Paul Jesperson threw in a halfcourt heave a little before midnight Friday, keeping Northern Iowa in town for the NCAA Tournament and wrecking the March Madness dreams of another Big 12 team — this time Texas — with a shot for the ages.
Of course, it made us think of Ali Farokhmanesh's dead-eye 3-pointer, also in Oklahoma City, that took down Kansas back in 2010.
Except Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson revealed Saturday that the Human Eye Chart isn't what propelled UNI to victory that memorable day six years ago. The Panthers beat Kansas with how they took the court.