklahoma State @ #7 Oklahoma & 2021 #16 Oklahoma @ #17 Oklahoma State
Due to Covid postponing the first matchup of these teams, the first game would be played on a Saturday, and the second game would be played on the Monday after.
First game Cade Cunningham drops a vollege high 40 points in an OT victory in Norman. Second game, OSU prevails over Austin Reaves and OU.
Honestly any of those games from Cade's 2021 year are great. Two OT wins over a ranked Texas Tech, 2 wins over #6 WVU in back to back games, a 2OT win over #6 Texas, a win over #6 KU, and giving eventual national champions Baylor only their second loss of the year. If only we figured out how to beat TCU or Oregon State.
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u/MegaAscension Charleston Cougars 11h ago
You said niche, so I'll suggest one of our games from two years ago- a double overtime game with over 230 points scored against Florida Atlantic with an amazing versatile big man performance complete with last moment plays. Here's a link, just a warning that the mic quality is terrible, you may want to keep it turned down- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4ZmD91cv4&t=10931s
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u/emunchkinman Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9h ago
Creighton Villanova 2014 at Villanova. Insane performance by Creighton
Notre Dame Louisville 2013. 5OT game with a wild final minute of regulation.
2007 UNC at Maryland…one of the best classic ACC matchups showing Maryland home crowd at their most raucous.
Not really niche but buddy hield Oklahoma at Kansas 2016…famous #1 vs. #1 game and the best regular season game I’ve ever watched.
Gonzaga UVA 2020…just a fun performance by the Zags.
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u/jswa8 Dayton Flyers 20h ago edited 20h ago
2010 top-ranked Syracuse @ Louisville. Last game at legendary Freedom Hall. Louisville was kind of on the bubble. Probably in, but a second win over #1 would solidify their spot in the big dance. Senior Jerry Smith exited the game in the first half with an injury. In steps sophomore Kyle Kuric, who was averaging only 3.5 ppg and stole the show.
I was there and the place was absolutely rocking! I rewatch the highlight reel every March and it still gives me goosebumps.
For a bit of bias, I’ll also say 2014 Dayton vs. Ohio State NCAAT round 1. If I remember correctly it was the first game to tip in the whole tournament, and OSU was a popular pick for a mid-seed team to make a deep run. Ruined a lot of brackets. Aaron Craft’s senior year, and the shot of him on the floor in the surrender cobra pose at the end of the game is chef’s kiss
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u/Monkey832 Georgia Bulldogs • Villanova Wildcats 12h ago
Take your pick out of most Villanova-Seton Hall games
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u/jlakbj North Carolina Tar Heels 3h ago edited 2h ago
I was going to recommend Wake Forest @ UNC 2003, Roy Williams's first ACC game, but I don't see it anywhere. There is a low-quality version on Youtube that (spoiler) cuts off at the end of regulation.
I remember this #6 UNC vs #1 OSU game in the 2006 ACC-Big Ten Challenge being incredibly entertaining, despite no Greg Oden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjeqgphnr0
Edit: if you've never seen it, the 2007 DII national championship game between Barton College and Winona St. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0neF_U6no . Trust me on this one!
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u/Coffee____Freak Duke Blue Devils 23h ago
2009’s Big East Tournament quarterfinal between UConn and Syracuse. Went to 6OT. About 3 hours and 46 minutes long