The incredible 1994 buzzer beater by UNC women's basketball

[@MarilynSon]

This shot changed everything for the women's basketball program at UNC..

[@tjmckenzie4048]

I remember watching this live. Incredible shot, but incredible play drawn up by the coach. Louisana Tech was anticipating Smith to set a screen on the low block, but she just slipped straight out to the 3 pt line and was wide open. I'm always impressed when a coach makes something up on the spot and can get a wide open look.

[@jvj4505]

Never realized Marion Jones was on this team and on the court for this iconic moment.

[@elgerone]

She was gorgeous

[@lionman3378]

She was a beast at point guard . This was the year both men and women north.carolina basketball team won

[@Haterade420]

She was a drug user that got her Olympic medals stripped.

[@RamseyBolton-v5e]

@@Haterade420everybody uses drug.

[@jamesellis9872]

Why this shot is not talked about more is beyond my comprehension.

[@Biggdoom344]

Shot clock error. You need 0.9 seconds to catch and shoot. Anything below that is basically a tip attempt. There was almost a half second pause before the shot started running. So this shot should not have counted..therefore nobody talks about it.

[@BrianSchaffer]

@@Biggdoom344 it’s 0.4.

[@Biggdoom344]

@@BrianSchaffer to catch and shoot.

[@MichaelJW72]

⁠@@Biggdoom344By rule it’s 0.3 seconds for a catch and shoot. The main reason people don’t talk about this game is the time period. Women’s basketball was not a big deal outside of a few schools like Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, etc.

[@Biggdoom344]

@@MichaelJW72 in 1994 it was the Tennessee invitational. UConn had not become a power just yet.

[@shawnmcdonald9690]

The most memorable shot Womens College Basketball😊😊.

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Idk cause that one chick a few years back, the African girl on Notre Dame had two buzzer beaters in one final four. I think one sent UConn home and the other to win the championship. Closest thing I’ve seen to that in the men’s and women’s college game was Christian Laettner hitting two buzzer beaters to send Duke to the final four on two different occasions.

[@carloscunningham7531]

I remember watching this game. It was enough time to get the shot off. Perfect finish to a great game by both teams!

[@waldolydecker8118]

Packed stadium because the media had announced earlier in the day that 8 years later, a potential player named Caitlin Clark would be born. Its true...even 8 years before her birth, Clark was filling stadiums just in the mere anticipation of her birth. Impressive.

[@kamarrid]

The moment that made me fall in love with college basketball.

[@samuelmunoz1464]

Youbpro8:44 made you fall I. Love with "womens" basketball lol.

[@Aldon3]

I remember watching this game. Brilliant play call for the game winner and perfect execution.

[@derrickleumas55]

She and Marion Jones on the same team. The ultimate in speed and athleticism. Charlotte Smith could actually dunk the basketball which could have been attributed to genetics .... seeing as she is David (Skywalker) Thompson's neice.

[@briley5337]

i remember this game like it was yesterday. I had just moved to California and some of my best years.

[@elihubildad6677]

Marion jones freshman year at nc

[@TB34R3N]

And I think the only season she played basketball there.

[@nr30199]

Incredible shot🏀. Sylvia Hatchell could barely contain herself to do the handshakes😂

[@ridor9th]

And yet she's racist.

[@gregorya.champion3784]

I remember watching this play live. I didn't know track star Marion Jones played ball.

[@ridor9th]

I knew Marion Jones was playing, Virginia's Tora Suber owned her twice which is why UNC's record was 33-2. Suber was too fast for Jones - she scored 29 and 24 against Jones during the regular season.

[@ednamolina13]

@@ridor9th she played one year in WNBA I believe. After the Olympic scandal.

[@TheRetroWoman80]

​@@ednamolina13Yep. Tulsa Shock.

[@TheRetroWoman80]

​@@ridor9thTora was everything back then.

[@epocketlsaml]

6:25-6:28 Marion Jones, US national sprinter

[@garyfrancis4970]

The greatest women's clutch shot ever

[@ridor9th]

I was at Richmond Coliseum just right above the buzzer beating basket by Charlotte Smith and I was stunned. I wanted Louisiana Tech, though.

