[2] His heroics in 2010, which came two days after hitting the game-winning three-point shot against UNLV in the first round, led to an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

[10] On April 28, 2017, Farokhmanesh joined the Drake men's basketball program as an assistant coach for Niko Medved.

[13] Mashallah married Ali's mother, Cindy Fredrick, who became the head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Iowa in 2004.

Before moving to Iowa, Fredrick was the head coach of the Washington State University's women's volleyball team for 15 years, where she had a record of 278 wins and 192 losses.

The shot was captured for a web video that Colorado State posted on its official athletics Twitter account.