Wedding was Saturday in Des Moines.

A 7 point loss at KSU is a heck of a lot better than the 30 point loss KU is taking.

Hopefully Tenn loses at home today to take some of the glare away from our loss. A Baylor loss would be nice also.

Makes me refresh anytime I try to do anything on the site. Very frustrating. It seems to come and go, but it’s been constant lately. I tried logging out and back in. Anyone have a similar issue they’ve fixed?

Is the Big 12 finals going to be shown again on TV

Just a fantastic article from Kylee Griswold at the Federalist

Excerpt:
White, rural voters also “don’t believe in an independent press, free speech,” adds Schaller. “They’re most likely to say the president should be able to act unilaterally without any checks from Congress or the courts or the bureaucracy.”

Hmm, remind me again which political demographic is working with Big Tech and corporations like Amazon to ban books and censor dissenting political opinions under the guise of “misinformation.” Just this week New York Attorney General Letitia James — who is waging no-holds-barred lawfare to convict and bankrupt Trump in the Empire State — urged Colorado to deny cake artist Jack Phillips his First Amendment rights of free speech, expression, and association.

As for freedom of the press, also this week, Biden’s FBI charged investigative journalist Steve Baker with four misdemeanors for his coverage of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Second Excerpt:
I know Democrats are still high on celebrating their favorite national holiday: Jan. 6. But I’m sorry, was it a Trump voter who just self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy while screaming “Free Palestine”? Was it angry, white Republicans who lit Minneapolis, Kenosha, Seattle, and Portland on fire?

Is it rural white Americans in the headlines these days shooting up schools and churches — or leftist gender goblins who want to get back at white “crackers“? And how about the more than 400 Catholic churches, not to mention crisis pregnancy centers, that have been attacked since the 2020 summer of rage?

OMAHA, Neb. —
Creighton and men's basketball coach Greg McDermott have agreed to a contract extension. The terms of the new contract were not announced Friday morning. McDermott's previous contract was set to expire at the end of the 2026 season.

"We are pleased that Greg McDermott will be the head coach of our men's basketball program for many years to come," Marcus Blossom, Creighton athletic director, said in a statement. "This extension recognizes Greg's exceptional achievements as our head coach and the positive impact he has had on the culture of Creighton men's basketball. Greg is one of the best coaches in college basketball and his continued leadership puts our program in the best possible position to continue to recruit top talent and compete for championships."

“There is no place I would rather be for the rest of my career than Creighton,” McDermott said in a statement. “I am grateful to Father Hendrickson and Marcus Blossom for their ongoing confidence. My staff and I are fortunate to work with outstanding student-athletes and we will continue to create an environment that allows them to excel both on the court and in the classroom. We are proud to play in front of the best fans in the country and I am excited to build upon the positive trajectory of our program."

In February, McDermott said Omaha has "been a great place" and will always be home for his family.

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At Magic - Pacers in Orlando. Tyrese just glides around the place and literally talks to anyone/everyone nonstop.

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Iowa State Media Relations

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State clinched its first Big 12 title since 2009 Sunday night inside the BOK Center. The Cyclones crowned two champions and finished the weekend with 152.5 team points, the fourth-most in a tournament in league history and the most ever by an ISU team in the Big 12 era.

The team title marked ISU's 17th conference championship in program history and snapped Missouri's two-year winning streak in the tournament. The Cyclones prevailed in a tight team race throughout the entire weekend and bested Oklahoma State's 141.5 points.

Anthony Echemendia won his first individual Big 12 title courtesy of a 4-2 decision over UNI's Cael Happel at 141 pounds. He is the fifth Cyclone to win a conference title at 141 pounds and the first since Ian Parker did so in 2020.

Yonger Bastida was victorious in one of the most anticipate matches of the season against Air Force's Wyatt Henrickson. Bastida hit a crafty counter while Hendrickson was in on a leg for a six-point move which proved to be the difference in a 10-7 decision.

Bonus points were key for Iowa State throughout the tournament as the Cyclones registered six falls, six tech falls and seven major decisions for 28 extra points. The Cyclones' bonus-point tally was the difference in the team race as the Cowboys finished with just 13 bonus points.

Head coach Kevin Dresser was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second time in his seven-year stint at Iowa State.

Three other Cyclones were unsuccessful in their title bids.

At 133 pounds, Evan Frost was outmatched against Oklahoma State's No. 1 Daton Fix. Frost secured a late takedown to cut his deficit to 8-5 but it wasn't enough to dethrone the four-time defending conference champion

Cody Chittum lost a marathon match to UNI's Ryder Downey, 5-3, in the second tiebreaker. Downey was tough on top and did not allow Chittum to escape on multiple occasions throughout the match.

