I see what you’re saying but for context the week before Jesperson had made a half court shot with 1 second left to send them to this game So he was probably thinking about that, got jumpy, and shot it earlier than he had to there
One of my biggest pet peeves. The announcer says, "Down 11 with just over a minute to go." They were down 12 with under 35 seconds to go. This was the most remarkable comeback/collapse in basketball history. Get it right!!
Yep AC just mentioned it when asked what the greatest NCAA tournament moment was. I still can't believe they were down 11 with just over a minute to go and actually came back to win. Mostly because they were down 12 with 35 seconds left to go and came back to win.
I remember watching this game the announcers made a HUGE deal of one of UNI's players getting injured - they just kept saying "he's their inbounder" and I thought "surely that can't be such a major thing." And then the Panthers go out and prove me so, so, wrong.
Watch closely at the end of OT1 as the kid from Northern Iowa becomes a mark for himself and get's caught up in the hype of his last game winning heroics.... with 5.9 seconds left and plenty of time to get down the floor and get a decent shot he pulls up at half court with about 3.9 seocnds left...... 3:40 what an idiot
I thought the same thing, he even has an open teammate down the floor who with a good pass would've likely gotten a good look to win it. Just poor end of game execution all around by UNI.
+Ricky DOMINY College ball. It's these little things that separates the competition from the NBA. That kid who took the shot ain't even close to NBA level tho.
Oscar Carvajal It’s not about A&M not having time. It’s about UNI would’ve absolutely no doubt 1000000% been able to get a better shot off than a running half court shot with 4 seconds left. 4 seconds is enough time to take 2-3 dribbles down court, or even make a pass and get a shot from 20 feet closer. He’s an idiot. No way around it
I just randomly decided to come rewatch this...and I never realized Alex Caruso and Danuel House were on this team! That's wild. The Bald Eagle left the nest in this game.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot I agree. Not taking anything away from A&M, refereeing in NCAA has always been terrible. You can tell it impacts the next play too as the NIU player moves to avoid fouling Gilder.
Not to be that guy but if your going to comment at least get the school right. It's UNI (University of Northern Iowa), not NIU, which is Northern Illinois University
Why drive the length of the court for a layup and probably get fouled and go to the free throw line for the win (boring) when you could have a way more dramatic win by shooting from 5 ft beyond half court. That way the other team has a chance to inbound the ball and try for a last second heroic shot as well...adding to the drama. He got addicted to drama in the previous game and this took over any logic.
That team was just woefully unprepared. Not even going back to count, they must've had 3-4 turnovers AND 3-4 conceded layups at the end of regulation and OT
This is a coaching fail. Obviously, NIU has never practiced end of tight games situations. They had 5.9 sec to go in OT and elected to take a half-court hail mary 3-pt shot when they had enough time to run up the floor. Same thing happened in regular time when they had 1.9 sec on the clock with the possession and the game on the line and all they could do after the ball was inbounded was attempt a long three from about 70 feet when they could have easily advanced closer to the basket.
Are u joking? This showed what an incredibly bad team northern Iowa is, and Texas a&m needed a miracle to beat them. Texas a&m is going to get crushed by oklahoma
What happens at the 40 second mark? Northern Iowa is ready to inbound with 21.7 seconds left, and then the next moment, A&M is ready to inbound with 22 seconds left? Why did time go backwards and the team inbounding change?
+Mry64 They didn't show it but A&M had a lot of pressure on the in-bound throw, and UNI threw it out of bounds so it was an immediate turnover. I don't know why they didn't show it.
How do you not throw the ball to the other end of the court no matter what is happening? Just the dribble time alone would run the clock out. Throwing it anywhere on the opponent's half creates opportunities. Very strange. How do players reach this stage and not have a grasp of the danger of keeping the ball on the wrong end? Unbelievable.
+wayne who? Nah, the heat of that moment wouldn't allow it. Plus the fact that they tried to throw it off the enemies' legs, which is quite justified. It's just that they are terrible doing so. And I agree that coaching is the main problem. Look at the coach. He looked even more nervous than his team.
+TazTalksYouListen thats a horrible idea. Clock doesnt tick untill the ball is touched. If the ball is never touched and goes out of bounds during an inbound pass they get the ball back where the inbound pass occured. In otherwords you didnt waste any time off the clock and let them inbound the ball underneath your own basket. Which is why you dont just chuck the ball down the court where no one is.
