Texas A&M's massive comeback in final minute of 2016 NCAA tournament

Down 12 points with 44 seconds to go, Texas A&M came back to tie the game and force overtime against Northern Iowa.
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[@m4rr563]

This was when everyone knew ALEX CARUSO WAS GOING TO BECOME THE GOAT

[@nicolasruvalcaba6849]

Caruso is not even close to become a Goat or even a Hall of Famer

[@m4rr563]

@@nicolasruvalcaba6849 it’s a joke baby boy.

[@jakeuzamaki4083]

@@nicolasruvalcaba6849 he is a champion though

[@nicolasruvalcaba6849]

@@jakeuzamaki4083 McCaw is a 3 times champ😂

[@bigbrosgamehouse5340]

@@nicolasruvalcaba6849 did mccaw start in a finals game?

[@nickpissaris4213]

T-Mac chilling in house somewhere just smiled

[@rexcraigo]

+Nick Pissaris Is that even English? Sad.

[@ChuckyFE]

+Nicholas Erite Except the Rockets were only down by 6 points with 47.3 seconds left. These guys were down by 12 points with 44.3 seconds left.

[@byrnejobie]

+ChuckyFE except only t-mac scored in their comeback

[@DolFan316]

+Rex Craigo In five years English will be considered a language for racists.

[@mattjennings6706]

How do you show your face around campus after that one?

[@garytaylor4250]

exactly

[@alexeibyerly2121]

+Matt Jennings You have to be trying to mess up that bad

[@CalebCook19]

I don't think you do 😂

[@ChaeThompson]

Its easy i mean you just go outside and people will see you

[@KingAegonTargaryenVI]

+londonlovesbeautyx L

[@freddyt55555]

They actually scored 12 points in the final 31.1 seconds. Describing it as "down 12 points with 44 seconds to go", doesn't quite do this comeback justice.

[@ChiTownWarrior1]

Well the possession started at that time to get the actual bucket but either way a great comeback.....or collapse.

[@freddyt55555]

ChiTownWarrior1 I understand, but what I'm saying is that they spent 13 seconds on getting the first 2 points of their 14-2 run. They scored the final 12 points with only 3/4th of that original time left.

[@awb19892]

+ft55555 yeah I don't know why they kept saying 44 seconds 5 million times on TV

[@andrebrown4152]

Soooo... A 12-point comeback in 44 seconds isn't still amazing?

[@awb19892]

+André Brown Not as. A 12 point comeback in, say, 2 minutes would be pretty amazing too.

[@cooperemmott]

I don't think this was the best comeback, I think this was the worse choke.

[@garneroutlaw1]

+Cooper Emmott Definitely.

[@unadvanced3910]

+Cooper Emmott A&M were 100% on baskets in the final 40 seconds though. I think it was a combination of the two, and it was funny to see UNI choke like that.

[@youtoob0217]

+Cooper Emmott the way that UNI lost, trying to throw the ball off of defenders 94 feet from their basket (twice!!) is an embarrassment to basketball.

[@SweetTop7s]

+Cooper Emmott Agreed. The TRUE best basketball comeback would have to be the Tracy McGrady 13 points in 35 seconds game, with the Rockets down 10 points to the Spurs with a minute left but ended the game on a 17-6 run to win in regulation. The Rockets run wasn't necessarily caused by a Spurs collapse, it was more just T-Mac shooting out of his mind in making 4 3-pointers in that last minute, some of which were very difficult and one of which was a 4-point play.

[@blairquinney214]

Sweet7s We could argue the point forever. We could team up by nation and continent and all argue the point FOREVER. All in all it would mean nothing more than opinion and mean nothing more significant that doth any given "topic" "argued" by the overpaid mindless bimboes of The View. In the end it will be THIS (A&M-UNI) comeback that will be screened by coaches of multiple sports for years to come. No basketball coach (not on LSD at the moment) is going to tell his players to "just start shooting 3's like T-Mac did out the whazoo".

[@imminentgames]

As a UT student who suffered a heartbreaking loss at the hands of UNI, it is the first and last time I will ever say "Thank you A&M. Thank you so much."

[@paulheyman6762]

ikr!

[@Taprman]

Lol

[@rondavis9918]

+imminent GIG EM!

[@nahor88]

+imminent I don't know what you're talking about; A&M was a better team than us, it would have been SATISFYING knowing that they also lost to UNI.