In a highly anticipated national finals rematch, Missouri's No. 1 Keegan O'Toole got the best of No. 2 David Carr once again. Carr was in on a leg several times in the match, but O'Toole's countering ability prevailed, and the Tiger snatched an 8-2 victory.

Iowa State Results
125: No. 6 Kysen Terukina – Fourth Place
First Round: W-D, 6-2 vs. Conrad Hendriksen (OU)
QF: W-D, 3-2 vs. No. 3 Stevo Poulin (UNCO)
SF: L-D SV-1, 2-1 vs. No. 2 Troy Spratley (OSU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-D, 10-6 vs. No. 4 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)
Third-Place Mach: LBF (4:58) vs. No. 7 Jett Strickenberger (WVU)

133: No. 2 Evan Frost – Second Place
First Round: W-MD, 12-1 vs. Jace Koelzer (OU)
QF: W-MD, 18-5 vs. No. 7 Hunter Leake (CBU)
SF: W-MD, 12-4 vs. No. 3 Dominick Serrano (UNCO)
Finals: L-D, 8-5 vs. No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU)

141: No. 1 Anthony Echemendia – Champion
First Round: W-TF, 17-2 (3:22) vs. Garrett Kuchan (AF)
QF: W-TF 21-5 (5:50) vs. No. 8 Cole Brooks (WYO)
SF: W-MD, 14-4 vs. No. 4 Jordan Titus (WVU)
Finals: vs. No. 3 Cael Happel (UNI)

149: No. 1 Casey Swiderski – Third Place
First Round: Bye
QF: W-D, 4-2 vs. No. 8 Logan Gioffre (MIZ)
SF: L-D, 8-7 vs. No. 4 Jordan Williams (OSU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-MD, 19-5 vs. No. 2 Willie McDougald (OU)
Third-Place Match: W-TF, 22-6 (6:18) vs. No. 7 Gabe Willochell (WYO)

157: No. 4 Cody Chittum – Second Place
First Round: W-TF, 22-4 (5:29) vs. Brooks Gable (AF)
QF: W-D, 7-3 vs. No. 5 Brock Mauller (MIZ)
SF: W-D, 6-0 vs. No. 8 Jared Hill (OU)
Finals: L-D, 5-3 TB-2 vs. No. 2 Ryder Downey (UNI)

165: No. 2 David Carr – Second Place
First Round: WBF (2:07) vs. Mateo de la Pena (CBU)
QF: W-TF, 17-2 (5:47) vs. Jack Thomsen (UNI)
SF: W-D, 5-1 vs. No. 3 Peyton Hall (WVU)
Finals: L-D, 8-2 vs. No. 1 Keegan O'Toole (MIZ)

174: No. 2 MJ Gaitan – Fourth Place
First Round: Bye
QF: L-D SV-1, 6-3 vs. No. 7 Gaven Sax (NDSU)
Consis. Rd. 2: WBF (2:18) vs. Mahonri Rushton (UVU)
Consis. Rd. 3: WBF (1:43) vs. No. 6 Tate Picklo (OU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-MD, 13-5 vs. No. 4 Peyton Mocco (MIZ)
Third-Place Match: L-D, 8-2 vs. No. 3 Brayden Thompson (OSU)

184: No. 5 Will Feldkamp – Sixth Place
First Round: Bye
QF: L-MD, 13-2 vs. No. 4 Colton Hawks (MIZ)
Consis. Rd. 2: WBF (7:00) vs. Nathan Haas (CBU)
Consis. Rd. 3: W-TF, 18-1 (6:18) vs. No. 8 Ethan Ducca (WYO)
Consis. Rd. 4: L-D, 17-11 vs. No. 6 Sam Wolf (AF)
Fifth-Place Match: L-D, 9-7 vs. No. 4 Colton Hawks (MIZ)

197: Julien Broderson – DNP
First Round: W-D, 5-1 vs. No. 8 Austin Cooley (WVU)
QF: LBF (1:47) vs. No. 1 Tanner Sloan (SDSU)
Consis. Rd. 2: L-D, 8-2 vs. No. 7 Luke Surber (OSU)

285: No. 2 Yonger Bastida - Champion
First Round: WBF (0:30) vs. Xavier Doolin (UNCO)
QF: WBF (2:17) vs. No. 7 Michael Wolfgram (WVU)
SF: W-MD, 11-3 vs. No. 3 Zach Elam (MIZ)
Finals: W-D, 10-7 vs. No. 1 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)