3:49 As much as I wanted to see Northern Iowa pull another upset, they deserved to lose with a shot like that. You have a timeout, you have 6 seconds... and that's what you do with them? A&M won this game indeed, but UNI sure made it easy for them in the end.
Everyone in Vegas knew the money was on Texas a&m to win , why not inbound the ball and let them foul you but to give up the ball like they did so carelessly only leads me to believe uni took the money , the coach for one look to relaxed in such a big game that clearly would have been a HUGE upset had they won the game , And to who ever is reading this, go back and watch the highlights , were the timeouts used ahead of time to continue this way of manipulating the game
why not shave points throughout the entire game if you're gonna go that route? Would look much more suspicious blowing a 12 point lead with 35 seconds left
+tubenachos at 1:28, arm touches arm. Might be a very sensitive call. But the announcers are right, you shouldn't be even near the guy scoring a layout in that situation.
I really don't understand how that's not a foul at the end of regulation when he threw it away. The A&M player was forcing him out of bounds with his hips.
can anyone tell me how aggies get posession at 0:22? highlights don't explain it, possession just seems to magically switch and .3 seconds are added to the clock?
Literally nobody talking about the fact that with 5 seconds on the clock the northern iowa player threw the ball right to and A and M player so he could drive it in and tie it. They're up 2. Neither team has timeouts. Do you guys understand that when he leaps to throw the ball back at the guy all he had to do was chuck it up in the air and down court. Best case scenario A and M gets it cleanly and they heave a 3/4 court shot at the buzzer. And that's best case. Most likely that time runs out before so. Just very very poor. Same thing on the kid who threw it under the hoop. Just chuck it down the other end. You're up 8 with 21 seconds, you'll take at least 10 seconds off that way.
0:41 IOWA has the ball with 21.7 clock on the clock.... video skips a bit .... 0:42 A&M has the ball with 22 secs on the clock... Somebody tell me what hpn'd there... Was there some sort of foul or sup'm?
Kinda late, but I believe what happened is that they stopped the game to check clock (put .3 seconds back on) then continued. A&M then held out for 5 seconds on the inbound and a foul was called making it A&M ball.
Horrible officiating at the end. Never touched the guy. Still No Iowa could have just thrown the ball down court, clock would have run out at the end of regulation
rewatching this madness, at 0:30, i just wanna scream "dribble this way!". this was unreal. the ball was on the left side of the half court line for what, 5 seconds?
We should have known all along. This is Alex Caruso we're dealing with here
More like Daniel House
When you're losing in game 7 of the finals in 2k myleague so you just set the CPU's sliders to 0 and yours to 100
N fax
Or your shooting to 100
3:45 Are you kidding me? A half court shot with 6 seconds to play?
+Matthew Chin And they had a timeout too smh
Look at chef curry
just downright desperation
He wanted to do what he did the previous game.
I see what you’re saying but for context the week before Jesperson had made a half court shot with 1 second left to send them to this game
So he was probably thinking about that, got jumpy, and shot it earlier than he had to there
Announcer: "It's safe to say it's over"... I love it
did I pick the wrong time to use the bathroom or what??
+Cody Parkey You've picked some bad times to miss FG's in college and/or the NFL. But I still believe in you!
Michael Pittman How about now?
One of my biggest pet peeves. The announcer says, "Down 11 with just over a minute to go." They were down 12 with under 35 seconds to go. This was the most remarkable comeback/collapse in basketball history. Get it right!!
Why do you like being misleading by cherry picking the exact moment
horrible call that led to a Caruso and 1 though
When you're down 12 with over 40 seconds lefts 🥳 ....then you realize you're playing against Alex Caruso 😳
With*
Every one of the players on Northern Iowa that played this game will never forget this for the rest of their lives and be haunted by it.
And every one of the players on the Texas Aggies team will never forget it either! Nor will the fans :).
Yep AC just mentioned it when asked what the greatest NCAA tournament moment was.
I still can't believe they were down 11 with just over a minute to go and actually came back to win.
Mostly because they were down 12 with 35 seconds left to go and came back to win.
I will never again turn off a game unless the buzzer reaches zero...
Supreme big mistake bro anything can happen
I remember watching this game the announcers made a HUGE deal of one of UNI's players getting injured - they just kept saying "he's their inbounder" and I thought "surely that can't be such a major thing." And then the Panthers go out and prove me so, so, wrong.