[@buttfart12]

I don't care about the Longhorns. I don't like UNC and when UNI beat them I was happy. P.S. Boomer.

[@drinkingted3bear744]

This is the most underrated comeback in history, no one ever talks about this game

[@yeahyeah3313]

THEY DID IT AGAIN

[@tamrafallman2202]

That is the most amazing, astonishing, astounding, jaw dropping comeback I have ever seen. Gig 'em!

[@iveywebb]

lol

[@dk-nb3cr]

+Tamra Fallman tmac against the spurs.

[@dansmolenski2159]

Gig'em aggies 👍

[@lathansmith888]

Boomer

[@jeremymendoza1465]

+Lathan Smith 41-13 -sooner👍

[@titwio1]

lol they couldn't even inbound the ball like 5 times in a row. That's on the coach.

[@blairquinney214]

+titwio Nope. That's on a superior team of superior athletes FINALLY deciding to quit piddling around and dude up.

[@marcopoloplanner8843]

absolutely agree. No strategic screens to free up a player. Awful coaching.

[@xin5aneshot410]

No it’s on the players because they have to know to set screens even if it’s not a set play

[@0077delevadova]

Kinda but they didn’t have timeouts so it’s mostly on the players.

[@justinjohnson2424]

Northern Iowa deserved to give up a lead that large playing like that in the final minute

[@JProsper89]

This is probably the worst collapse I've seen in basketball in awhile.Northern Iowa you deserve to lose this one seriously!!!Literally handed the ball to Texas A&M 3 times in under 10 secs.

[@patrickrock3631]

UNI choked sure, but that was an absolutely brutal call at 1:15.

[@bigbrosgamehouse5340]

nah he was actuall going towards th shooter he just bent his upperbody to make it look like hes going away. his hips hit the shooter's body.

[@bars_____]

@@bigbrosgamehouse5340 ehhh, soft call I’d say especially with the game on the line

[@shoenicedeletedvideosx3048]

@@bigbrosgamehouse5340 It was a terrible call... This is a go-to clip for evidence of bad officiating.

[@asiangin]

Clearly hit him with the body. Not much but was a foul

[@BrandonTylerGoogle]

That was so amazing to watch. Feel bad for Northern Iowa but gotta give A&M credit for never giving up!

[@fwizel]

UNI only had to inbound the ball and they would've won...

[@i2Shea]

+fwizel They did inbound the ball ... but it got stolen. All they really needed to do is have an inbounds play that wasn't middle school level.

[@fwizel]

+i2Shea you know what I meant. By "inbounding the ball" I meant as in inbound the ball and not turn it over. Obviously you can see they tried to inbound the ball but they turned it over every time

[@collinmorrison7707]

yup

[@quincydq1226]

When northern Iowa got the dunk, that should’ve sealed the game.

[@mikeonmic7657]

Disliking video won't save your bracket

[@TheBigQ57]

+MIKEYGHD this goes in the favorite-comment book ;)

[@DaComebakKid]

+MIKEYGHD SAVAGERY!!!!

[@nikoskukoc]

Best comeback in history?!

[@DolFan316]

+ZoysProductions And worst choke job. The two go hand in hand.

[@nikoskukoc]

DolFan316 Of course.

[@schmak01]

+ZoysProductions But yes, it is the best comeback in history, the 2nd was a non-tourney game with UNLV where they came back from 10 down with 51 seconds.

[@claudiomora1007]

+ZoysProductions in basketball?

[@nightwing6749]

T-Mac

[@flipmex1]

on the play where A&M ties it up, you can see #4 for N. Iowa just standing there while his team mate is trapped and then just slides on over and lets them tie up the game. Its like he was such in a state of shock as to what was unfolding his B Ball IQ dropped to 30. I cant believe this.

[@brucesmith1544]

he was burned by the ref at 1:12 so was probably told not to foul

[@jinsangdre591]

Now Alex Caruso And Danuel House played each other in the NBA playoffs

[@jackswagger6456]

I just love the emotion shown by the crowd and Texas a and m

[@MrGamerplayer13]

I've watched this atleast 4 times and still do not understand how Texas was able to tie it in 44 seconds. Also the 3 point play was a questionable call and the final play it looked like the player was being pushed out of bounds, but still no excuse to allow texas to pull a T-Mac

[@jeffreysdavis]

+MrGamerplayer13 Texas A&M* ....texas already got knocked out by UNI

[@MrGamerplayer13]

+Jeffrey Davis lool my bad don't really watch college hoops much

[@Fikenhild]

+MrGamerplayer13 Look closer. They were crowding him, and he jumps back to throw the ball against an Aggie's leg so it will go out of bounds, but he misthrew.