[@coolin1105]

Charlotte smith former Charlotte sting as well

[@darrenjackson5221]

It really damaged Louisiana Tech Lady Texchsters basketball program after Charlotte Smith hot the game winner

[@TheRetroWoman80]

I will NEVER forget watching this and how I felt knowing women were getting this much attention in sports at that time.

[@tackosstepbrother2892]

How many of you searched this up because you saw it in a march madness commercial

[@delandomcwilliams5737]

I remember this game. I watched the whole game.

[@tyjeter5880]

Amazing how much Charlotte and her Uncle David Thompson looks alike

[@oasean]

The clock apparently started slightly late, yet the ball leaves her hands with 0.3 seconds left. So even if the clock had started instantly, either she would have got the shot off in time or it would have been too close to rule otherwise. (The space key pauses or unpauses the video, whereas the period key moves a frame forward and the comma key a frame backward.)

[@ransom6892]

On the play before, the referee blew the whistle when there was 1.1 seconds left. That should have have been the time on the clock instead of 0.7.

[@CC-rb1yf]

​@@ransom6892 yea you're right. A few comments point out the clock didn't start right away on the shot but there also should've been more time in the first place. So sort of events out. Really bad work done by the refs/time officials

[@liznatch93]

@@ransom6892no way does that shot count today. 0.7? She caught the ball brought it to her chest, loaded and shot. It took 1.5 minimum.

[@ransom6892]

@@liznatch93 Go through the entire game and see how off the clock is, from the first play to the last play and then get back to me

[@sonic-qh7ed]

slowest .7 of a second i have ever seen. i mean she had time to catch and then take a step forward jeez

[@DanaHoltzbert]

Still my favorite moment in the history of this tournament.

[@braddskubinna5726]

I love that the commentators were blathering on after the made shot. They just let the drama speak for itself.

[@mark132639]

I was actually at this game. I've never heard that many people that quiet just before she took that shot. And never knew it can go from quiet to loud in less than a second

[@goodee4451]

shot was legit , but how did she get a wide open look like that. poor dee by LT

[@mrwoods22]

The other #23 from North Carolina.

[@tarheel7406]

I believe that shot also won UNC the first (what's now called) Directors Cup.

[@TaylorGrayson33]

That’s heartbreaking for Tech!

[@dangenius666]

it’s a catch & shoot, clock doesn’t start until player receive ball, so yes it was legit

[@NotoriousSD]

Lol stop lying, you can only catch and immediately shoot in .7 The clock didn't Start immediately..in fact the horn doesn't even go off until the ball goes thru...la tech was robbed

[@dangenius666]

@@NotoriousSD Derek Fisher 0.4 game winning catch & shoot against the San Antonio spurs game5 2004 playoffs & yes it applies to college as well

[@calziz]

Clutch!

[@followthedrip4455]

Classic game I remember watching this game I was 14 years old

[@JudgeDredd_]

Great stuff can’t imagine what kind of adrenaline would be pumping through me hitting a game winner

[@riccardosmith209]

Greatest shot in UNC Basketball history! I met Charlotte Smith at a YMCA in gastonia,NC when I was 13yrs old... great moment in my life!

[@tommysmith2409]

Oh please! In UNC women's basketball history, perhaps, but not UNC basketball history. Control yourself.

[@riccardosmith209]

@@tommysmith2409 in UNC basketball Period!

[@tommysmith2409]

@@riccardosmith209 You’re putting me on. Oh for sure it's what everybody everywhere talks about. It's on everybody's highlight reel. Lol! So laughable. What are you, about 12? It's a footnote in UNC basketball history hardly ever mentioned.

[@samuelmunoz1464]

8:44 you cant tell me those aint two dudes lol.

[@brianseaquist2914]

I feel for those girls. Losing like that is the most devastating way to go down. Winning is exciting like that, but man that had to hurt

[@ubaok24]

I feel like the clock didn't start on time.

