In any other year this would be the sports story too unbelievable to be true.
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Of course, this year there’s Leicester City.
The former EPL cellar dweller’s remarkable run aside, Texas A&M’s 34 seconds of madness against Northern Iowa in the NCAA college basketball playoff for the Sweet Sixteen round has to be seen to be believed.
12 points down, the final minute of a tournament elimination game. In that type of situation it would be understandable for any team – amateur or professional – to pump the brakes, accept the gentle embrace of defeat and the three-day hangover lamenting what could have been that comes with it.
Instead, this happened:
0:44 NIU – Made Free Throw. (69 – 57)
0:38 A&M – Missed 3-Pt Jumper. (69 – 57)
0:38 A&M – Offensive Rebound. (69 – 57)
0:34 A&M – Made Layup. (69 – 59)
0:31 NIU – Timeout (69 – 59)
0:30 NIU – Turnover. (69 – 59)
0:30 A&M – Steal. (69 – 59)
0:26 A&M – Layup. (69 – 61)
0:25 A&M – Timeout (69 – 61)
0:23 NIU – Turnover. (69 – 61)
0:23 A&M – Steal. (69 – 61)
0:21 A&M – Made Dunk. (69 – 63)
0:21 NIU – Turnover. (69 – 63)
0:20 A&M – Made 3-Pt Jumper. (69 – 66)
0:17 NIU – Made Dunk. (71 – 66)
0:12 A&M – Made Layup. (71 – 68)
0:12 NIU – Foul. (71 – 68)
0:12 A&M – Made Free Throw. (71 – 69)
0:05 NIU – Turnover. (71 – 69)
0:05 A&M – Steal. (71 – 69)
0:03 A&M – Made Layup. (71 – 71)
0:01 NIU – Missed 3-pt Jumper. (71 – 71)
0:01 A&M – Defensive Rebound. (71 – 71)
0:00 End of Regulation (71 – 71)
A&M clinched the win in double overtime.
Aggies alum, former Cleveland Browns quarterback and full-time loose unit Johnny Manziel must still be celebrating.
Here it is. 99.99%. This is an all-time sports collapse. Bar none. pic.twitter.com/A3f1iUlkXW
— numberFire (@numberFire) March 21, 2016
Outside of NBA Jam anecdotes of being on fi-yah, this is virgin territory for a comeback.
To add to the madness, in the 14-2 run the Aggies did not even have to foul to stop the clock and make Northern Iowa shoot free throws.
Texas A&M now advance on to the Sweet Sixteen to face Oklahoma.