[@ck675]

+MrGamerplayer13 yeah you made that obvious by your original comment

[@lievmarkovich980]

The guy who turned it over was traveling like crazy

[@johne8084]

maybe not the best comeback, but definitely the biggest choke

[@blairquinney214]

+John E Sports fans are funny. Those of some sports more than others. Everyone loves it when a Boise State rises up to contend in college football, but it seems like half of America think the Yankees are supposed to win every world series. College Basketball is definitely clique-ish. If Duke or Kentucky or North Carolina had pulled off this comeback then only a select handful of buttholes would be saying, "No, NIU choked." Since a football school from the football state did so not only those of this peanut gallery but those overpaid idiots on TV are focusing on the (inherent) aspect that is the choke. If A&M manages to win it all this year then only a few of these haters would migrate. A&M would have to win at least 2 more natty's in the next 8 years for history to accurately accept the nature of this reality and the reality of this occurrence. Perception is a fascinating component of psychology.

[@johne8084]

Blair Quinney I don't completely understand your message, but believe me I am not taking anything away from what A&M did..I was able to watch this game live and I was amazed.

[@blairquinney214]

+Blair Quinney ...And I have to add this: Basketball (and other) coaches will be showing video of these last 46 seconds to their players for decades, perhaps centuries. The value of the "never give up" mentality masterfully proved and hereby forever evident.

[@johne8084]

+Blair Quinney I agree!

[@A.C31]

The amazing part is UNI added a bucket and still lost.

[@jeffmadison7784]

This was such a good game! I can't believe how quickly UNI fell apart in this game, and how it helped A&M win the game. March Madness is truly real.

[@klam05]

I'll never forget this game and my best friend telling me to change it because it was decided. I switched it and told him in the NCAA games are never decided until the end...10 mins later we're looking for another game to watch and this was in 2OT. What a comeback

[@drwalka10]

Number 4 basically let him tie the game. How dare he not strangle that kid and prevent him from getting a easy layup to tie the game !

[@Closeoutracer]

+Kevin Walker Not just that.. with low time you baseball pass to the other end of the court and make your opponent burn up the clock to get back and shoot... N. Iowa was the better team today then went brain dead and lost.

[@fabiantaveras8458]

Lol this is why it's called March madness 😂

[@dale2222222]

wow. epic collapse. baffling foul call near the end helped. but if you turn it over 4 times in the final minute you kinda deserve to lose. Half-courter with 6 seconds left in OT was funny too

[@kanyewest1365]

Number 4 for Northern Iowa was the best player on the Aggies team there at the end.

[@mattmorris6314]

seriously, why are you backing out of the way to avoid a foul and giving him a clear path to the basket with 1 second left? uni just handed them that game

[@kanyewest1365]

Matt Morris Yeah he should probably think about playing underwater basket weaving because he obviously can't play basketball lol! Then again, that's probably what he majors in college.

[@itchy438]

privileged to say i witnessed the greatest comeback in sports history on live tv

[@jeffreytan2333]

Wow. Crazy. I gave up on them and switched to Xavier. Which, incidentally, was also crazy.

[@alberttan8902]

+Jeffrey Tan Yeah that was totally insane.

[@briannaballew6894]

They have chemistry and they never give up also they have heart

[@andrewmiller4116]

I will never in my life get over this loss

[@kevinboock7143]

Me too man. Me too. Still pains me to this day.

[@enzoludwig4816]

Of course Texas came back, they got Caruso

[@karlbenjamin4507]

awesome! can't wait for March Madness 2020!!!!

[@rselby0654]

Gig'em Aggies! Whooooop!

[@foghornfoggyface]

You think maybe one of the best comebacks in history but not really because the coaching and play of Iowa was a disgrace. How many failed inbound passes was that? That was like watching actual kids playing in the final minute. What a joke.