[@stephengreen5865]

18 year old in highschool 10th grade year remember watching this game I thought she was going to miss the shot. I was very happy she made it

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Wait you were 18 in the 10th grade??

[@stephengreen5865]

@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 yes I was and proud of finishing highschool with a diploma

[@finisher3x]

@@stephengreen5865 - at 20 years old? What was that like being 20 in the 12th grade?

[@stephengreen5865]

@@finisher3x It was like everybody look at me like a older brother didnt Have no problems with students it felt like i was a teacher.

[@timglende8869]

This was BC - Before (U) Conn.

[@flyguyry1]

Why didnt the LA tech shot count as a 3?

[@deja.vunathan]

It was close ... her right toe must have "tickled" the 3-point line.

[@JamelBryant-wi1yz]

Charlotte smith huge gw at the buzzer

[@ClassicTV4U]

Looks like it leaves her hands with 2/10ths of a second (!!) left on the clock.

[@Mayrose587]

Epic.

[@senororlando2]

@7:15 coach knows it’s good out of the hand

[@shadowforce623]

Go Heels!

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Not just the shot but the stat line. 20 and 20 on points and boards?? Not only was she getting buckets but she was out there crashing then boards like Barkley

[@TheRetroWoman80]

Thank you! She was a beast in that game.

[@Lorenshyne]

Marion Jones is too cute

[@antwaunthompson3786]

I was lucky enough to be there and see this amazing game! Go HEELS!

[@otvirani]

Is Kim Mulkey on the sideline for Tech?

[@racelllee5144]

Yes she is. She was supposed to take over for Barmore as head coach a couple years later but there was a dispute over $ with President and she went to Baylor

[@TheRetroWoman80]

​@@racelllee5144 Not surprised. She was a star point guard for that school in the early 80s when they won the championship but I guess that didn't count for anything.

[@racelllee5144]

@@TheRetroWoman80 exactly. She was one the reasons I chose to go to Louisiana Tech in 92, childhood crush 🤩

[@davidlarsen-tj4tn]

Was this before her face turned into a wrinkled prune?

[@BrianSchaffer]

Might be just me, but that seemed longer than 0.7. I know you get to catch and shoot, but she caught the pass, stepped forward slightly and took her shot.

[@mojo_phee]

I watched this game in real time at the crib.

[@Biggdoom344]

If you watch the clock it should have expired before she got the shot off. It doesn’t start until AFTER she shoots.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Where is Charlotte Smith now?

[@TheRetroWoman80]

Coaching. I know she was at Elon at one point but she might coaching somewhere else now.

[@swatkins67]

I was in Germany when this happen !!

[@reptilelicks9796]

The clock definitely did not start at the right time….

[@nedcassley5169]

UNC was saved by an unnecessary call. Marion Jones had possession while sitting on the court and the defense should have just surrounded her while time expired.

[@KevinJL]

They would've reviewed everything now

[@lemule2744]

The clock was late. 😂

[@truthkilla1269]

matrix entertainment has been here forever

[@sethcreech1014]

Jesus saves

[@skiiii4444]

704 shell town

[@jusprazem1]

Ironically this happened to the north Carolina men in the national championship game against Villanova.

[@OliverXD67]

Ikr

[@Bigstaxx3381]

We didn't need to be reminded of that

[@MrPhilaCuse]

That game was tied though.

[@showtime_stroup8803]

SHELBY NATIVE CHARLOTTE SMITH

[@Dani-j6d]

Impossible to catch and shoot in .7 seconds

[@jamedlock83]

41-3 record to a 32-2? WOW

[@jaytalbert2244]

LA Tech was 31-3 before the loss

[@devonalomar9012]

Incredible? Yeah, what a great wide open 3 smh

[@Threetsnotricks]

That is awful defense but big shot!

[@chasestredic]

That was definitely longer than .7 seconds but good ish

[@ransom6892]

On the play before, the referee blew the whistle when there was 1.1 seconds left. That should have have been the time on the clock instead of 0.7.

[@MrPhilaCuse]

​.. Which happens on every whistle ever Lol.

