{"id":1441,"date":"2012-03-17T00:21:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T05:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2012-03-17T00:21:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T05:21:48","slug":"the-millstone-is-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/the-millstone-is-off\/","title":{"rendered":"The millstone is off"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had been 4019 days \u2014 precisely 11 years \u2014 since the most infamous loss<\/a> in Iowa State basketball history.<\/p>\n

Then, in 2 hours and 51 minutes, the title of “most recent 2 seed to lose to a 15<\/a>” turned over twice.<\/p>\n

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\nMissouri was a 3 seed in 1990, UNI a 14.<\/em><\/p>\n

First, in a victory for conference loyalists, Missouri lost to 15 seed Norfolk State<\/a>. NSU is in the MEAC, same as Hampton. Unlike ISU in Boise 11 years ago, this 2 seed’s loss was in front of a crowd full of fans of the Tigers’ most-hated rival, as Kansas would be playing in Omaha later in the night. Missouri also lost as a 3-seed to Northern Iowa (14) in 1990 and as a 4-seed to Xavier (13) in 1987.<\/p>\n

Then, in a victory for everybody outside the state of North Carolina, Duke lost to Lehigh <\/a>\u2014 the same Lehigh that lost to Iowa State by 9 in November.<\/p>\n

The 2001 Cyclones will always be part of this group of notorious underachievers, but some new compatriots just walked through the door.<\/p>\n

(Numbers at the beginning come from the “Inside March Madness” wrap-up show.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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