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The Craziest End to a High School Basketball Game You May Ever See: 3 Seconds, 2 Steals, 1 Buzzer-Beater

Mar. 4, 2013 7:52am Jonathon M. Seidl

It’s as easy as 3-2-1.

Just ask the New Rochelle High School boys basketball team. On Sunday, with just seconds left in the New York Section I Class AA boys basketball championship game against Mt. Vernon and down two points (58-60), they pulled of an unbelievable finish that included two steals and a half-court buzzer beater.

This is how Yahoo describes it: “Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to what is absolutely, positively the most incredible, bizarre outrageous buzzer beater of 2013, at any level.”

“This might be the buzzer-beater of all time,” ESPN anchor Steve Levy said on SportsCenter Sunday night.

“The most amazing shot I’ve ever seen… .” That’s how the announcer calling the game put it.

That’s a lot of praise. And it’s deserved. With just about three seconds left (2.9 to be exact), New Rochelle’s Khalil Edney inbounded the ball from the opposite end of the court. It was intercepted by a Mt. Vernon player who then threw the ball in the air toward another teammate. That’s when Edney stepped up to intercept that pass and heaved a half-court prayer toward the hoop with 0.1 seconds left.

Nothing but the bottom of the net.

However, both teams started celebrating on the court, both thinking they had just one. The referees huddled and called the shot good (there’s not video review in NY high school basketball).

It was a good call. 3 seconds, 2 steals, 1 game-winner. Just watch — and pay special attention to the announcers:

“I can’t believe it happened. I’m in shock right now,” Edney told ESPN.

“I just threw it up. I thought it was gonna bounce off the front rim, but it was all net,” he added. “I couldn’t believe it.

“I didn’t know whether it counted or not [at first]. In my eyes, it counted, so I started running around. Everybody stormed the court. I was under the pile when we found out it might not count. Then the referees huddled, and when they said the shot was good, I started running around again and screaming.”

Part of that might be because as the team’s center, Edney hadn’t hit a three pointer all season — the buzzer-beater was his first.

When it counted most.

Read more on Edney, who will play quarterback in junior college next year, over at ESPN.

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Snubby
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 3:23am
pretty sure the video proves that he did not get the shot off in time. I rewatched it like 20 times. No good

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Hausmaus
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 7:30pm
Now! This was a magnificent fete by a young athlete who played till the last fraction of a second. He was truly the dimond in the rough.

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Cant steal my joy
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:46pm
Good call refs. Once had a season ending epic bad call from a softball ref. who called a player safe, then out, then safe, then out – all for the same play. We think he just missed the play or forgot what he saw. Anyway our division winning run/win was ultimately ruled an out/loss. The parents on both sides were not happy. The coach for the opposing team told some of our girls including mine that the ump’s call was bad. Thanks sucktastic ump for a season ending bad call. So, good umpires are really appreciated. Though job; I couldn’t do it.

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- rickfromthecape
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:56pm
  Actually, maybe not. I was able to stop the video with the ball still in his fingertips. At that moment the red light on the backboard flashes on. The time clock you see on
  t.v. screens is not always accurate, but there’s no denying the red light which is tied directly to the game clock.
  
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ZZBlueComet
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:42pm
Eric Holder will be looking into this soon!

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stains
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:22pm
Uhh… ahem, uh, the clock ran out before the shot got off. Like, wasn’t even close.

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- kc_chiefsfan
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:28pm
  You can clearly see space between the ball blur and his hands when there is 0.1 seconds left. Shot was good but kudos to the Mt Vernon kids as well for not causing trouble at the end of a hard fought game. Would have loved to see the post-game press conference with Mt Vernon’s coach.
  
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Moondogg
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:16pm
Wow. That kid has an awesome story to tell for the rest of his life…and the video to prove it. Amazing. It’s moments like this that make me love sports.

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Scarbo
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 1:06pm
Yajloc: “Great to see sports…no body mentions race when sports are good.”

