The Most Incredible Buzzer-Beaters of the 2014-15 College Basketball Season

Everyone who has ever cared about any stick-and-ball sport has acted out a buzzer-beater in their yard or playground. 

It's the ultimate sports thing. And for all sports fans, March Madness has plenty to offer in this area. The excitement, the emotion and so on. Can you really believe Selection Sunday is less than two weeks away? I know, bro, it's crazy. 

But we don't have to wait that long for college basketball drama. College hoop heads around the country have been enjoying big-time buzzer-beaters all season. And now you can enjoy them, too. Here, to celebrate not only the inimitable excitement of the walk-off but of the regular season, are the top 10 buzzer-beaters of this 2014-15 campaign.

Video clip included for every shot. Come get you some.

Shots ranked on level of drama and degree of difficulty.

10. Roosevelt Jones' Bank Shot Sinks Creighton

On February 16, Butler was coming off not only a loss to then-No. 6 Villanova, but the loss of forward Andrew Chrabascz, who fractured his hand during the contest.

But the Bulldogs had their bulldoggishness on full display that night in a hostile gym, storming back from an eight-point deficit to get back in the win column and probably keep themselves in the Top 25.

The clincher was this gutty driving bank shot from Roosevelt Jones with 1.9 seconds left.

Jones later told the Indianapolis Star: 

"Coach ran a play for me. He wanted me to make a play and I did. The shot went in." Simple enough.

9. Some Pharmacy School Beats Drexel

We don't discriminate here on the list of top buzzer-beaters. And if you have a problem with that, you can just take it right on down the road, buddy.

Because crazier stuff can happen at the smaller places too. Sometimes the craziest of stuff. Case in point: a little school in Philly called the University of the Sciences, known mainly for its pharmacy and health training programs. Ever heard of them? Me either. Then again, I'm not a pharmacist.

But you have heard of Drexel, right? Large size-wise but middlin' sports-wise school, also located in Philadelphia? Well, the Dragons got taken down hard earlier this season by this apparently plucky bunch from across town, and it happened on a crazy last-second game-winner. As you know, since they're on this list.

Check the video. Playing at home in Philly on December 4, Drexel gave up the game-winner to hot-shooting Devil Garrett Kerr and lost the game 54-52. 

Greatest win in University of the Sciences history? I don't know. But it's got to be up there.

8. Rayvonte Rice Claims Braggin Rights

Illinois has quietly put together a pretty respectable season. As of March 1, it is 18-11 overall, 8-8 in the Big 10 and solidly on the tournament bubble.

It probably wouldn't have been as productive without senior guard Rayvonte Rice, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding. It would certainly have one fewer win, as Rice single-handedly locked up its December 20 victory over Missouri.

The annual interstate "Braggin Rights" game came down to the wire, and Rice—who led all scorers with 19 points—drilled a cold-blooded, hotly contested step-back three to bring the brags back with the Illini.

7. Dez Wells Puts Maryland Back Up for Good

The Terps have been one of the top stories of this college basketball campaign. Predicted to finish eighth in the Big 10 in its inaugural season there, Maryland is instead sitting second and looking like a lock for a high tourney seed.

The whole thing might have followed a different course, though, if it had lost at home to Northwestern on January 25. And it was on its way, with the plucky Wildcats leading for every minute of the game except, ultimately, the most important one.

With seconds remaining, Maryland point guard Melo Trimble's three bounced off the rim, but Dez Wells swooped in from the weak side to grab the carom and toss it in off the glass. The heady play from the Terps' senior leader salvaged the game, and maybe more, for Maryland.

6. Marcus Posley Does Double Duty, Downs VCU

Barring something unforeseen, St. Bonaventure probably isn't going dancing in 2015. Good thing it'll have some thrilling March-style wins to remember the season by.

Against then-No. 18 VCU on February 7, guard Marcus Posley made sure the Bonnies left the court in style, slicing through the vaunted havoc defense and getting an acrobatic scoop shot to go as time expired. 

Posley gets extra points for beating the clock in two consecutive games. In their previous contest, Posley went coast to coast in the final five seconds to hit the game-winner against Davidson.

