They don’t call it March Madness for nothing.
The No. 11 seed Northern Iowa Panthers shocked the No. 6 seed Texas Longhorns at the end of regulation Friday night in their first-round NCAA Tournament game. After Texas tied the game with just seconds remaining on the clock, the Panthers quickly inbounded the ball and made their way to half court before Paul Jesperson did this.
UNI stuns Texas with half-court buzzer-beater for the win: https://t.co/laeNt5X244 pic.twitter.com/5E4IJg4OPl
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 19, 2016
Here’s a fan’s angle from inside the arena.
Yes I was that idiot. Do it for the vine Northern Iowa https://t.co/mr0SEZaeHV
— Sam Duren (@Sam_Duren) March 19, 2016
And another from a bar presumably filled with Panthers fans.
https://twitter.com/AlexReiff/status/711044738984480768
Apparently March is just a better month for some teams than others.
Northern Iowa has won 5 NCAA Tournament games – 3 have come on game-winning shots in the final 5 seconds
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 19, 2016
It was a bad couple of days for No. 6 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 6 Seton Hall Pirates and Arizona Wildcats were upset by No. 11 seeds Gonzaga and Wichita State, respectively, Thursday prior to Texas’ loss Friday night. Notre Dame was the only No. 6 seed to survive, and even that came after a scare from play-in winners Michigan.
Madness, indeed.
Northern Iowa advances to the Round of 32Â to face No. 3 Texas A&M on Sunday.
Thumbnail photo via Mark D. Smith/USA TODAY Sports Images
