UMass' most significant 3-pointers

Some response to the earlier post seeking UMass' most significant 3-pointers.
The Harper Williams NCAA 3-pointer in 1992 above and the Tony Barbee NIT 3-pointer in 1991 were by far and away the most mentioned.
From email. If people signed their name I included if, not, I did not. Some of the emails are shortened:
"I have a few candidates for most significant three-pointer.  Mike Williams 15-foot jump shot over Temple's Rick Brunson with three seconds left won the game, 56-55, for the Minutemen back in 1994.  UMass had trailed by 8 points with six minutes left. At the end, the two coaches, John Calipari of UMass and John Chaney of Temple, shouted at each other during a news conference.  It was an epic confrontation, not to be forgotten!
My other candidate is UMass unbelievable comeback from 18 points down with only 4:48 remaining (it's true, look it up) against a 3-5 A10 foe, West Virginia in 1995. In Morgantown!  Mind you this was UMass -- the number one team in the nation! Mike Williams (yes, again) hit a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left in overtime -- a bank shot I believe -- that broke a tie and helped Massachusetts extend its winning streak to 14 games. Unbelievable..

But my number 1 is UMass and Syracuse in the 1992 NCAA tournament. Harper Williams -- our center -- hit a three-pointer from the top of the key as the shot clock was expiring,  The basket sent UMass to the sweet sixteen for the first time ever.  (And this was on Sunday night on national TV while everyone was awaiting 60 Minutes to start. It was a watershed moment for the burgeoning hoops program)  When asked about the shot, Harper Williams -- who DID NOT HIT EVEN ONE THREE-POINTER DURING THE REGULAR SEASON -- said he uses his three point shot "only in the event of an emergency." Classic.  And that is the one three-point shot most of us old UMass guys will never forget."

-- Sean Nelson
the three pt question is easy.. Harper Williams in 92
-- unsigned
Harper vs. Syracuse in the NCAA’S unquestionably (I can still see it going thru the nets even today); followed by Tony Barbee vs. Siena at Knickerbocker Arena in the NIT.

Third would go to Mike Williams’ countless key 3’s followed by a few last minute shots by Carl Smith, although the impact of these game winners to the future of UMass hoops was minimal.

-- Greg Malynoski
Even though it had nothing to do with the outcome of the game, Matt Pennie's buzzer beater three against Temple in 2006 has to make the list. The entire building and the bench went insane when he hit that.
-- Unsigned
1.Tony Barbee 3 pointer to send game against Sienna (NIT) into overtime which UMass won by scoring only 2 points (Jim McCoy) in OT. Went on to play Stanford in NIT finals (Lost). The next year Sweet sixteen and  a few years later all the way to the final four.2. Mike Williams had several in his career Temple( Chaney – Calipari dust up) and West Virginia , big comeback down 17 with under 4 to go at West Virginia.

MARK GOGGINS
From UMassHoops.com - They're all anonymous:
Mike Williams hit one to beat #1 UNC at the pre-season NIT (the next fall I think) - that was pretty damn cool as well.   I saw Harper's shot live in Worcester - but my ears are still ringing from the noise in the bar as Mike's shot fell...
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Harper Williams' shot, hands down.

I believe it was the first time we played Syracuse since the Dr. J beat down, and the subseqent ignoring of our presence by the Orangemen. It was a win that took us to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time ever. The shot clock was approaching zero. A miss or shot clock violation gave Syracuse a chance to run the clock down and get off a potential game-winner. We had no viable options to get off a good shot and looked lost in the offense. Harper had made one career three-pointer. He called for the ball because he understood the on-court situation. I yelled at my TV, "Shoot! Shoot!" Harper hit the shot. I jumped about three feet in the air. Umass advanced. Syracuse went home.

I've been a proponent of the value of the NIT, so I can see those who argue Barbee's shot. And Mike Williams shot against UNC (aided by the play of Mr. Jeff Meyer) announced that the program was here to stay. But these two are relegated to #'s 2 and 3.
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Bumpa's right about Mike Williams and the Barbee shot certainly deserves mention, but it's hard to go against a shot that wins an NCAA tournament game. So it's got to be the Harper Williams shot.
From Mike Fetterer, the long time web master of UMassHoops.com
Candidates that I thought of, in my order of preference...

1. Barbee's shot to force overtime at Siena, 1991 NIT Quarter-Final
Written up here: http://umasshoops.com/games/1999-2000/0316siena/previews.htm#article1
Barbee makes the Siena PA guy look silly with premature info about Siena's trip to the semis in NYC. That signaled our arrival that we were a team to be reckoned with in the 1990s.

2. Harper's shot seals the trip to the Sweet 16, 1992.
Just about everybody knows this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7dmAoSBmFo&t=2m36s
http://umasshoops.com/games/1991-92/0322syracuse/

3. Mike Williams hit a 3 late in overtime against North Carolina in the 1993 Pre-Season NIT, extending a 1-point lead to 4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nisj48lWvEo&t=5m30s
http://umasshoops.com/games/1993-94/1124unc/#article4

4. Mike Williams late 3 gives UMass the win at GW, 2/13/1993.
UM was down 16 in the second half, but stormed back. Williams seems to have had some toes on the line, but it was ruled a 3. Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nisj48lWvEo&t=4m17s
Watch Bruiser mob him after the game was over.

5. Mike Williams hitting a late 3 to help UMass win at Temple, 51-50.
http://umasshoops.com/games/1993-94/0224temple

6. Jim McCoy three-quarter court shot at the halftime buzzer in the Sweet 16, 1992.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7dmAoSBmFo&t=6m15s
http://umasshoops.com/games/1991-92/0326kentucky.htm
An incredible shot, but didn't really have bearing on the outcome of the game, so it falls down the list.
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