Onservations:
- He started the SOTU by talking about Ukraine. Which apparently is more important than the State of our Union, America.
- Dem women wore Palestinian scarves. Again, priorities.
- Hamas protestors blocking the motorcade were not arrested, but a gold star dad whose son died in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was handcuffed and arrested.
- He tried to say Laken Riley’s name for the first time and even though he had her name in front of him called her Lincoln Riley.
- Went off prompter and accidentally said she was killed by an illegal, and now Nancy and the Dems are more mad about him saying “illegal” than they are about her murder.
- Bernie Sanders was wearing a mask in March 2024, well when the camera was on him. Of course he had it off before and then after when talking two inches from Biden.
- He said the rich should pay their fair share as Hunter is under indictment for tax evasion.
- Said you shouldn’t go to jail if you smoke pot… of course, your son smokes crack.
- Too many lies to post.

Basically a complete and utter disaster.

Iowa State Media Relations

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State put four on the podium at the Big 12 Championship Sunday afternoon inside the BOK Center. Casey Swiderski led the charge with a third-place finish while Kysen Terukina and MJ Gaitan placed fourth. Will Feldkamp finished his tournament in sixth place.

Iowa State remains atop the team standings with one session remaining. The Cyclones have 144.5 points but are trailed closely by Oklahoma State’s 137.5 points. ISU has five in the finals tonight while OSU has four, including one head-to-head matchup at 133 pounds.

Bonus points were again a focal point for Iowa State in Session III with the Cyclones increasing their tournament total to 28 extra tallies. Swiderski chased takedowns like they were going out of style as he dispatched of Oklahoma’s Willie McDougald, 19-5, before registering a 22-6 tech fall in the third-place match against Wyoming’s Gabe Willochell.

Gaitan picked up a bonus point in his consolation semifinal, a 13-5 major decision over Mizzou’s Peyton Mocco, but eventually fell in the third-place bout.

At 125 pounds, Terukina knocked off South Dakota State’s Tanner Jordan, 10-6, before getting pinned in the third-place match. The Cyclone wrestled above his seed in the tournament, placing fourth as the No. 6 seed and putting 11.5 team points on the board.

Up Next
Iowa State has five finalists – Evan Frost, Anthony Echemendia, Cody Chittum, David Carr and Yonger Bastida – set to compete is this evening at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

Iowa State Results
125: No. 6 Kysen Terukina – Fourth Place
First Round: W-D, 6-2 vs. Conrad Hendriksen (OU)
QF: W-D, 3-2 vs. No. 3 Stevo Poulin (UNCO)
SF: L-D SV-1, 2-1 vs. No. 2 Troy Spratley (OSU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-D, 10-6 vs. No. 4 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)
Third-Place Mach: LBF (4:58) vs. No. 7 Jett Strickenberger (WVU)

133: No. 2 Evan Frost
First Round: W-MD, 12-1 vs. Jace Koelzer (OU)
QF: W-MD, 18-5 vs. No. 7 Hunter Leake (CBU)
SF: W-MD, 12-4 vs. No. 3 Dominick Serrano (UNCO)
Finals: vs. No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU)

141: No. 1 Anthony Echemendia
First Round: W-TF, 17-2 (3:22) vs. Garrett Kuchan (AF)
QF: W-TF 21-5 (5:50) vs. No. 8 Cole Brooks (WYO)
SF: W-MD, 14-4 vs. No. 4 Jordan Titus (WVU)
Finals: vs. No. 3 Cael Happel (UNI)

149: No. 1 Casey Swiderski – Third Place
First Round: Bye
QF: W-D, 4-2 vs. No. 8 Logan Gioffre (MIZ)
SF: L-D, 8-7 vs. No. 4 Jordan Williams (OSU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-MD, 19-5 vs. No. 2 Willie McDougald (OU)
Third-Place Match: W-TF, 22-6 (6:18) vs. No. 7 Gabe Willochell (WYO)

157: No. 4 Cody Chittum
First Round: W-TF, 22-4 (5:29) vs. Brooks Gable (AF)
QF: W-D, 7-3 vs. No. 5 Brock Mauller (MIZ)
SF: W-D, 6-0 vs. No. 8 Jared Hill (OU)
Finals: vs. No. 2 Ryder Downey (UNI)

165: No. 2 David Carr
First Round: WBF (2:07) vs. Mateo de la Pena (CBU)
QF: W-TF, 17-2 (5:47) vs. Jack Thomsen (UNI)
SF: W-D, 5-1 vs. No. 3 Peyton Hall (WVU)
Finals: vs. No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (MIZ)

