No. 2 Texas A&M escaped again. The Aggies are into the Sweet 16 on an overtime buzzer-beating drive by Jordan Nixon to defeat No. 7 Iowa State, 84-82. Nixon also made the tough drive to tie it at the end of regulation and scored seven of the Aggies' nine overtime points.
The overtime period was the first time the Aggies led the entire contest and they trailed by as many as 12 points. It's the second time in as man tournament games the SEC regular season champions have found themselves in a deep hole. They were nearly the first No.