kennedy led am to its first conference title in  years when he shared the sec crown with kentucky in - the aggies also made the sec tournament final before losing to kentucky in overtime for his efforts kennedy was given a new -year contract coach kennedys squad that year also orchestrated arguably the greatest come-from-behind victory ever in both college and professional basketball history by overcoming a  point deficit in the final  seconds of the second round of the  ncaa tournament am would tie up the game before finally defeating northern iowa in double overtime in order to advance to the sweet  against the university of oklahoma