"He's the heart and soul of our team," coach Mark Schmidt said of Posley, the team's leading scorer. "To be involved in two games like that against two teams that we're not supposed to beat and we pull it out in the end. It's exciting. It's why you coach."

5. Marcus Foster Ties in Regulation, Wins in Overtime

"Growing up, all I did was watch Kobe," Marcus Foster said after this game.

Well, on February 14, the influence showed. Foster hit a running floater to tie then-No. 16 Oklahoma. Then he drained the game-winning three-pointer at the end of the extra period. Cold-blooded times two.

"I watched Kobe in his prime, and he was still making game winners and big shots, so it's something I always imagined myself doing at the college level," Foster said.

The sophomore has struggled for consistency this year, but when the game is on the line, he seems to come into his own. Kobe!

4. Own Goal Hands Seminoles a Win over Gators

Jacob Kurtz was acting on instinct. Florida State's Devon Bookert made a bid to beat the buzzer, but it was in the process of falling well short of the rim when Kurtz boxed out his man and raised his arms, intending to corral the miss. 

Instead, in a Jim Carrey-worthy moment of physical tragicomedy, the ball bounced off Kurtz's hands, off the backboard and through the netting below. It was like Chris Washburn mixed with Jim Marshall. An own goal that will live in the annals of this intrastate grudge match for some time to come. 

Outside of the rivalry, there was not a ton on the line there on December 30. You just have to hope that Kurtz, a blue-collar depth guy for the Gators, made it back to his dorm in one piece.

3. Charleston Southern Dunks Ole Miss in Season Opener

Ole Miss, as of March 2, has 19 wins on the season and looks good to hit the 20-win plateau. It's knocked off Arkansas, Creighton and Florida, among others, and took Kentucky to overtime before conceding to the juggernauts.

Credit to it for these accomplishments. Especially because after its season opener, it looked destined for the toilet portion of the SEC. 

Its opponent on November 14? That would be the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern, an ostensible cupcake program with only one previous win over a power conference team. 

Now it's time to credit the Bucs: They crumpled up that cupcake memo and found a very dark place to lodge it.

Charleston Southern held the sluggish Rebels to 30 percent shooting from the floor (and 20 percent from deep). After forcing OT, Charleston Southern shot for the win. The ball caromed off the rim and up into the air. An Ole Miss player seemed to miscalculate the angle of the rebound, and Cedrick Bowen took advantage for the Bucs, elevating for a dunk that seemed to go in at the exact moment the backboard light ignited to signal that time had expired.

The refs reviewed it, and ruled the dunk went in with 0.1 second. That's about as bang-bang as it gets.

And it heralded a pretty nice season for the Buccaneers, who are now 19-10, second in the Big South conference and fighting to nab a slot in the dance. At a minimum, they've shown they can hang in close games with the big boys of the sport. 

2. Two Game Winners in Two Seconds

The Quincy Tigers thought they had the upset all wrapped up on January 31. With 1.6 seconds left, they had just sank a shot to take the lead. 

But Drury flipped the script. Specifically, guard Kameron Bundy flipped it, connecting on a 40-foot Hail Mary as the horn sounded. And the Panthers are your winner!

These two teams, which play in Division II's Great Lakes Valley Conference, don't get a ton of shine on the national stage. But this sequence earned attention for National Play of the Year honors. Lots of emotion involved in here, and both teams deserve accolades for one-upping each other in clutchness over the final moments of this game. YouTube and its viewers everywhere thank them.

1. George Mason Hits 75-Foot Buzzer Beater Bomb

If there's a slipperier team in college basketball than George Mason, I'd love to hear about it.

And of course I mean Glass Slipper. The Patriots' famous Final Four run of 2006 is the keystone of their alpha-underdog status. But this November 29 win over Manhattan was a pretty solid buttress.

Manhattan seemed to be on cruise control in the game's final minute, but an 11-4 Patriots run in the final 21 seconds pulled victory out of its proverbial jaws.

The coup d'etat came after a Manhattan free-throw miss in the final moment. With players from both teams walking off the court to start the handshake line, Jalen Jenkins grabbed the ball and almost academically heaved it toward his goal. 

You know the rest. It went in. The home crowd in Fairfax, Virginia, went wild, as Jaspers players buried their faces in their jerseys. 

And the George Mason legacy just keeps on growing.