[@jamedlock83]

Put that in slo-mo then add the "lighting" around the backboard to it in a video editor and sync it up. Ball was on her fingertips when the horn sounded. . Should not have counted.

[@ransom6892]

Look at the red 0.0 behind the backboard. The ball is in the air when that lights up

[@jaytalbert2244]

Should've been 1.1 seconds remaining on the clock, not 0.7, so things have a way of evening out.

[@patrickperot6296]

Ok folks, here's definitive proof that the shot would have been late if the clock had started on time: We all know that the clock started late, but how late? And does it even matter? Well, going frame by frame with the comma and period keys, she gets the shot off with 0.3 on the clock, so we need to see if the clock was delayed 0.3 seconds or more. Let's rewind frame by frame, starting with the first frame where we can see the clock go from 0.0 to 0.1. From that point, it takes three frames for every tenth of a second to pass, or 18 frames to go from 0.1 to 0.7. Now we need to keep rewinding frame by frame and see how many frames it takes to get to the first frame before she catches the ball. 12 frames would be 0.4 seconds of delay, meaning the shot would not have been in time, and by my count there are actually 15 frames. So in actuality, it took just about exactly 0.9 seconds for her to catch and shoot. And for the record, I live in Idaho and have no ties to either school. I just thought this debate was interesting and wanted to find out the answer definitively. I am not bitter about this game or anything and would have analyzed this exactly the same if UNC had been robbed.

[@ransom6892]

You really have to go over the full game. What about the play that left .7 on the clock? Is is possible that more time was taken off than necessary? Or at any point during the game..

[@ransom6892]

I just watched it. On the play before, the referee blew the whistle when there was 1.1 seconds left. That should have have been the time on the clock instead of 0.7.

[@etg2231]

💪🔥🔥🔥🔥💣🐏

[@Bigjay-l4q]

Foot was on the line

[@amfbolton]

Looked like she took a lot longer than 0.7 seconds to pull up and shoot

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Get over it, Louisana

[@amfbolton]

@@Left-Foot-Brake I’m just saying it looked slower than it actually was, you gonna cry now?

[@80sPastorDude]

She got about 0.2 before the clock started so she still got it off in time.

[@chrisbentley71]

Louisiana Tech was robbed - their last FG was a 3 pointer - Smith was on the line and it is humanly impossible to launch a 3 pointer in 0.7 seconds

[@cmoney9830]

It’s not humanly impossible but she didn’t get that shot off in time. I’d like to see the clock and the shot at the same time

[@frankienewman9664]

Refs should be ashamed how they robbed La Tech

[@jamesschmidt9217]

…2 pointer!

[@cmsmhp]

Nope, 3 pointer!

[@jamesschmidt9217]

@@cmsmhp 😂🤣😂🤣🤪 …this play must be reviewed!

[@sequanpayton3748]

WIERDOS

[@2thousand336]

WOW! No way that should have counted! 1) Catch the ball 2) Set your feet 3) And release in less than .07 seconds? Knaw man, that one was stolen!

[@flyguyry1]

You can do it in .04

[@2thousand336]

@@flyguyry1 No you cannot. The only way that is even possible is during mid-shot when your feet has already elevated off the floor, and your hands are already at head level, anticipating the ball, just before you begin to descend back to the floor. Did you get all of that? I play the game. I'm telling you, that shot took more than twice the time allotted on the clock. And the refs knew it! The clock was started wayyy late. And that is why they let it stand. But what a horrible, horrible call!

[@reginaldfairfield]

@@2thousand336 ... the clock started late, but it still would have counted, dear.

[@2thousand336]

@@reginaldfairfield It most definitely would not have counted if the clock had started accordingly. Because as I said, the way she shot it, it was impossible to beat the clock. I play the game, I know this for a fact. That one was stolen. It's done and over with, there had to be loser somehow someway. But it was clearly stolen.

[@patrickperot6296]

@@2thousand336 Facts my dude.

[@redblackandgreen]

I remember watching this game live. Then, only to find out that Charlotte Smith is David Thompson's niece was incredible...GO LADY TARHEELS 🫡

[@KIDLAT80]

Worst Defense...too much wide open...