Ali Farokhmanesh, the Northern Iowa player who led Panthers’ win over 1-seed Kansas and sealed the game with a wide-open 3-pointer in 2010, is #8 on CBS’s NCAA Tournament “Improbable Heroes” list.
Bonus: Both the #9 and #8 players (VCU’s Joey Rodriguez in 2011 and Farokhmanesh) made the list in part by upsetting Kansas.
At #6, though, is Cameron Dollar, who was on UCLA’s 1995 championship team — and then beat Iowa State on a short shot in overtime in the 1997 Sweet 16.