Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 1

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

1. And finally our most memorable moment. I think that this was fairly obvious. I had the privilege of being in attendance at Madison Square Garden for this game, and safe to say it was an experience that I won't soon forget. Here is the transcript of our live-blog that day, and here is the post I wrote that night about the game.

Thanks for following along, and hopefully we will have many more moments like this is 2009-2010.














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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 2

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

2. Scottie Reynolds goes the length of the floor to hit the game-winner in what was the probably the most exciting game of the 2009 NCAA Tournament.


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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 3

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

3. Kevin Harlan provides us with the call of the season as Demetri Goodson's runner puts Gonzaga into the sweet 16.


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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 4

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

4. Durrell Summers posterizes Stanley Robinson in the Final Four. I was in attendance at this game, and I've never been to a sporting event that was as loud as Ford Field was after this dunk. The stadium as literally shaking.


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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 5

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

5. Siena puts themselves on the national radar as the tiny school from the MAAC reached the NCAA Tournament's second round for the second straight season.


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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 6

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

6. You also gotta love 75 foot game-winners.




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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 7

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

7. You gotta love late game comebacks.




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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 8

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

8. North Dakota State earns their first ever NCAA Tournament bid in their first year of eligibility. Their senior class had all red-shirted as freshman in order to be eligible for the dance in their fifth year.


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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 9

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

9. We have a three-way tie because, well, we couldn't make a decision. Sue us. Michael Washington's dunk to beat then No. 7 Texas was one of my favorite plays of the year, but Greivis Vasquez's performance in Maryland's upset of UNC was one of the most dominating performances I have ever seen, perhaps only topped by Jodie Meeks going for 54 against Tennessee.






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Top 10 moments from 2008-2009 - No. 10

College basketball season tips off today, and in an effort to get you guys (and ourselves) excited, we will be counting down the Top 10 moments from last season. Check back with us throughout the day as we will be posting on the hour until 7pm, when UNC and FIU kick off the 2009-2010 college basketball season.

10. UConn and Gonzaga play a classic early in the season. It doubles as Gus Johnson's best performance of the year.




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