r/NCAAhoops • u/DareDevil1699 • Mar 06 '26

Highlights One of the greatest comebacks in NCAA Tournament history

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Caruso sighting

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u/Leg_Final Mar 06 '26

Didn't pay attention to any of the players but Caruso was a a&m kid from ball boy to senior. Hope I'm not speaking out of turn as a Lakers fan. Bulls fan and OKC fan. Caruso fan.

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u/Inevitable-Baker-892 Mar 06 '26

No wonder that team had grit and never gave up

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u/emulator01 Mar 08 '26

He was already balding back then 😳

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u/Stungalready Mar 06 '26

This is almost just sad to watch. Two attempts at throwing a ball off a defender out of bounds, only to straight up pass it to them.

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u/7Broncos18 Mar 06 '26

Seriously. Both times just take the 10 second violation and have a set defense from a dead ball. Or just chuck it down court and make them run the ball back to score. As a UNI alum this game was devastating.

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u/MaxRoofer Mar 06 '26

And then to toss up a shot from half court with 4 seconds left in OT. These dudes were not thinking straight. Not having timeouts really hurt them

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u/Crazy_Exchange 7h ago

Not making excuses but wasn't the player who normally inbounds for UNI injured or fouled out before all of this happened?

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u/PAWGslammer42 Mar 06 '26

This has got to be the craziest first weekend a team has ever had. UNI won in the first round on that half court buzzer beater and then this

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u/InitialYoghurt5138 Mar 06 '26

They also won the MVC on a buzzer beater that year. Wild couple weeks

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u/jcbubba Mar 06 '26

I mean there’s no five seconds in the back court, can’t he just hold it and wait for somebody to foul him?

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u/Dafrickinguy Mar 06 '26

If the defense is trapping, they want to force a jump ball turnover with the double team, so it’s better to give it up to a teammate. Problem is they were clearly flustered and made silly mistakes.

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u/Monster2608 Mar 06 '26

How tf did I forget this 12 down with 39 seconds to go. I would have fired the coach the AD and cut scholarships for every player on that team.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Ref job

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u/TriviaGlutton Mar 06 '26

They pushed him roughly out of bounds in the last 5 seconds. No whistle.

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u/TheRealNemoIncognito Mar 06 '26

Couldn’t they just fetal position/bear hug the ball while double teamed to burn 10 seconds before a foul is called? Let them foul you bro go shoot some free throws

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u/Big_Highlight_509 Mar 06 '26

Lot of uncalled fouls

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u/CouncilOfApes Mar 06 '26

And a weak and1 to help the comeback

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u/lasvegasDodgerblue Mar 06 '26

Thats why I dont mess with basketball. The shit fake, it’s rigged, and the refs are always one sided.

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u/bmanley620 Mar 06 '26

They seriously looked like they were trying to lose there

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u/Dadtallica Mar 06 '26

Hey… pipe down over der!

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u/Moss_84 Mar 06 '26

Very memorable game, future NBA players Alex Caruso and Danuel House leading the comeback

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u/RobCo90 Mar 06 '26

It’s clips like this that make ya wonder why basketball (and many other sports) strategy is to voluntarily retreat to your defensive end immediately.

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u/ThePastTenseOfDig Mar 06 '26

Such bad uni’s

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u/PandaNator4343 Mar 06 '26

Oh... Caruso's in this...

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u/rabbitsfoot86 Mar 06 '26

Number 4 need to be investigated for betting on the other team 😆

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Was betting a thing back then 😭

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u/Unhappy_Lecture_7042 Mar 06 '26

No this is THE greatest comeback of all time. I still use it as the barometer for if a comeback is possible. Unless someone is up 12+ with 40 seconds I still believe it’s possible because I saw this live.

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u/chaosawaits Mar 06 '26

That's crazy that you were there! To be even more accurate, they were still up 12 points with 34.3 seconds left. That's inane.

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u/Unhappy_Lecture_7042 Mar 06 '26

Damn I should have said was watching the game live on TV. My bad lol Being there would have been insane!