NCAA Basketball Highlights: Caitlin Clark, Cameron Parker & March Madness Moments

The thing I love most about college basketball is that anything can happen, literally anything

And today in this video, we will be going over some of the greatest individual performances

in college basketball history. Some of these you may have heard of, but I guarantee you there will be multiple that

you haven't. So let's waste no time and get right into my top 15 greatest individual performances

in college basketball history. At number 15, we have a rather recent performance

In 2019, Cameron Parker of Sacred Heart put up the NCAA record for assists in a game with 24

There is a reason this isn't higher. Number one, it was against Division III school Pine Manor

And secondly, he did this while putting up a whopping zero points from the field

At number 14, we have probably the most bizarre performance on this list

Jack Taylor of Grinnell College in rural Iowa put up 138 points in 2012 versus Faith Baptist

again a D3 school. I almost didn't include this one because Grinnell is a D3 school themselves

but 138 points is far too many to leave off this list. Taylor shot 52 for 108 from the field

including 27 for 71 from three. It's one of those stat lines you almost wonder

isn't really even that impressive because it feels like a video game

But when you dive deeper into it, you see that Grinnell ran a unique gimmicky offense

that was based on the principle that more shot attempts equal more points

And how do you do so? By letting your opponent score and getting the ball back immediately. Number 13 on our list took place on March 11, 2011 during the Mountain West Tourney Semifinals

when star BYU guard Jimmer Fredette put up 52 points on 15 for 23 from the field

including 7 of 14 from 3. Going into the game, BYU hadn't beaten Mexico that year

and their best big man, Brandon Davies, was suspended from the team. It was one of many performances from an era that would redefine a whole area of the court

for the next generation, coining it Jim Arrange. Number 12 is our only women's college basketball performance on this list

but it's rightly deserved. This performance comes from none other than Kaitlyn Clark

No, this is not her triple-double in the Elite Eight versus Louisville. Instead, I believe that a far more impressive performance of hers took place in the Final Four versus South Carolina

Clark and the Hawkeyes would snap a 42-game win streak for the Gamecocks

as Clark went on to put up 41 points, 8 assists, and 6 boards, while assisting or scoring on 75% of her team's points

The game was also the largest viewed college basketball game men or women in 15 years

On November 14, 2018, Robert Morris played a school called Mount Aloysius

Somehow, someway, junior guard Josh Williams caught fire from behind the yard

going 15 for 25 from three, making him the record holder for the most threes in an NCAA game in college basketball history

Before we get into the top 10, I found a stat during my research that I had to share

It's certainly not an impressive stat, but it's funny nonetheless. on january 24th 2004 san diego state was playing colorado state when senior guard ben woodrop

fouled out in only 71 seconds at first i kind of believed it but once i dug deeper i realized it

was intentional he was a four-year bench warmer averaging like 0.2 points per game and he just

decided he wanted to be the record holder so he went in the game and fouled out in as fast a time

as possible nevertheless it's pretty funny and a story he can tell the rest of his life at number

Number 10 we have a performance I guarantee 95 of you have never heard of It took place on January 5th 1991 versus Loyola Marymount from a little known university called United States International It was a catastrophic season for the university

They had filed for bankruptcy and players left in droves. The basketball team would finish 2-26

with just seven players in uniform by the end of the season, but Kevin Bradshaw was one of them

and he was an absolute scoring machine. He averaged 37.6 points per game that season

and on January 5th, 1991, versus the iconic Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount squad

would score 72 points in a single game, breaking the NCAA single game record four points

against a Division I team, which was set 21 years earlier by LSU's Pete Maravich with 69

The full story of Kevin Bradshaw is enough to make its own video

but in this game specifically, he went 23 of 59 from the field

and 19 of 23 from the free throw line. Bradshaw's team would lose the game 186 to 140

At number nine, we have another performance and player that you have most likely never

heard of. And odd enough, this guy was born in the exact same town as I was, Albert Lee, Minnesota

