OMG! Baylor takes the lead with less that 4 seconds to play but Mississippi State hits a 3 at the buzzer to win it, 78-77. Bears are eliminated in the second round of the NIT pic.twitter.com/UDmGsZQbtm
— Jessica Morrey (@JessicaMorrey) March 18, 2018
The opening weekend of the NCAA tournament has featured some amazing finishes. We got back-to-back game-winners from Loyola, and a true buzzer-beater from Michigan. That said, you can make a good case the best finish of March came in the NIT.
Mississippi State and Baylor played a thriller on Sunday afternoon. It concluded with a go-ahead bucket from Baylor’s Manu Lecomte with four seconds left, followed by a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer by Mississippi State’s Quinndary Weatherspoon.
Here’s a better look at it:
While you were watching the NCAA tournament, the NIT was going wild:
Baylor was down by 20 in the first half, came back and took a nine point lead in the 4th, lost it, then went up by by 2 on a shot by Lecomte with 5 seconds left, but then lost the game by one point on a 3 at the buzzer by Weatherspoon of Mississippi State. Crazy game.
— Jason King (@JasonKingBR) March 18, 2018
Don’t forget about the NIT, people.