Ali Farokhmanesh’s career-defining March Madness moment vs. Kansas needs a deep rewind

It’s March 20, 2010. We’re watching the first round of the NCAA tournament and, uhhhhhhh … what is going on? Why is the number 1 overall seed, Kansas, losing to the University of Northern Iowa? And now that UNI has the ball … why does this kid look like he’s about to shoot it?

Well, to understand all of that, you need to understand some history. We need to talk about how mighty this rebuilt Kansas team is. Possibly even better than the 2008 NCAA champions. We need to talk about how they match up with these UNI Panthers, and how a Kansas player getting hurt may have actually saved the Jayhawks. And of course, we need to talk about that player with the ball. His name is Ali Farokhmanesh, and he took a long and winding road to get to this moment, the biggest moment of his career.

We need to rewind.