DENVER — Every year, it ends badly for all but one team. Dreams dying is never pleasant. Some deaths, however, are worse than others.
The NCAA tournament kills the hopes of nearly all who participate. It has been particularly savage to Georges Niang.
The Iowa State senior’s experiences on the sport’s biggest stage have always ended very badly, even in victory. By any measure, Niang’s exits from the Big dance have been especially cruel.
“Obviously, I’ve been hit with heartbreak and injury,” the two-time All-American told the Ames Tribune, “but that’s not going to stop me from coming back even harder the next time around.