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JM4CY said:
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It's always the ginger.
 
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Cyrealist said:
The "real" Hilton magic was Johhny Orr coming out to "Here's Johnny" and an Iowa State team overmatched on talent beating the top teams in the league.
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Yes. The 1988-89 season sums it up the best.

Getting beat at Kansas 127-82, then a month later beating them in Hilton 97-89.
Getting beat at Okie State 102-74, a month later beating them in Hilton 90-81.
Getting beat at Mizzou 96-71, a month later beating them in Hilton 82-75
Getting beat at KSU 104-89, a month later beating them in Hilton 101-89

It was tough enough for Johnny's teams to beat anyone on the road, let alone those with superior talent. But yet every year somehow none of that mattered when playing at Hilton. Why? Well of course..........it's magic.
 
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CYEATHAWK said:
Yes. The 1988-89 season sums it up the best.

Getting beat at Kansas 127-82, then a month later beating them in Hilton 97-89.
Getting beat at Okie State 102-74, a month later beating them in Hilton 90-81.
Getting beat at Mizzou 96-71, a month later beating them in Hilton 82-75
Getting beat at KSU 104-89, a month later beating them in Hilton 101-89

It was tough enough for Johnny's teams to beat anyone on the road, let alone those with superior talent. But yet every year somehow none of that mattered when playing at Hilton. Why? Well of course..........it's magic.
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Hilton is clearly a 30 point home court.
 
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You are overthinking it. You keep talking about it because it is in the back of players' minds when things are going south for the Cyclones that it can all inexplicably change in a moment. Most importantly it is a reminder to visiting players that even when they are rolling it can all go against them. You have to remind them of it so when things turn they start to think it is inevitable.

And it is a reminder to the fans that they are the clockworks that make the Hilton Magic machine work. ISU had given them nothing to cheer about in this game but as soon as the ISU team showed a spark they exploded and willed them to victory.

 
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BWRhasnoAC said:
Hilton is clearly a 30 point home court.
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It absolutely was in the year he referenced. It was bizarre how they were a national championship type team at home that year and a legit cellar dweller type team on the road. The Hilton magic that year was real and pretty impossible to ever duplicate.
 
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Havs said:
The phrase "Hilton Magic" has lost its luster. When I hear the phrase "let the magic begin" before starting lineups from the PA announcer, or the students chanting "Hilton Magic" in a game vs Stonehill College, the phrase has lost all meaning. Hilton Magic hasn't always been an overused marketing ploy, it was something we knew was happening when we felt it (and caused it) and didn't have to say a word about it. We knew what it was, but it was too loud in there to even utter the words.

Hilton Magic isn't just "oooh, Hilton is loud when we're good and up 20." Its being down 20 points in the second half vs Iowa or Oklahoma in 2015, or BYU in 2024, and the crowd willing a team to victory from almost guaranteed defeat. Its being down six with 50 seconds left against Oklahoma State in 2012 and winning by three in regulation. Its Barry Stevens hitting a game winner against #3 Missouri in 1983 when the program had barely registered a pulse for decades prior.

When every marketing piece has "Hilton Magic" scribbled all over it, when the videoboard has a sign that says it, when the PA guy proclaims it every pregame as though we need it to beat bad teams... its lost its meaning. Hilton Magic is a great thing when we actually know what it is, and what it isn't.
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Hilton Magic is synonymous with Iowa State basketball. When a TV broadcast starts, the announcers usually say something to the lines of "Welcome to Hilton Coliseum, home of Hilton Magic"

And usually at some point during the game the announcers will reference Hilton Magic.

I don't see your point....
 
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Cyhig said:
Hilton Magic is synonymous with Iowa State basketball. When a TV broadcast starts, the announcers usually say something to the lines of "Welcome to Hilton Coliseum, home of Hilton Magic"

And usually at some point during the game the announcers will reference Hilton Magic.

I don't see your point....
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He doesn't want people to say it, he just wants them to feel it in their bones.
 
3TrueFans said:
He doesn't want people to say it, he just wants them to feel it in their bones.
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He should contact E$PN, CBS, Fox, etc

Also need to find a new slogan for the top of the new scoreboard apparently

I guess if this is what one is griping about during the basketball season, the team must be doing well
 
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