174: No. 2 MJ Gaitan – Fourth Place
First Round: Bye
QF: L-D SV-1, 6-3 vs. No. 7 Gaven Sax (NDSU)
Consis. Rd. 2: WBF (2:18) vs. Mahonri Rushton (UVU)
Consis. Rd. 3: WBF (1:43) vs. No. 6 Tate Picklo (OU)
Consis. Rd. 4: W-MD, 13-5 vs. No. 4 Peyton Mocco (MIZ)
Third-Place Match: L-D, 8-2 vs. No. 3 Brayden Thompson (OSU)

184: No. 5 Will Feldkamp – Sixth Place
First Round: Bye
QF: L-MD, 13-2 vs. No. 4 Colton Hawks (MIZ)
Consis. Rd. 2: WBF (7:00) vs. Nathan Haas (CBU)
Consis. Rd. 3: W-TF, 18-1 (6:18) vs. No. 8 Ethan Ducca (WYO)
Consis. Rd. 4: L-D, 17-11 vs. No. 6 Sam Wolf (AF)
Fifth-Place Match: L-D, 9-7 vs. No. 4 Colton Hawks (MIZ)

197: Julien Broderson – DNP
First Round: W-D, 5-1 vs. No. 8 Austin Cooley (WVU)
QF: LBF (1:47) vs. No. 1 Tanner Sloan (SDSU)
Consis. Rd. 2: L-D, 8-2 vs. No. 7 Luke Surber (OSU)

285: No. 2 Yonger Bastida
First Round: WBF (0:30) vs. Xavier Doolin (UNCO)
QF: WBF (2:17) vs. No. 7 Michael Wolfgram (WVU)
SF: W-MD, 11-3 vs. No. 3 Zach Elam (MIZ)
Finals: vs. No. 1 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)

IF we win Thursday night, will our next game be at 6 p.m. Friday?

Tech beat Houston last night and play Baylor at 11 CST today. I would love to see Tech somehow pull it off. Would be an advantage facing someone playing third game in three days. Not holding my breath.

Is she injured or just riding he bench? I wonder if he regrets the move?

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A bit of surprising news tonight at the state basketball tournament. My Iowa Rivals colleague Eliot Clough tells me that Zay Robinson told him that he’s moved his decision back to after his senior season. Interesting strategy. It’s not the advice I would’ve given him, but to each their own.

Iowa State Media Relations

ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named to the 2024 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List. Otzelberger is one of 15 coaches across the country named to the list, including three from the Big 12.

In his third season at the helm, Otzelberger has led the Cyclones to a Top 10 ranking for the second time, as the Cyclones sit 20-6 overall on the year and are currently ranked No. 6 in the nation. The Cyclones sit at 9-4 in Big 12 play, a game behind No. 2 Houston for the Big 12 lead. The Cyclones and Cougars split a pair of games this season.

Iowa State has nine wins over AP Top 10 teams under Otzelberger, the second-most in the country and the second-most in school history behind Johnny Orr’s 12. Iowa State’s 17 AP Top 25 wins under Otzelberger are also the second-most in the nation. His 61 wins at Iowa State are the fourth-most in school history by a coach in their first three years, trailing only Larry Eustachy (72), Tim Floyd (69) and Fred Hoiberg (62).

A list of 10 semifinalists will be announced on Friday, March 15. The Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year award will be narrowed to four finalists on Monday, March 25. The winner will be announced on Sunday, April 7, at the Final Four in Phoenix.

It's just too obvious. It's laughable.

He has no cash. Oddly for a billionaire...

So ....russia to the rescue. Traitor

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I'm headed to Kansas City soon for a quick overnight before our women's game Saturday morning. Anyone else going?

Does anyone know if there's a game watch for the men's game somewhere in the Power & Light? We may stick around for that before heading back to Ames.

Next week, we will be headed down again for the men's game. Unfortunately I cancelled the reservations I had earlier and could only get a room for one night near the P&L and tickets for our first game. I'll play the rest by ear.

Are they going to offer up their losers?

https://www.si.com/college/tamu/foo...ec-tv-contracts-big-ten-money-fox-sports-espn

This guy sums up what has happened with Trump and the media so well. Also cites The new york times coverage as evidence of this which is as clear as it gets of his point. People saying and doing crazy things all the time eventually stops getting covered.

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Settles comment on the Magic is spot on.

Hoopsnhunts I hope it's OK to post this. Great article. I don't think it's been posted anywhere yet.