The 3 plays in sports everybody will be talking about today

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March 24, 2017 1:26 PM

Friday's top plays are the Kansas dunk off of a ref and two crazy high-school buzzer-beaters.

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about Friday:

The Kansas dunk off of a ref. Kansas blew out Purdue, 98-66, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, and it got some help from a referee. With time running out in the first half and Purdue hoping to cut a five-point deficit even further, Lagerald Vick deflected a pass. The ball was heading out of bounds and would have gone back to Purdue, but the ball bounced off a ref and went back to Vick. That led to a fast-break dunk for Kansas. Instead of Purdue being within two or three at the half, Kansas upped its lead to seven and never looked back.

The crazy high-school buzzer-beater. It was a night of crazy buzzer-beaters in high-school state tournaments. This one comes from Powers North Central in Michigan's Class D semifinal. It entered the game on an 81-game winning streak, the longest in the nation, but found itself in double overtime and trailing by one in the closing seconds. Central, after nearly getting a five-second violation on the inbounds, got the ball in with one player whipping a pass to the basket from half-court. Senior guard Seth Polfus fumbled the pass but got it back under control just in time to throw the ball at the basket, and it went in.

The other crazy high-school buzzer-beater. This one comes from the Minnesota Class A quarterfinals, where Central Minnesota Christian tied the game with a layup with three seconds to go. But North Woods sophomore Cade Goggleye took the inbounds pass and, from beyond the midcourt stripe, banked in the winner.

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