Except when you make an appearance. Way to go,

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vinny48
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 12:32pm
I agree with the posts that they should have held the ball and run out the clock, but I think the kids got caught up in the moment and instinct and not reason prevailed. No one could have anticipated that outcome. I hope the losing coach took everything into consideration and didn’t come down to hard on the kid for not holding onto the ball, I’m sure he realized it immediately after that he made a mistake. Unbelievable finish.

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MN NICE
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 11:32am
Looks as if the ref’s were anticipating some trouble after the call… They cleared the court in a hell of a hurry

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mlimberg
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:16am
Still waiting for the hockey game to break out…. great job to all for not losing it….

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- Let.Me.Be.Clear
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:52am
  What’s a “huguenot??”
  
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- Lapaho
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 4:05pm
  It’s when you take a basketball net and wad it up into a ball. You get a “Huguenot”.
  
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Attention2Detail
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:22am
You’re up by two points, with 3 seconds left and you’ve just stolen the ball. Why do you make that pass? That’s what lost the game for Mt. Vernon. That’s why coaches tell you that you need to think.

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- Pearsontech
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:53am
  Exactly. I mean sure the other team made a wild shoot and lucked out that it went it but what really lost the game for Mt. Vernon was that they managed to get the ball while ahead and didn’t hold on to it. Very stupid pass.
  
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Swordfisch
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:20am
It was good how the parents controlled themselves and not turn it into about them and not the players.

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Daithi
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:17am
The phrase is “Nothing but net.” When you say, “Nothing but the bottom of the net” it sounds like he missed and the ball hit the bottom of the net.

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- tyuchic
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 11:08am
  gotta defend the announcer. i understand your point, but “nothing but the bottom of the net” is a refinement of “nothing but net”. it indicates not only did he not hit the rim, but he did not hit the sides of the net until almost through the net. some coaches even use the term to encourage the shooter to put more arc on the ball, i.e., in firearm terms, “aim small, miss small”. as a player, i tried to always aim for “the bottom of the net”. it wasn’t an accurate description in this case, but there’s nothing wrong with the term per se.
  
  and kudos to the refs for not ruining a great moment! very professional. they conferenced, made the call quickly, correctly, with authority, and then got the hell out of the gym as fast as possible. well done, lads!
  
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4xeverything
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:14am
That was awesome!

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DZ-015
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:36am
That’s the way the ball bounces, or not, in this case.

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freenj
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:23am
Nice shot with a lot luck!!
Mt.Vernon player needed to hold the ball, not pass it. Mistakes make for an interesting outcome.

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- tajloc
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 11:38am
  I have seen and participated in what is a cool conclusion to this situation. The kid that steals the inbound should have just thrown the ball to the ceiling and stepped out of the way. They gather under an unshootable ball. It does take timing but I think that it should be practiced by the modern coach ‘cuz the clock at the end is critical. The kid definitely should not have passed. He did it out of instinct to get the ball down for an easy lay up. Bad idea at the end of a “barn burner.”
  Great to see sports…no body mentions race when sports are good.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:12am
why the heck did the Mt. Vernon player that initially stole the ball try to pass it at all?
if he held it- they win.

He’s just a kid and now he is a goat and the whole world knows it.

Good for New Rochelle… but i’m not a fan of putting High School and youth sports on TV.

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- Zipit
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:38am
  Where’s that screaming goat video when ya need it? LOL!
  
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- whitealaskan
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:39am
  Televising the Championship game is part of the fun of state tournaments.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:03pm
  That’s why I never miss the Little League World Series. They practice, practice, practice and they do something you’ve never heard of. Exceptions to the rules is what makes things exciting.
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:10am
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Well Great Shot but no Riot or Denny’s like brawl what a disapointment……..

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bikerdogred1
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:10am
A great end to a great game and everyone acted like gentlemen.SPORTSMENSHIP at its best.

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- Zipit
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:44am
  Untill they got to the parking lot, where cars were turned on their sides, dumpsters turned over, and piles of tires were torched!
  
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