The Texas A&M Comeback [Video]

[tcf15]

For those who missed it:

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Imagine if we were up 12 with under a minute and blew it against Kansas. I think The Boneyard would crash.

 

[upstater]

For those who missed it:

If the kid had just thrown the ball as high as he could in the air when he was pinned in the corner, NI would have won.

 

[Fishy]

The and-1 to bring A&M to within two is one of those calls that only seems to materialize when a mid-major is trying to close out a game.

 

[DALTX]

What kind of mojo did A&M have going on to pull that off?

 

[A10 fan]

The kid who was their main inbounder getting injured is what cost them the game. The other kids panicked, and passed the ball to players in bad spots. They then tried to bounce the ball off of the defenders legs, but bounced it right to them for easy baskets. They would have been better off getting tied up. I agree that the last kid would have been better off throwing the ball high into the backcourt.

 

[willie99]

I woke up this morning, went to see who won the Oregon game and saw UNI lost

I went to bed thinking that game was over

If that happened to us, it would drag me down for days, I'd be in a state of depression right now (I'm kinda bummed as it is)

usually, once the 2nd weekend is over, I'm fully recovered. At that point, everybody's season is over except for four teams. I'm OK with that, but I hate losing the first weekend.

 

[noeynox]

If the kid had just thrown the ball as high as he could in the air when he was pinned in the corner, NI would have won.

I was thinking heaving down court as far as he could but damn. Seemed impossible.

 

[Kitaman]

Makes Jalen's heroics seem normal.

 

[Horatio]

If the NI kid that got the breakaway dunk just dribbled some of the clock out and got fouled .........

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I had A&M in my knockout pool. Feel pretty happy they won, but also terrible for UNI. That game is going to haunt them.

 

[80shusky]

ouch that's awful. Agree with @Horatio the kid on the break away could have killed a lot of clock rather than scoring that right away. Gotten fouled and gone to the line with at least a few more seconds off the clock. That was painful to watch. Glad I didn't stay up for it...

 

[Marat]

What kind of mojo did A&M have going on to pull that off?

Perhaps it was the anti-mojo working against UNI after having won 2 consecutive games by buzzer beaters right before this.

"Northern Iowa had been on something of an improbable run. After starting the season 10-11, they needed to win the MVC tournament to make the NCAA Tournament. So they won the MVC tournament on a bouncy buzzer-beater, earning the league's auto-bid. Then in the tournament's first round, they did something less probable, hitting a half-court buzzer-beater to beat Texas."

http://www.sbnation.com/college-bas...thern-iowa-texas-a-m-collapse-ncaa-tournament

 

[Gurleyman]

ouch that's awful. Agree with @Horatio the kid on the break away could have killed a lot of clock rather than scoring that right away. Gotten fouled and gone to the line with at least a few more seconds off the clock. That was painful to watch. Glad I didn't stay up for it...

Can't do that. You're up three - so if you pass on the gimme two and then miss both FTs, you give them a chance to tie. Gotta score the basket and then make them get two possessions to beat you, which probably would have worked without the officiating benevolence on the and one.

 

[selles]

Can't do that. You're up three - so if you pass on the gimme two and then miss both FTs, you give them a chance to tie. Gotta score the basket and then make them get two possessions to beat you, which probably would have worked without the officiating benevolence on the and one.

Also would have worked if they hadn't kept passing the ball to A&M under their own basket. Truly incredible.

 

[RichZ]

For those who missed it:

Shaka gotta be sayin', "WTF? They rip our heart out, then throw it in the gutter?"

 

[upstater]

I was thinking heaving down court as far as he could but damn. Seemed impossible.

Other option. Just hold onto the ball.

 

[Gurleyman]

Other option. Just hold onto the ball.

That would have led to a 10-second call and TAMU getting the ball in the corner with 1.8 on the clock. I think there's supposed to be a five-second call if you don't have a dribble active, even in the backcourt, but neither ref seems to be counting (he also hadn't used his dribble yet, so he could have bounced the ball once and started a new count).

NIU needs to spend the offseason practicing hitting guys in the leg. They went 0-for-2.

 

[Lefty2one]

Makes our near-collapse vs Colorado seem like child's play.

 

[ctdad]

That would have led to a 10-second call and TAMU getting the ball in the corner with 1.8 on the clock. I think there's supposed to be a five-second call if you don't have a dribble active, even in the backcourt, but neither ref seems to be counting (he also hadn't used his dribble yet, so he could have bounced the ball once and started a new count).

NIU needs to spend the offseason practicing hitting guys in the leg. They went 0-for-2.

There's no 5 second count in the backcourt, just the 10 count to get it over the midcourt line. Someone (might have been Spanarkle) mentioned it during the ND-SFA game.

How bad was the UNI main inbounder hurt? If he could stand at all, I would have had him in there on one leg if necessary.

 

[IMind]

There's no 5 second count in the backcourt, just the 10 count to get it over the midcourt line. Someone (might have been Spanarkle) mentioned it during the ND-SFA game.

How bad was the UNI main inbounder hurt? If he could stand at all, I would have had him in there on one leg if necessary.

They would have been better off just throwing it to mid court and having a free for all on the last possession of the second half... when he through it in under the hoop I knew they were done.

 

[RichZ]

There's no 'closley guarded' 5 second call in the front court any more, either.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Saw this live and could not believe what happened. If Uconn did this I would have to go buy a new TV and living room window.

 

[Leebo]

There's no 'closley guarded' 5 second call in the front court any more, either.

That's different from the no-dribbling 5-second call though, isn't it?

 

[UConn77]

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