Northern Iowa Just Hit The March Madness Buzzer Beater Of The Decade

March 19, 2016

This year’s first round of the NCAA Tournament was one of the wildest we’ve seen in a few years. But Northern Iowa capped it off with another buzzer beater that will be shown on highlight reels for the rest of our lifetimes.

Texas made a shot with 2.7 seconds left, only to watch Northern Iowa inbound the pass to Paul Jesperson, who took one dribble, a step and a heave from half court to drain a three at the buzzer to win the game.

It was pandemonium. And it’s a shot you won’t see again for a very, very long time.

What’s also crazy is that Northern Iowa hit a buzzer beater against Evansville in their conference tournament two weeks ago just to get a birth into the NCAA Tournament. Now they have a shot at making the Sweet 16 if they beat Texas A&M.

They call it March Madness for a reason.

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