Ben Woodside, a point guard for North Dakota State in the late 2000s

On December 12th, 2008, in Ben's senior season at NDSU, they would play Stephen F. Austin

and Ben would have the game of his life, recording 60 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists

going 14 for 32 from the field, and most notably of all, 30 for 35 from the free throw line

His 30-made free throws would tie Pistol Pete Maravich for the most free throws ever made in an NCAA game

NDSU would actually lose this game in triple overtime, 112 to 111

However, Woodside would go on to become the Summit League Player of the Year

and bring his NDSU Bison to an NCAA tournament with a Summit League Conference Championship

Oh, and he did this all at 5'11 and 185 pounds. This dude was a certified baller

Number eight on our list includes something very special. It's the only one of these that has ever occurred in NCAA history, and that is a quadruple double

It's something that's only taken place four times in NBA history, and I was surprised doing research that it hasn't taken place more in college basketball

It took place on November 13th, 2007, when UT Martin played Central Baptist College, winning 116-274

Leicester's stat line for this game was 25 points, 12 boards, 10 assists, and 10 steals in only 31 minutes of play

He would actually go on to be the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year that season and in his next season

and average 26.6 points per game through his two years at UT Martin

At number seven, we again have a player you have probably never heard of, Ryan Toulson of Utah Valley

Oddly enough, he is actually the nephew of Danny Ainge and played for Utah Valley in the late 2000s as well

And in his senior season on January 29th, 2008 versus Chicago State, Ryan would put up 63 points, 12 boards, 6 assists on 18 for 31 from the field, including 7 for 11 from 3 and 20 of 21 from the free throw line

Utah Valley would go on to win 123 to 121 in quadruple overtime

It's real shame that we never got to see Ryan in March Madness. I feel like he was the perfect type of player to will his team to the second round or even

the second weekend. Unfortunately for us and for Ryan, Utah Valley was an independent school at the time

They were not a member of a conference and it wouldn't be until the following season

that they would join a conference giving them a chance to qualify for the NCAA tournament At number six we have a player that you most definitely know and his performance took place in the 2003 NCAA tournament

more specifically, the Elite Eight. After defeating Pittsburgh 77-74 in the Sweet 16

Dwayne Wade and the Marquette Golden Eagles would face off in the Elite Eight

versus top-seeded Kentucky for a trip to the Final Four on the line

And on the biggest stage, Dwayne Wade had the best game of his collegiate career, finishing with a triple-double, 29 points

11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 blocks, all the while upsetting number one overall seed Kentucky

in a 14-point route, 83-69. To make this performance more special, nobody expected

Marquette to make a deep run, much less upset the number one overall seed Kentucky and make the

Final Four. We're now entering our top five greatest performances in college basketball

history and at five we have a performance from the exact same NCAA tournament. As great as Dwayne

Wade's performance was he was not the only future NBA star playing in this tournament and making a

deep run of his own. Carmelo Anthony led the Syracuse Orange to their first national title

in 2003 but his greatest performance in this tournament took place in the final four as he

led his number three seeded Syracuse up against the number one Texas Longhorns. Mello finished the

game with 33 points on 12 for 19 shooting, 14 rebounds, and three steals in a 95-284 victory

Much like Marquette, nobody seriously considered Syracuse as a national title contender. They were

actually unranked in all preseason polls, making them only the fourth team ever to win a national

title while being unranked in the preseason. At number four, we have one of my favorite

March Madness performances of all time. Steph Curry in the opening round

of the 2008 NCAA tournament versus Gonzaga. He had 40 points, five steals

shot 14 for 22 from the field and eight of 10 from the three-point line

I actually did a whole video on Steph Curry and the 2008 Davidson Wildcats magical run

in the NCAA tournament. If you're interested in that video, it'll be on an end screen at the end of this one

or you can find it on my channel. But this performance is so incredible

because it was the coming out party for Steph Curry to the world. Davidson would advance to the

Elite Eight where they would lose to the eventual national champions in the Kansas Jayhawks

