Blue Valley High School graduate hits half-court buzzer beater to win MIAA tournament

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The madness is here.

Topeka’s Washburn University stamped its ticket to the NCAA DII National Championship Saturday.

This all came courtesy of a 57-foot buzzer beater of the fingertips of Kansas City product Tyler Geiman.

“As it left my hands I knew definitely had a chance it was online,” Geiman told 41 Action News.

According to the Blue Valley High School graduate, what followed is still blurry.

“I kind of hit [a] blackout,” the junior guard said jokingly. “I wasn't sure what to do...where to go. I just turned around and saw the whole bench running at me.”

Geiman’s triple at the horn helped Washburn defeat No. 1 ranked Northwest Missouri State University 69-68.

Washburn advanced to their third NCAA tournament in four seasons.

“That type of shot is what you associate with March Madness,” head coach Brett Ballard said in a Zoom interview.

“To make that shot in that situation was something that dreams are made of and like I said something I'll certainly never forget,” Ballard said.

Geiman seems to have a knack for last second heroics. A similar half-court prayer during a 2016 thriller sent his Blue valley team to double overtime at Grandview.