Don't mean to ruin every one's mood, but I thought I would see what people viewed as the most demoralizing loss in recent years in Cyclone Sports (basketball or football).
Most Demoralizing Loss??
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I picked Kansas in 05. So much optimism after beating Colorado and getting up in that game early. At halftime I couldn't even imagine loosing that game.
But as mentioned above it is hard to pick from so many.
But as mentioned above it is hard to pick from so many.
Michigan State game without question...
We were minutes away from going to the Final Four. I had never been so excited. I'll never be able to get over the fact that we were literally minutes away from the Final Four, which is something I may never see in my lifetime...
We were minutes away from going to the Final Four. I had never been so excited. I'll never be able to get over the fact that we were literally minutes away from the Final Four, which is something I may never see in my lifetime...
As for embarrassing loss, it has to be Hampton.
i don't even wanna talk about it. Horrible, just horrible.
i don't even wanna talk about it. Horrible, just horrible.
im going to say uconn.. just because it capped off such a bad fall.. we were ranked 9th at one time..
Since this is demoralizing I would have to go with Kansas,we were up, then even later we had multiple chances to win the games but managed to screw it up
That UCONN game was terrible. Not only were they new to Division 1-A, they completely dominated every phase of that game. I sat first row right behind the UCONN bench and those 70 players and coaches on their sideline were louder than the rest of the crowd. (I'm not even joking)
-Blowing that big lead to UCLA in the sweet 16 in 1997 was fairly demoralizing. Cameron Dollar over Cato still bothers me.
-UConn game was bad but the way the second half of that season went down it didn't surprise me all that much.
-Losing to Missouri in 2004 at JTS with all that was at stake was just unbelievable.
-UConn game was bad but the way the second half of that season went down it didn't surprise me all that much.
-Losing to Missouri in 2004 at JTS with all that was at stake was just unbelievable.
I picked Hampton, with the 2004 football loss to Missouri a close second. McCarney's football teams had broken my heart enough times that I should have known better than to get my hopes up too high, even though I felt like someone had punched me in the gut after Missouri intercepted Meyer's goal-line pass in OT.
The Hampton loss was just completely inexplicable. There was no way a team that talented -- that had run roughshod over the Big 12 for the second straight year -- should have lost that game, especially with an 11-point lead with less than 10 minutes to go. I still feel sick to my stomach whenever I think about that game.
The Hampton loss was just completely inexplicable. There was no way a team that talented -- that had run roughshod over the Big 12 for the second straight year -- should have lost that game, especially with an 11-point lead with less than 10 minutes to go. I still feel sick to my stomach whenever I think about that game.
That's the one I was going to go with. It's not the loss that I mind - it was the absolute beatdown that we got at the hands of Okie that sent us into the downward spiral that culminated in that loss to UConn. That loss was the turning point of our season.
However, I did vote for the Hampton loss. As nice as it was to see Iowa knocked off as a #3 seed a couple of years back, it's still not quite as embarrassing as what we went through. It's kind of the reason why I tend to root against the #1s and #2s in the first round of the tourney nowadays...
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The loss we had @ KU by one point after they gave KU a bucket between Homan's free throws...an obvious screw up. That one hurt because we were down 17 and came back to almost win to have the refs lose it for us.
OR losing a 15 point lead to UCLA in the sweet 16. And at the end having Jacy Holloway get plowed in the lane for a no call.
The loss we had @ KU by one point after they gave KU a bucket between Homan's free throws...an obvious screw up. That one hurt because we were down 17 and came back to almost win to have the refs lose it for us.
OR losing a 15 point lead to UCLA in the sweet 16. And at the end having Jacy Holloway get plowed in the lane for a no call.
I remember going to get a beer with about 5 min left in that game thinking, wow, we did it, there is no way to lose this one. All they have to do is down the ball and punt it away and they are so far up that unless they totally implode it is in the bag.
Mizzu 2004. I was there that day. I only remember feeling cold after that interception - otherwise I was warm with spiked hot chocolate and the excitement of what lay ahead for us.
I've never felt more demoralized as a fan before and still haven't.
Hampton is going to be the popular one, but I saw us not doing well in the tournament with how we were wrapping up that season. I didn't see us losing to Hampton, but we were not near as good as we were the previous year.
I've never felt more demoralized as a fan before and still haven't.
Hampton is going to be the popular one, but I saw us not doing well in the tournament with how we were wrapping up that season. I didn't see us losing to Hampton, but we were not near as good as we were the previous year.
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