Most Improbable Win Since?

[CoKane]

What the actual **** just happened.

For ISU sports I'd say the Kyle Kempt game. For Basketball.... Greg winning at a top 10 Kansas State randomly the last year he was here?

 

[madguy30]

ISU winning at the Phog in '05 is up there.

But today was similar to the '17 Kempt debut.

 

[JP4CY]

I think the Donovan Jackson team winning at Phog was still crazy. This one is right there.

 

[CyCrazy]

I was going to say the win in Norman.

 

[jsb]

It doesn't seem like it should be up there because we have beat a LOT of top 10 teams this year. This was never a bad team. It was a team that played bad several times over the the last month.

 

[CloniesForLife]

I think there was a stretch in the WVU game that we found a little something and I think today we built on that and kinda just played with a **** it what do we have to lose attitude. So we didn't panic when Baylor came out swinging in the 2nd half.

 

[awd4cy]

The TCU road win last year felt pretty improbable. This one more, but like this one, last year we headed to Ft. worth on a 4 game skid and also got pounded by the frogs at home a few weeks earlier.

 

[CloniesForLife]

It doesn't seem like it should be up there because we have beat a LOT of top 10 teams this year. This was never a bad team. It was a team that played bad several times over the the last month.

We're like 5-2 against top 10 teams

 

[ca4cy]

Win at top 5(?) K State in McDoormat's last regular season game.

 

[awd4cy]

KU road win in 2017. We just lost at home by double digits to WVU and it felt like things were headed for the drain.

 

[jsb]

We're like 5-2 against top 10 teams

Right! So in that sense it isn't like mind-blowingly improbable like winning against Oklahoma for the first time in 30 years with a 3 string quarterback.

I'd probably put it more like the Donavan Jackson win at KU when that team was really reeling.

 

[Wally86]

How about beating Wiscy in the tournament last year.

 

[jsb]

KU road win in 2017. We just lost at home by double digits to WVU and it felt like things were headed for the drain.

And that game started off a streak that was literally one of the best streaks in Iowa State history. (I think we won 7 out of 8.)

 

[Cyientist]

Edit: Sorry not ISU...

 

[allfourcy]

Thank you basketball Gods and Cyclone team and coaches. This just makes everyone feel a whole lot better. Proud of how they responded, shared the ball, regained double digit lead after Baylor cut it to 4, and the only negative.......just unfortunate we had to reach almost rock bottom before we saw this again. Proud of TJ for playing all those guys, giving them some ownership and pride in contributing, etc. Please do not say we won because we kicked off Caleb, lets hope he gets the help he needs. Probably alot of people learned lessons. And lets' hope we see this type of performance again this season!!

 

[Turn2]

I don't know if it's quite Ronnie Virgil and company taking down #8 Michigan, but it feels just as good.

 

[FerShizzle]

@ OU in football?

The Donovan Jackson game in Lawrence was surprising.

 

[KnappShack]

David vs. Goliath

 

[Cyclonepride]

An incredibly important win in more ways than one.

It would have been one thing if we had stopped the slide at home against an average team. That would have been like, "hey, they stopped the skid and got some positive thoughts going into postseason".

This one not only stopped the skid, but it should certainly bring the confidence and swagger back. Not many teams have the capability to go into senior day at the #7 team in the country and dominate them.

 

[chuckd4735]

Win at top 5(?) K State in McDoormat's last regular season game.

That one is still the most surprising win I've ever seen. It was meaningless though. This game meant something.