Your favorite ISU NCAA tourney game(s)

[demoncore1031]

So many different eras of ISU basketball have been very fun to watch. One of my favorite ISU games in the NCAA tournament was against 3 seed Cincinnati in 1997. Willoughby was deadly from downtown, Pratt was one of the most unique power forwards of all time, Cato was a shot blocking machine, Bankhead was a lockdown defender, and Holloway was great at protecting and dishing the ball.

EDIT: I'm re-watching this game and at the 1:03:00 mark, Kenny Pratt drives and draws a foul. Cincy's coach yells "you can't guard him?" at his player. Thought that was pretty funny.

 

[GrayerClone]

2000 UCLA. We were unstoppable that night.

2nd would be Jeremy Lamb Windmill fail UConn game...1st NCAA win in a long time.

 

[Tpups21]

So many different eras of ISU basketball have been very fun to watch. One of my favorite ISU games in the NCAA tournament was against 3 seed Cincinnati in 1997. Willoughby was deadly from downtown, Pratt was one of the most unique power forwards of all time, Cato was a shot blocking machine, Bankhead was a lockdown defender, and Holloway was great at protecting and dishing the ball.

That was a fun game. Fortson was a beast.

 

[twincyties]

So many different eras of ISU basketball have been very fun to watch. One of my favorite ISU games in the NCAA tournament was against 3 seed Cincinnati in 1997. Willoughby was deadly from downtown, Pratt was one of the most unique power forwards of all time, Cato was a shot blocking machine, Bankhead was a lockdown defender, and Holloway was great at protecting and dishing the ball.

That Cincy team was loaded. ruben Patterson, Danny forsten, K Mart. And I think a couple of others that got drafted but didn't really pan out. Also someone who went on to play TE in the NFL (I think).

 

[Cydar]

 

[RonBurgundy]

The UCLA game in MSP. All the talking heads were saying UCLA was going to beat us, and we absolutely destroyed them in front of a 75% ISU crowd. Fizer shot in a 35 footer at the buzzer to rub it in when the game was way over.

It was glorious. And I cannot remember the place we went to, but I had an open face Rueben that was like 3 lbs of meat and delicious.

 

[BourbonClone]

Beating wisconsin 11 v 3 seed in Wisconsin. Wisconsin was getting a two shot foul everytime down the floor and they had some player that flopped every 5 seconds got 15 fouls called on us.

 

[danwbarrett]

The UCLA game in MSP. All the talking heads were saying UCLA was going to beat us, and we absolutely destroyed them in front of a 75% ISU crowd. Fizer shot in a 35 footer at the buzzer to rub it in when the game was way over.

It was glorious. And I cannot remember the place we went to, but I had an open face Rueben that was like 3 lbs of meat and delicious.

I concur!

That year, thousands of Cyclone fans traveled I-35 to watch ISU’s NCAA Tournament games that weekend (men in MSP on Friday, women in Hilton on Saturday, men back in MSP on Saturday, and women in Hilton on Sunday to finish the 1st & 2nd rounds).

Year-after-year (1989, 1993, 1997, & 2000), the NCAA Selection Committee se-up the ISU men to play UCLA saying “you don’t deserve to advance until you beat the Bruins). Finally , the monkey was off our back in 2000!

 

[demoncore1031]

At the 3:00 mark, who remembers this crazy Chris Allen dunk vs Kentucky?

 

[demoncore1031]

Gonna watch this one now...

 

[Cyclonepride]

This was so crazy at the time that it's hard to explain to people who didn't live through it.

 

[istater7]

2014 vs UNC. Kane. Naz. Roy Williams losing his mind on the Naz three.

Facing Kentucky in the 2nd round this year would have shades of that matchup.

 

[Clonefan4628]

Loved this game vs Notre Dame in the 1st round 2013. ND wore the highlighter uniforms but they couldn't keep up with the Clones! ISU vs UND 2013

 

[JEFF420]

wins, UNC, Notre Dame. loss UAB (my wife and I second date)

 

[madguy30]

The UCLA game in MSP. All the talking heads were saying UCLA was going to beat us, and we absolutely destroyed them in front of a 75% ISU crowd. Fizer shot in a 35 footer at the buzzer to rub it in when the game was way over.

It was glorious. And I cannot remember the place we went to, but I had an open face Rueben that was like 3 lbs of meat and delicious.

UCKA had gone lob city on Maryland the prior game so it was assumed they would on USU too without acknowledging that 5 days to prepare is different

Fizer grabbed a couple out of the air and UCLA acted like they had no other answers.

 

[AlaCyclone]

The UCLA game in MSP. All the talking heads were saying UCLA was going to beat us, and we absolutely destroyed them in front of a 75% ISU crowd. Fizer shot in a 35 footer at the buzzer to rub it in when the game was way over.

It was glorious. And I cannot remember the place we went to, but I had an open face Rueben that was like 3 lbs of meat and delicious.

Not to be a technocrat, but the first two round wins over CCSU and Auburn were in Minneapolis. However, the 2000 win over UCLA in the Sweet 16 was @ Auburn Hills, MI. I was there!

 

[AlaCyclone]

2000 UCLA. We were unstoppable that night.

2nd would be Jeremy Lamb Windmill fail UConn game...1st NCAA win in a long time.

Funny, those are the only two times I have seen ISU win an NCAA Tournament Game in person.

 

[harimad]

Loved the amount of ****-talking that came through the microphones during that broadcast.

 

[clones_jer]

in that UCLA game at about the 8 min mark, Tinsley is at the opposite FT line and finds Stevie Johnson behind the defense for a dunk and the zip on that pass... JT was so good

 

[harimad]

At the 3:00 mark, who remembers this crazy Chris Allen dunk vs Kentucky?

Remember getting so hyped when Royce thumped his chest and screamed "I'm the best ******* player out here!" Royce was correct on that night but Kentucky was just too good of a team for us to beat.