Steph had 30 of his 40 in the second half of this game and as you're seeing some of the clips on the

screen right now from this game, you can see why I had this so high on my list. Before we get to

our top three performances, I have two more honorable mentions for you. Number one, Elvin

Hayes versus Luau Cinder and UCLA's 47 win streak in 1968. Elvin Hayes and the University of Houston

took on Luau Cinder aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the greatest college basketball dynasty of all time

the John Wooden UCLA Bruins. This game was played at the Astrodome and it was nationally televised

which was a huge deal for regular season games in college basketball at the time. Elvin Hayes

finished the game with 39 points, 15 rebounds, and the two final free throws that would beat UCLA

71-69. As awesome of a performance as this was, it didn't make the list because Luau Cinder was

dealing with a scratch cornea, which caused him to shoot 4 for 18 from the field in easily his

worst performance in his college career. Later that season, in the final four, UCLA and Houston

would meet again, and this time with a healthy Luau Cinder, UCLA would win in an absolute rout

101 And our other honorable mention is when Pete Maravich scored 69 points versus Alabama including 47 points in the second half Although it was an incredible performance I love seeing highlights of Pistol Pete playing in college

They lost that game to a pretty bad Alabama team who was 5-12, so I just couldn't in good conscience add that to this list

And that brings us to our top three greatest college basketball performances of all time

At number three, we have Christian Laettner in the 1992 Elite Eight versus Kentucky

Quite honestly, the most hated college basketball player of all time. And to some extent, rightfully so, in this game, he would stomp on the chest of a Kentucky

freshman and claim innocence afterwards. But outside of that incident, this is one of the greatest college basketball games we've

ever seen. Christian Laettner would finish the game with 31 points and seven rebounds on perfect shooting

from the floor, 10 of 10 from the field, and 10 of 10 from the free throw line. But it was the

ending that solidified this as one of the greatest performances of all time. Down 103 to 102 with

only a couple seconds left on the clock, Grant Hill threw a full court pass that Leitner caught

around the free throw line, turned and hit a game-winning jumper that we know today as the shot

winning the game for Duke and sending them to the final four, 104 to 103. Second on our list

we have Danny Manning in the 1988 National Championship. The 1988 Kansas Jayhawks were an afterthought

when it came to national title contenders in the 1988 NCAA tournament

Finishing with 11 losses and being a sixth seed in the tournament, they just happened to catch fire at the right time

propelling them in shocking fashion all the way to the national title game

where they would face their Big 8 Conference rivals and number one seed, the Oklahoma Sooners

The Jayhawks went into this game as eight-point underdogs and Oklahoma had already beaten them twice that season

But as we know, anything can happen in March and Kansas would defeat Oklahoma

in the national title game 83-79, in large part due to Danny Manning

being the best player on the court, putting up 31 points, 18 rebounds

five steals, and two blocks, etching his Kansas Jayhawks into the history books

as one of the most unlikely national champions of all time. Our long-awaited number one

greatest college basketball performance of all time is none other than Bill Walton in the 1973 national title game versus Memphis State

Only a few years removed from Lew Alcindor and UCLA dominating the late 60s

John Wooden was blessed with another all-time great big man in the early 70s in Bill Walton

And in the 1973 national title game, he proved why he's one of the greatest college basketball players of all time

scoring 44 points on 21 of 22 from the field. Yes, you heard that right. He only missed one shot on the night

A near flawless performance in an absolute blowout. I truly can't think of a performance in college basketball history that would top this one

As dominant as those UCLA teams were, to shoot like that on the biggest stage

and to put up 13 rebounds as well, during an era where the NCAA did not allow dunking, is borderline unthinkable

21 out of 22 field goal attempts tonight. 21 out of 22. I'm sure he's going to break a record tonight

Well, there you have it. My top 15 greatest college basketball performances of all time

Let me know in the comments what you disagreed with, what snubs I left off the list. If you

enjoyed this video, you'll enjoy the video I made on Steph Curry and the 2008 Davidson

Wildcats' magical March Madness run. As always, thanks for watching, and we'll see you on the hardwood