My uncle has a tape of some of the greatest college basketball games ever. The 1957 national championship was one of them and footage was included. Therefore, I call it the greatest due to its events.
Meanwhile, Duke and Kentucky in 1992 was considered the greatest ever. This game is so overrated for these reasons:
1. there was no underdog
2. Duke was already expected to win anyway
3. Duke won the game (and made Christian Laettner seem better than he really was)
Here would be my list of the greatest games ever played:
1. North Carolina vs. Kansas, 1957 (54-53, 3 OT's, underdog North Carolina survives three overtimes to beat Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas in Kansas City)
2. Chaminade vs. Virginia, 1982 (77-72, NAIA Chaminade upsets top seed Virginia and Ralph Sampson)
3. UCLA vs. Houston, 1968 (71-69, the Game of the Century)
4. Kentucky vs. LSU, 1994 (99-95, Kentucky erases 31 point deficit with 15 minutes remaining to win)
5. Notre Dame vs. UCLA, 1974 (71-70, Notre Dame comes back from 11 down with 3:30 remaining to end UCLA's 88 game winning streak)
6. Villanova vs. Georgetown, 1985 (66-64, Villanova becomes the only #8 seed to win the national championship)
7. North Carolina State vs. Maryland, 1974 (103-100, OT, the ultimate do or die match)
8. North Carolina State vs. Houston, 1983 (54-52, Lorenzo Charles' dunk and Jimmy V running down the court in celebration)
9. North Carolina vs. Georgetown, 1982 (63-62, Jordan and Worthy vs. Ewing in an epic, back and forth game)
10. Purdue vs. Indiana, 1985 (72-63, Bobby Knight throws the chair)
