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Mississippi State and Baylor gave us the most lit game of the NIT, complete with a crazy buzzer-beater

There’s exciting basketball happening in the NIT, too.

Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

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:

Don’t forget about the NIT, people.

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