Think back for a minute, Cyclone fans...
Only four months ago, the future of Iowa State basketball was looking bleak. Rumors of the golden boy, Fred Hoiberg, leaving for bigger opportunities in the NBA were looking less like rumors and more like truth every day. After weeks of speculation, denial, acceptance - just about every non-happy emotion there is - we got the official news that no one wanted to hear.
On June 2, 2015, it was announced that the Mayor was leaving Iowa State to coach the Chicago Bulls.
Seeing the man that was seemingly the embodiment of all things ISU sit next to Bulls GM Gar Forman at the introductory press conference in Chicago just felt wrong.