I haven't physically hurt this much after a basketball game since we lost to Hampton. This game could have been a huge turning point for our program...break the losing streak @ OSU, win a road game with a depleted roster that has no right to even compete with the talent OSU has, and maybe, just maybe, end up on the bubble for the tournament. With a minute to go, I told myself, "we're actually going to do this. We're gonna win." I am just sick at how Ejim's lackadaisical play tonight lost the game for our team. DG played his heart out, and JVB shot the ball like a superstar. These guys are like the team from "The Replacements." They shouldn't be starters in BCS D-1 basketball, but they are playing incredibly. Someone just forgot to tell Oklahoma State + the officials about the Hollywood ******.
I am just sick. We gave this one away, and after that happened, everything went the other way. Calls from the officials, baskets made...and the ******* ridiculous call on Ejim. I will put that up there with "The Blarge" and "The Make a 3-Pointer Between Two Dead-Ball Free Throws" as one of the legendary screw-jobs in Iowa State's recent history. Tonight's wouldn't have won the game for us had it gone the other way, but it made me feel as though all of Cyclone Nation was the little kid with glasses who was getting beat up by the class bully, and then was framed for stealing someone's lunch money while that bully laughed and had no shame.