[@calebpagan2226]

Looked like my freshman team

[@moongajames639]

+Caleb Pagan lol

[@calebpagan2226]

+Melody yoseph I'm not even joking dude 😂

[@jannecechmanek]

+Kevin A&M still had to do their part to comeback.

[@tdt1555]

+Kevin they didn't have timeouts, so you can't blame the coaching, that's just very bad communication and under pressure descision making

[@bobyale6159]

Wow. You don't inbound at the corner, no matter what.

[@gabrielpeterson2079]

Watched this on TV with my Dad. He wanted to change the channel, but I wanted to still watch the game. Glad I got to see this.

[@logankandel846]

TIL Bubble legends Alex Caruso and Danuel House were once on the same team

[@forman208]

The way Northern Iowa played over those final 30 seconds was like they had never played a basketball game before. They literally couldn't even properly inbound the ball 5 consecutive tries, and just as inexplicable gave up 3 free layups, including one to tie the game.

[@robertanotari7151]

Texas A&M had Alex Caruso and Danuel House. Two NBA caliber players. I'm sure this game had its importance helping those two reach the level they are now. A comeback like this surely gives tons of confidence.

[@dobklyznskovik6705]

I watched this whole entire game except for the final minute. As it turns out I missed it all.

[@rebeccabossen376]

what a great win for Texas a&m!

[@vikzvikz4943]

That last play was a force outa bounds come on refs swallowin ur whistle

[@juniorkawai6131]

"Pssst...number 4, thanks for all your help!" "There's an envelope waiting for you in your hotel room."

[@thedavidlevi]

Simply put it, the best comeback ever

[@unknownFluff]

best choke

[@hope4surf]

Unreal!!!

[@dustinturner9498]

If you watch nobody else but #4 on Northern Iowa the whole video youll see why its his fault that they lost lol

[@endlessmountain]

at least he got an assist at the end, but some lack luster block attempts to say the least on "D"

[@MGritts22]

I watch this at least once a year

[@DolFan316]

I'm not sure I could make four two point shots and a three in 30 seconds even if I was all alone.

[@IsleyAndraia]

Thanks and Gig Em!

[@Civsuccess2]

This is what happen when the team skipped fundamental in the practice.

[@calebcarr7808]

Unbelievable

[@walterlv01]

Northern Iowa's two previous games in this arena were epic victories, the upset of #1 Kansas in '10 and the half-court shot to beat Texas - but it was like the basketball gods decided to even the score in this one.

[@TG-gb7bk]

Anyone know where we can watch the whole game - not just the highlights?

[@DJpremusic]

why does the video cut from UNI with the ball with 21.7 seconds left, to TAMU with the ball with 22 seconds?

[@gnjoiner]

I can't believe I turned it off with less than a minute to go!! Amazing comeback!!

[@freddyt55555]

Apparently, UNI needs to work on inbound plays. They could have thrown it long, out of bounds on the end of the court 3 times and burned enough time to prevent this collapse.

[@russelll9140]

clock doesn't start until someone touches it...and if nobody touches it, the opponent gets to inbound from the previous spot.

[@DolFan316]

+Russell L Even if that's true, it at least gives UNI a chance to set up their D so they aren't giving up scores every 2-3 seconds.

[@mr.google9248]

When the guy was huddled in the corner at 71-69 he should’ve just launched it backwards. Aggies would’ve had to scramble and been unlikely to come up with a game tying or winning shot.

[@otheus]

Horrible coaching and inexperienced players are to blame for UNI's collapse. With 11 seconds left, UNI inbounds the ball. ALL #11 NEEDS TO DO IS HOLD IT FOR 10 SECONDS THEN CHUCK IT DOWN COURT. Idiot turns around and tries to throw it off opponents. Didn't matter he was in the corner. THEY WERE IN THE LEAD. Hold the ball and eventually he gets fouled or time runs out.

[@dragon1234298]

ikr

[@Shumoune]

+Otheus Shelling don't you need to get the ball past half court in under 8 seconds?

[@landoncookmusic]

+sunbreaker 27 under 10 seconds

[@tylerback1320]

+Otheus Shelling He couldn't just hold the ball in the corner for 10 seconds. He would have been called for a five-second violation.

[@connorthornton4242]

+Tyler Back there is no 5 second this year. it was eliminated due to a shortened shot clock

[@TheTarheel757]

UNI deserved to loose that game. it's called mental toughness and focus. How you not able to inbound to ball to one of your bigs?

