Recalling Gerry McNamara’s Heroics vs. Cincinnati

With Syracuse and Cincinnati set to face off tonight in the Big East Tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden, here’s a flashback to 2006 when Gerry McNamara hit this running 3-pointer to give the Orange the victory over the Bearcats in the first round of the event.

Cincinnati almost made a halfcourt heave at the buzzer to win the game for then-coach Andy Kennedy.

Also of note: Bernie Fine and Rob Murphy were still on the bench for the Cuse.

Ironically, McNamara replaced Fine and is now an assistant on this year’s team.

Good job by the folks at Three Idiots on Sports for digging this one up.

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.