Last season, the Iowa State Cyclones only won 2 games the entire season. Which is what makes tonight even more incredible. It is special enough when an 11 seed pulls an upset to reach the second round of the tournament. But the turnaround that the Cyclones have had is amazing.

LSU kept trying to trim the Cyclones lead – getting as close as 2 points when Mwani Wilkinson made a layup with under a minute. So LSU decided to play defense, get a stop and try to tie or win the game on the final possession.

Iowa State eventually got the ball into the hands of freshman Tyrese Hunter around the NBA three point stripe on the sideline, let the shot clock get down to 3, and calmly drilled the three pointer to lead the Cyclones to a 59-54 victory.

It was a little bit of some karma as well – considering that LSU just fired their head coach due to the NCAA payment scandal allegations. But this isn’t just a story about LSU’s mess. Today, it is much more a story about the turnaround of the Iowa State program, which has now won 19 more games this season than they did last year, and they will be playing on Sunday to add to that turnaround.

Go Cyclones!!!!!