‘Not Cinderella:’ Northern Iowa takes center stage in Sweet 16

So this article tells me that UNI’s Farokhmanesh started out playing volleyball! In case you hadn’t heard, Farokhmanesh shot a memorable three-pointer in the final seconds of a first-round game last week to beat #1 KU, and sending Northern Iowa to its first victory in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in two decades! (I know KU fans hate UNI right now, but come on! From a volleyball-lover’s perspective. That is sweet!

He still has a setter’s sure hands (the article says) “Only now, they flick lovely-to-look-at, deadly accurate jump shots.”

His dad played for the Iranian National Team and his mom was a D1 coach for a couple decades. What a great story!

PS. Farokhmanesh, would you like to play on a coed team next fall? We need one more guy.