A&M Guard Admon Gilder's Parents Left Contest Before Seeing His Game-Tying Shot

In a stunning Sunday night, NCAA tournament double-overtime finish, Texas A&M University triumphed over the University of Northern Iowa in arguably the greatest final 60-second comeback in college basketball history.

So tremendous was the Panthers' collapse, LeBron James suggested that, put into the same situation, he would "quit basketball." 

But perhaps it wasn't the biggest blunder of the night.

That distinction may well rest with the parents of Admon Gilder—the A&M guard responsible for evening the game's score at 71 apiece with mere seconds on the clock.

While their son was scooping the ball off the glass for possibly the two most important points of his career, Admon Gilder Sr. and his wife Paula were, according to the freshman, at a gas station, bound for their Dallas home, per Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg.

When the couple was finally relayed the terrific news, they had already driven too far away to turn back.

Rather than be upset, however, the younger Gilder is taking it in stride, even admitting to Eisenberg that he, too, would have been tempted to leave.

But he isn't completely letting it go.

The opportunistic Gilder, crafty enough to come up with the late second-half steal, may have leverage on his mind.

"I said they owe me anything I say," he joked to Eisenberg. "Hopefully I can get something new out of them."

Thoughts, LeBron?

[Yahoo Sports]