[@user-ct6ny9ts5x]

Honestly my high school team could inbound better

[@footballboy681]

+Rodney Sessoms *lose

[@diddisdiddat]

I had Aggies winning this game initially. Didn't seem like they were going with the way they were playing in 2nd half, then they pulled off this miracle WOW!!.

[@I_AmtheUpsetter]

i left with 33 seconds left ):

[@WK3nn3dy]

I AM. OOOOOOOO SUN JUST DID IT.

[@bobchuck914]

Just looking for it thx

[@gorrow1990]

Crazy that this tournament had the biggest upset (Middle Tenn over MSU) and the biggest choke (this game) in the same year.

[@Arrtifacts]

This was crazy

[@cinzar9998]

1:37 trying to push him out of bounds. Should've been a foul

[@xin5aneshot410]

No that’s called pressure. And he was traveling also.

[@acco5038]

I was watching this on my computer while doing homework and turned it off with 30 secs left because I figured it was over and needed finish my hw. Needless to say that will the last time I turn off a game early lol

[@FireFiveStar]

+thosefreekickers i was doing the same. ended up shutting it off to finish my work with a minute to go. i checked the score to see what it ended at but to my surprise there was 11 seconds to go and only 3 points seperating. I then spent an hour watching them go to double OT and win

[@645nowheretohide]

lol iowa #4 got scored on like EVERY possession. guess he didnt get an invite to the block party

[@isaacreshedo6365]

Since they were playing in the thunders arena the choking bug must have gotten onto n iowa

[@mrtampham]

one of the most amazing upsets in history

[@sleepingshepherd96]

number 4 be like, my hands are up like I just do not care

[@jacobwest3923]

Best comeback of all time in any sport ever

[@Mohannad77777]

And of course the GOAT Caruso is the one who led the team to the comeback

[@artoffugue333]

it will go down in the history of college BB as the Immaculate Sensation.

[@kristersgrauze8636]

Man, that #Number4 defense is non-existant. Gave away 8 points on his own.

[@lovejones4895]

That’s because it was rigged

[@denismitchell9376]

Gig Em!!

[@PongGod]

I think this performance just secured the Jean Van de Velde Trophy for Northern Iowa.

Great comeback

[@diddisdiddat]

What a meltdown by Northern Iowa in those last moments

[@takeofftv3204]

How do u let this happen

[@tylerrosser3687]

These fools do not know how to inbound a ball under any amount of pressure. Its a fundamental of the game geez blew this game

[@dudewheresmyjuul8030]

Still wont let this go as it broke my bracket.

[@kaanseferoglu5586]

Tracy - Mc Texas :)

[@JustEnjoyTheLife0]

Good execution.

[@jasonkelley1819]

How could u use all your timeouts too?

[@laquandarling4032]

OHHHHH Myyy GOssssshhh

[@iveywebb]

IKR smh

[@sharlynfoursons624]

great comeback

[@philbrown1474]

I think this one has been topped by Iowa against Michigan St today.

[@CopperBlue28]

Agreed. The Iowa game will be 2nd in the records book as far as largest deficit overcome with under a minute remaining, but there's a big difference between how UNI played and how MSU played in the final stages. Hawkeyes scored 23 points while MSU scored 10 points in the last 90 seconds, with MSU going 10-12 from the FT line in that span. They were just trading 2s for 3s and there was just enough time.

[@Antbeast23]

2016 was a great tournament buzzer beaters and upsets

[@WK3nn3dy]

Oh well, still has not beaten this.

[@roach-o9242]

They CHOCKED HARD

[@i-work-at-enron]

It's like they intentionally kept turning the ball over.

[@xM3NTALITYx]

A&M will not get out of the next round

[@LectricSheepz]

As a Kansas fan, gotta say I'm not feeling too bad for Northern Iowa right now.

[@kalebtodd776]

Fightin' Texas Aggies!!!! WHOOP

[@packisbetter90]

Wow makes my packers loss vs seahawks in the nfc championship game look like nothing compared to this. Biggest choke Ive ever seen

[@kevo6463]

As a coach what do you say to your team after blowing a 12 point lead in 44 seconds

[@tronchaser]

How not to win a game... Talk about giving it away, wow!