height_ft highlights nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team number image college name caption weight_lb birth_place career_end position highschool height_in article_title
6 * -rrb- dbl sixth man of the year -lrb- 2014 american 16 april 1988 2010 2010 -- 2011 2011 -- 2013 2013 -- 2014 2010 sam bosch massagno basket wbc raiffeisen wels spm shoeters den 5 alifarokhmanesh2011.jpg indian cc -lrb- 2007 -- 2008 -rrb- northern iowa -lrb- 2008 hills -- 2010 -rrb- cc -lrb- 2006 -- 2007 -rrb- kirkwood ali farokhmanesh ali farokhmanesh in 2011 190 pullman , washington 2014 shooting guard / point guard iowa city west -lrb- iowa city , iowa -rrb- 0 ali farokhmanesh

ali farokhmanesh

ali fredrick farokhmanesh -lrb- born april 16 , 1988 -rrb- is an american former professional basketball player .
he was born in pullman , washington , where he attended high school at pullman high school for two years before moving to iowa and attending west high school in iowa city , iowa .
he then attended junior college at indian hills community college and kirkwood community college before transferring to the university of northern iowa .
in 2014 , he stopped playing professionally , when he became an assistant coach for nebraska cornhuskers .
he gained nationwide fame in the 2010 ncaa men 's division i basketball tournament as a member of the northern iowa panthers men 's basketball team , when he hit a crucial 3-point shot that helped uni upset top overall seed kansas in the second round .
his heroics , which came two days after hitting the game-winning three point shot against unlv in the first round of the tournament , led to an appearance on the cover of `` sports illustrated '' .
this has led to popular usage of the phrase , `` what the farokhmanesh ? ''