This game would have been 1000 times better with Gus Johnson
Watch closely at the end of OT1 as the kid from Northern Iowa becomes a mark for himself and get's caught up in the hype of his last game winning heroics.... with 5.9 seconds left and plenty of time to get down the floor and get a decent shot he pulls up at half court with about 3.9 seocnds left...... 3:40 what an idiot
I thought the same thing, he even has an open teammate down the floor who with a good pass would've likely gotten a good look to win it. Just poor end of game execution all around by UNI.
+Ricky DOMINY More than that... he basically allowed ALL the points at the end of regulation... trash...
+Ricky DOMINY College ball. It's these little things that separates the competition from the NBA. That kid who took the shot ain't even close to NBA level tho.
But the a&m player had no time, so he's not a idiot
Oscar Carvajal It’s not about A&M not having time. It’s about UNI would’ve absolutely no doubt 1000000% been able to get a better shot off than a running half court shot with 4 seconds left. 4 seconds is enough time to take 2-3 dribbles down court, or even make a pass and get a shot from 20 feet closer. He’s an idiot. No way around it
Was so happy to see Danuel House go on to the NBA and be successful after this - on the Rockets no less!
I just randomly decided to come rewatch this...and I never realized Alex Caruso and Danuel House were on this team! That's wild. The Bald Eagle left the nest in this game.
Alex Caruso lead that comeback
facts
Yo true he is a lakers goat
Daniel House lead it
Nah house did
Check out the dancing at 2:21
choked on my water just watching this
choke of epic proportions
This my favorite game I've seen from Aggie basketball
Who's watching because of Alex "The Goat" Caruso?
Ticky tack call on the and-1 with 11 seconds left, but NIU really gagged this one away. Terrible way to lose.
+SelfAccountable Lol...no, YOU SHUT UP (two words genius)!
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot Feet left the ground and he leaned in. That was clearly an and-1.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot I agree. Not taking anything away from A&M, refereeing in NCAA has always been terrible. You can tell it impacts the next play too as the NIU player moves to avoid fouling Gilder.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot
Looked like a foul to me. He made contact with him twice on the drive. Was the ref just not supposed to call it?
Not to be that guy but if your going to comment at least get the school right. It's UNI (University of Northern Iowa), not NIU, which is Northern Illinois University
Look at uni number 4 at 1:40 just gets out of the way to let gilder score
He didn't want to make the mistake of fouling like the play before giving an and 1 to the aggies
+Richard Sigman did it at 0:23 too
+Richard Sigman oh and he was the one who shot that last shot with like 4 seconds remaining. he isnt getting laid tonight
+BRN BND That's why you make sure it's not an and one you wrap him up
I'm fairly confident he had four fouls at the time and didn't want to foul out...
"Improbable"? A little understated......this was the biggest final :30-:40 collapse in the history of basketball
Gig 'em, I'd say the 12th man was in play. Al Rainosek class of '61, died January 12th, 2015.
Al Rainosek, Jr.
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who missed this!
3.49 What the heck was Jesperson thinking?!
Why drive the length of the court for a layup and probably get fouled and go to the free throw line for the win (boring) when you could have a way more dramatic win by shooting from 5 ft beyond half court.
That way the other team has a chance to inbound the ball and try for a last second heroic shot as well...adding to the drama.
He got addicted to drama in the previous game and this took over any logic.
3:46 I don't know what Jesperson was thinking. Call a time out get a half court set in with still around 3 and a half seconds left.
As an Aggie fan, this was THE most exciting game I ever watched!
1:14 was a no call he didn't even touch the man.
#4 on Iowa playing that James Harden defense
biggest choke in history
I feel like Kihei Clark thought of this play which made him throw the ball, still a bad move either way.
rare footage of the Legendary GOAT Alex Caruso
glad to announce that the #23 house who scored pretty much all of a and m's points made my Wizards roster as a udfa
Bro Caruso’s hair was receding in college! I just can’t!😂
Check out that late ref foul call at 1:15. He waited to see if the ball was gonna go in or not before deciding to call the foul.
that foul on the three point play was complete BS.
