Iowa State Basketball: This Season in GIFs

You know the drill.

Fred mentions hanging a national championship banner at Hilton Madness

Iowa State wins their first three games

Iowa State loses to Maryland

Iowa State destroys #18 Arkansas at home

Iowa State murders Iowa in Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Fans finally get to see Jameel McKay play

Iowa State loses to South Carolina

Iowa State beats Oklahoma State and West Virginia to open up the Big 12 schedule

Iowa State loses a heartbreaker at Baylor

The College GameDay crew arrives in Ames for the first time ever

Iowa State is victorious against #9 Kansas with GameDay in town

...and follows it up by losing to Texas Tech two games later

Iowa State somehow controls its own conference title destiny

Baylor beats ISU in Hilton

Iowa State gives the game away to Kansas State on the road

ISU comes from behind to beat Oklahoma and TCU

Monte Morris beats Texas at the buzzer in ISU's first Big 12 Tourney game

ISU comes back to beat Oklahoma too

Iowa State defeats Kansas to claim their second straight Big 12 Tournament title

The Cyclones learn they avoided Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament

...and learn that Kansas didn't

Iowa State looks great in the first five minutes against UAB

Iowa State trails UAB at the half

ISU's season ends at the hands of UAB

Initial reaction

Second reaction

After realizing we've still got the dreamiest coach and next year looks bright