WATCH: March Madness Goes Boonta For Buckets With Another Buzzer-Beating 3

To understand the savagery of Wisconsin’s buzzer-beating three-pointer to knock Xavier out of NCAA’s March Madness, we need to duck back into Year 10 physics and discuss the concept of potential energy. 

It’s everywhere in the clip: it’s in Bronson Koenig’s cocked arm before draining the last-second shot. It’s in the bench, prior to its explosion of frantic towel-waving. Hell, you can even feel it evaporate from Xavier’s hapless squad. 

And it was all unleashed in an instant, thanks to one beautifully arced shot from the corner:

Now, that potential energy is reserved solely for the seventh-seeded Wisconsin as they enter the tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. The Badgers – yeah, really – will be taking on Notre Dame on Friday. 

It’s been a stellar tournament for neutral fans so far, and the college competition’s apparent love of ice-cold threes echoes the ruthless buckets currently on show in the NBA; just two days ago, Northern Iowa also blew out sixth-seeded University of Texas with this half-court soul-destroyer:

Just absurd. Expect the final to be decided by shot catapulted from the opposite endline. 

Source: Mashable / Twitter. 
Photo: James Squire / Getty. 

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