Definitely
That A&M team was nasty. House, Jones, Davis, Caruso, Gilder, and Hogg. SEC Champions, 2x sweet 16. Wish they could have gone to the final 4 one time.
speechless... terrible call on the and1 in regulation... Johnny football loving life somewhere in America right now...
got T-mac'd by TAMU lol
Xaviér Smith yup
Really Spur’d that game away
That team was just woefully unprepared. Not even going back to count, they must've had 3-4 turnovers AND 3-4 conceded layups at the end of regulation and OT
This is a coaching fail. Obviously, NIU has never practiced end of tight games situations. They had 5.9 sec to go in OT and elected to take a half-court hail mary 3-pt shot when they had enough time to run up the floor. Same thing happened in regular time when they had 1.9 sec on the clock with the possession and the game on the line and all they could do after the ball was inbounded was attempt a long three from about 70 feet when they could have easily advanced closer to the basket.
wooah 😅 , follow me on ig @ jls.10
Shouldn't have been a close end-of-game situation anyway. I mean 12 points with 35 seconds left
As a fan of UT I enjoyed this comeback alot.
And oh yeah, WHERE IS GUS JOHNSON when you need him? Just the Northern Iowa games alone would've been worth his check. These announcers are awful
thank u....I miss that dude man lol
Gus Johnson makes the game 10x more exciting with his calls
right they need to get the commentary together...some games called well, but this 1 was horrible
He commentates for the Milwaukee Bucks now
Jesperson was responsible for EVERY single point in the final 30 seconds of regulation...
3:50 Jesperson trying to shoot a half-court shot with 5 seconds left lol
One incredible finish!!!! Gig'em🏀🏀
The momentum from this win could get the Aggies into the Final Four if not the Championship game
For sure if that happened, anything is possible.
Ummmm no. If anything a let down would follow. Aggies aren't that good - just sayin.
Are u joking? This showed what an incredibly bad team northern Iowa is, and Texas a&m needed a miracle to beat them. Texas a&m is going to get crushed by oklahoma
+Kevin Luna I seriously doubt they will get crushed. If anything, it'll be a great game.
Well they got crushed
How did they get the ball back with more time on the clock after 21.7?
What happens at the 40 second mark? Northern Iowa is ready to inbound with 21.7 seconds left, and then the next moment, A&M is ready to inbound with 22 seconds left? Why did time go backwards and the team inbounding change?
How did Texas a&m get the ball back at 0:44?
+Mry64 They didn't show it but A&M had a lot of pressure on the in-bound throw, and UNI threw it out of bounds so it was an immediate turnover. I don't know why they didn't show it.
This game was insane!!!
How do you not throw the ball to the other end of the court no matter what is happening? Just the dribble time alone would run the clock out. Throwing it anywhere on the opponent's half creates opportunities. Very strange. How do players reach this stage and not have a grasp of the danger of keeping the ball on the wrong end? Unbelievable.
+TazTalksYouListen Poor coaching. Lack of preparation. Lack of poise in the big moment. Any number of factors.
+TazTalksYouListen was thinking the same. u dont even have to know basketball to throw the ball on the the other end of the court..
+wayne who? Nah, the heat of that moment wouldn't allow it. Plus the fact that they tried to throw it off the enemies' legs, which is quite justified. It's just that they are terrible doing so. And I agree that coaching is the main problem. Look at the coach. He looked even more nervous than his team.
+TazTalksYouListen thats a horrible idea. Clock doesnt tick untill the ball is touched. If the ball is never touched and goes out of bounds during an inbound pass they get the ball back where the inbound pass occured. In otherwords you didnt waste any time off the clock and let them inbound the ball underneath your own basket. Which is why you dont just chuck the ball down the court where no one is.
that`s also right. hope they learn something out of it :D but they they will never forget it
I’m an Aggie fan, but it’s almost sad there has to be a winner and a loser in a game like this! Oh man, what a nail biter!
That is why u keep trying until you see 0:00 on the clock even if ur down by 50 u keep trying
Greatest game in NCAA Tourney history.
+Represent You Meh maybe top 20 because the was just a good show of good coaching against bad coaching. MTSU against MSU is a top 3.
Maryland was up 10 with 50 seconds left and lost to Duke!!!!! Broke my heart. look it up, while back.
Odie J bb
Wow lol I was watching this live at home and I couldn't believe it
This will never get old. Gig ‘Em!
vintage alex caruso
1:00 clock never started after inbound
People are calling his a collapse, but I’d argue that it was just as much A&M being red hot.
I watched this game...and I still don't believe it truly happened.
