Milwaukee native Jordan Poole hits unlikely buzzer beater to lift Michigan into Sweet 16

There were no Wisconsin teams invited to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, but Wisconsin's thumb prints are all over some of the most exciting moments thus far.

On Saturday, it was Milwaukee King product Jordan Poole, whose deep 3-pointer at the buzzer splashed through to give Michigan a stunning 64-63 win over Houston in the second round of the tournament. The third-seeded Wolverines advanced to the Sweet 16.

Michigan was given second life after Houston's Devin Davis missed two free throws, and Michigan called timeout with 3.6 seconds left. The Cougars elected not to guard the inbound, and after a quick rifle to halfcourt, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman sent a pass to Poole, who took the contested shot and buried his first points of the half.

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"The guy is an overdose of swag," Michigan coach John Beilein said of Poole during the postgame interview on TBS. "He's got everything you could ask for. He dreams of those shots, he lives for those shots. That's what he loves."

Poole was named first-team All State at Milwaukee King in 2016 after his third season at the school before transferring to La Lumiere School in Indiana, where he spent his senior year. One of his teammates was fellow Big Ten freshman standout Jaren Jackson Jr. of Michigan State. The duo was part of a national-championship run.

Poole finished the game with eight points and two rebounds.

Wisconsin's ties to the tourney have included a couple former West Allis Central players shining, a coach from Watertown leading Buffalo to a stunning first-round upset, a diminutive Milwaukeean leading Texas Southern to its first tourney win and a Whitefish Bay product on the UMBC team that pulled a first-of-its-kind upset over Virginia.