Well here we go again, sports fans another top rank team get's it's lunch handed to them. Northern Iowa upset number one Kansas Jayhawks in the second round of the NCAA tournament.Northern Iowa, where in the hell is Northern Iowa located anyways. Well this small college is located in Cedar Falls,Iowa. The only reason that I know this is because my oldest sibling(sista)lives right outside of Des Moines. Northern Iowa beat Kansas 69-67 on Saturday afternoon. This is the second time top rank Kansas has went down in the second round, the last time was 1998 to the University of Rhode Island.The unlikely hero in this game was an senior from Iran. Yes folks I did say Iran. His name is Ali Farokhmanesh. His parents came here in 1978 to get away from all of the turmoil in Iran that the late Shah of Iran had left behind after his overthrow.His father Mashallah Farokhmanesh went on to earn his master's and Ph.D. Mashallah and Ali's mother quit their volleyball coaching job's two years ago to follow Ali around the country to watch him play basketball. It was strange how Ali wound up taking the biggest shot of his collegiate carrer. With all of Northern Iowa's top players on the floor Ali decided to take what turns out to be the final shot. Ali says he was a little nervous but knew he had to take that shot because time was running out. Teammates Johhny Moran,Adam Koch,Lucas O'Rear,and Jordan Eglseder could not beleive he took the shot. They were all saying "no,no,no,Yes" said Adam Koch.Even Kansas defender Tyrel Reed didn't think he was going to take the shot so he backed away from Ali. We are now down to the sweet sixteen and there are three big 10 teams still standing. Ohio State,Michigan State, and Purdue. Let's hope one of them can bring home the trophy since Illinois did not make it.
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