3:49
As much as I wanted to see Northern Iowa pull another upset, they deserved to lose with a shot like that. You have a timeout, you have 6 seconds... and that's what you do with them? A&M won this game indeed, but UNI sure made it easy for them in the end.
Biggest collapse in the history of this tournament. Lol like how do y'all lose when y'all were up by 12 in the final minute.. This is crazy
Nevermind just the tournament. This is the biggest choke job I’ve seen in college basketball, period.
Jespersens fault
Where was the foul at 11.8 in the game? That was an awful call he never touched him.
god dang you blind or sum, he should've gotten out the way instead of getting in between.
Maybe so but it's was still a ticky tack call.
if you watched the game it was full of these sort of calls
Everyone in Vegas knew the money was on Texas a&m to win , why not inbound the ball and let them foul you but to give up the ball like they did so carelessly only leads me to believe uni took the money , the coach for one look to relaxed in such a big game that clearly would have been a HUGE upset had they won the game , And to who ever is reading this, go back and watch the highlights , were the timeouts used ahead of time to continue this way of manipulating the game
why not shave points throughout the entire game if you're gonna go that route? Would look much more suspicious blowing a 12 point lead with 35 seconds left
House is a monster. Geez
That And-1 call on NI was total BS cmon he didn't even touch him.
+tubenachos at 1:28, arm touches arm. Might be a very sensitive call. But the announcers are right, you shouldn't be even near the guy scoring a layout in that situation.
2:05
LOL @ those fans leaving at 0:03.
the fact that it went to double OT after all of that lol
2:18 The Bench player is going psychotic
lol, I just saw that, hahaha. Are you Dylan Sumner Gardner who went to Boise?
Three chokes right here, that’s rough
I really don't understand how that's not a foul at the end of regulation when he threw it away. The A&M player was forcing him out of bounds with his hips.
Yeah I noticed that too, Refs almost never call that though unless it's really egregious.
If you score 14 points in under 40 seconds playing super aggressive why let up ?
Why did Northern Iowa stop playing defense in the end of regulation?
can anyone tell me how aggies get posession at 0:22? highlights don't explain it, possession just seems to magically switch and .3 seconds are added to the clock?
uni threw it out of bounds when there was a bad pass under pressure
Someone would have the full game ?
Only thing missing was was Ray Allen!!
Literally nobody talking about the fact that with 5 seconds on the clock the northern iowa player threw the ball right to and A and M player so he could drive it in and tie it. They're up 2. Neither team has timeouts. Do you guys understand that when he leaps to throw the ball back at the guy all he had to do was chuck it up in the air and down court. Best case scenario A and M gets it cleanly and they heave a 3/4 court shot at the buzzer. And that's best case. Most likely that time runs out before so. Just very very poor. Same thing on the kid who threw it under the hoop. Just chuck it down the other end. You're up 8 with 21 seconds, you'll take at least 10 seconds off that way.
That is insane
0:41 IOWA has the ball with 21.7 clock on the clock.... video skips a bit .... 0:42 A&M has the ball with 22 secs on the clock... Somebody tell me what hpn'd there... Was there some sort of foul or sup'm?
Kinda late, but I believe what happened is that they stopped the game to check clock (put .3 seconds back on) then continued. A&M then held out for 5 seconds on the inbound and a foul was called making it A&M ball.
how did a&m get the ball twice in a row at 22 seconds remaining in reg??
I love seeing teams rally, but This wasn’t a comeback, this was a choke....honestly it makes me cringe just watching.
life comes at you fast
Still infuriating to this day
UNREAL
Of all time.
and of course i miss this game...
+Josh Chen Don't feel bad. I watched the first 39 minutes and missed the final minute of regulation!
+LRNúñez Same here man
Horrible officiating at the end. Never touched the guy. Still No Iowa could have just thrown the ball down court, clock would have run out at the end of regulation
Wondering how many people in Vegas tore up their bet tickets after putting 💰on A&M before this
The ultimate terrible phantom call in jesperson
Miracle minute 2.0
You just gotta feel bad for Iowa
rewatching this madness, at 0:30, i just wanna scream "dribble this way!". this was unreal. the ball was on the left side of the half court line for what, 5 seconds?
For anyone who cares- A&M to win- at 40 seconds left- was 3000 to 1
1:10 is the ref high? I get he should have just moved out of the way but how is that a foul in any world?
All is heard was jasper lol. choked real good
A Classic game