Did America just view the greatest college basketball game ever?

When Gordon Haywood's half-court heave was off the mark, immediately my boss Sean Hamilton stated, "if that would have gone in, it would have been the greatest game ever."

Maybe it already was. I can't think of a game that was better with so much on the line.

I was seven when Christian Laettner made what's caled "the shot" in college basketbll. I remember even at that age watching it thinking this was great. But his came in the NCAA semi-final and it was Kentucky/Duke. Not a mid-major like Butler.

I have seen the 1985 NCAA championship game on ESPN Classic. Along with the 1982 one that featured Michael Jordan as a freshman. Neither compared to tonight.