Nice to get some recognition.

Oh, and getting wins in MBB over KU on Saturday and watching Purdy come back from 17 down in the 2nd half yesterday made for a wonderful sports weekend.

Diz

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There are 11 games left! Look at the gauntlet. Opportunity to lose five or six games and still be a top 16-20 team.
Opponent. NET Rank (Quad)
@ Baylor 18 (1)
@ Texas. 41 (1)
TCU 30 (1)
@ Cincinnati 32 (1)
Texas Tech 26 (1)
@ Houston 1 (1)
West Virginia 152 (3)
Oklahoma. 34 (2)
@ UCF 71 (1)
BYU 6 (1)
@ Kansas St 73 (1)

A quad 1 home game is against a top 30 team. Away is against top 75.
Jay Wright said Saturday, “when you get quad 1 games at home you’re in a heck of a conference!”

Guess our record. I say we likely lose 4 more and finish 12-6.

McClure made some very irresponsible comments after Tang went over to TJ during the 2nd half. He said fans say ruthless things and it had to be egregious because Tang isn’t one to get upset. Not only did McClure have zero idea what was said, he wouldn’t have known if anything had even been said. I wondered how the rumor got started that something unacceptable was said by a fan to Tang. After finally watching the replay, I now know. Total BS and why he shouldn’t be allowed to work a game involving a former coach of his.

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That had to be an eye opening experience for football recruits that were at the BB game.

They are not last in the Big 10! They lost again last night, did not know they were even playing. Pretty morbid over there. As bad as they are, there are 5 teams WORSE than them in that league. What a dumpster fire that whole league is.

They dropped to 64th in the country on Net ranking. About 15 spots below Drake!

Couldn't agree more!:
"Tang walking past half court to confront TJ during the game last night was something I haven't seen, maybe since ever. That'd be like CMC walking across midfield during a game to holler at an opposing coach. What happened to coaching your team during games, stead of hollering at the opposing coach? FWIW: Iowa State at K-State 1:30 pm March 9 in the regular-season finale."

84-78. Audi had 25 pts & 16 boards. We had 24 turnovers. Em had 9 of them.

Just made an amazing defense of Brock not being a "game manager" on ESPN. Analyzed several clips of Brock and said there is just too much lazy reporting falling back to inaccurate narratives. Alex called himself a member of the game manager club and that Brock isn't allowed in. He was so passionate I was blown away. Recommend finding it.

I’ve always thought Higgins was a great ref and honoring him yesterday was pretty awesome. Was told a story about him that may/may not be true, but given who told me…believe it is. He absolutely despised Fran McCaffrey, hated reffing his games, and eventually wouldn’t. One game Fran & his wife were being extra Fran and his wife and John had had enough. He went to Fran and said, “Ok…either you or your wife is getting tossed. Your choice.” Fran looked at him & said, “Well, make it me”. And so it was 😂😂😂

Flipped channel there for one minute.
No more.

He told me Brock purdy is "ordinary".
"That's nothing against him".
BS
Like most of what comes out of cowturd's mouth.

I got away before my TV suffered damage.

Kid did everything He had questioned about him all year.
And he gets a bigger hard on against him.

The "Stay there" play was great QB'ing.
It saved a TD.
Never heard an analyst mention it.

Now to turn the TV back on.
What channel for underwater basket weaving???

Shockingly dismissive of the Clones. More in what they didn’t say and the fact they didn’t talk about them much at all. ISU made more 3s than they have in years. King was stupid from 3. KU doesn’t have the best defensive team. Tang says Houston is the best defensive team he’s ever seen.

I’ll sum up their commentary: Hilton is such an advantage that it skews who ISU actually is. They won’t have the horses to compete long-term like Houston and Kansas, et al.

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I don’t know if this was mentioned in another thread but, apparently, students who were lined up behind a basket wearing t-shirts that spelled out horns down were told to remove them. Not sure who told them to take them off but what a bunch of sh$t. The snowflake whiny UT coach probably made a big deal of it. I’d have told him to f$ck off.

A couple of thoughts/concerns on the new conference. Might need to get an afternoon nap in to make it through the late games. Hopeful we don't add the Pacific time schools. And the second thought is what the truck happens to Bill Walton? Hope he either rides of into the weed patch in the sky or follows his alma mater to the big 10.

Is anybody else watching? 38 - 7 with 5:30 to go to the half. UConn just absolutely having their way with them.

Hilton Coliseum will be rocking once again on Saturday afternoon when Iowa State takes on Kansas at 12:30. I've confirmed that five recruits will be in attendance for the festivities, plus seeing their way around campus and checking out the basketball facilities. Here's a quick rundown!

Login to view embedded media For the past several months, the Milwaukee (Wisc.) standout Jamarion Batemon has emerged as the Cyclones' point guard priority in the 2025 class and not much has changed. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound point guard is averaging 21.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists as a junior. He's also connected on 46-percent of his shots from 3-point territory. Iowa State and Marquette have been the clear-cut favorites for Batemon, who also has an offer from Illinois.

Login to view embedded media A four-star prospect considered the #43 overall junior in the country, Glendale (Wisc.) Nicolet small forward Davion Hannah will be getting his first look at Iowa State on Saturday. The 6-foot-7, 180-pound junior also has offers from Arizona State, LSU, Marquette, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Oregon, Wake Forest, and Wisconsin. Hannah is likely to add an offer from the Cyclones to the list this weekend. This season, he's averaging 19.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.8 steals per game.

Login to view embedded media One of the top point guards on Iowa State's wish list in the 2026 class is 6-foot-0, 170-pound sophomore Cedric Tomes. The Woodbury (Minn.) East Ridge product is averaging more than 20 points per game this season. He has early offer from the Cyclones and Minnesota.

Login to view embedded media Davenport (IA) Assumption Nevon Shabazz is one of the state's top prospects regardless of class and is heading to Ames for the third time on an unofficial visit. He has early offers from Wake Forest to go with others in the low-to-mid major ranks. This season as a sophomore, the 6-foot-3, 170-pound point guard is averaging 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists.

Login to view embedded media Rolla (Missouri) sophomore combo guard Ethan Brown is taking his second unofficial visit to Iowa State this weekend. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound sophomore is putting up big numbers for his team this season. Lindenwood, Saint Louis, and Southeast Missouri State are the early offers, but the Cyclones could blow open his recruitment with an offer this weekend.

I really enjoyed this.

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In NH, polling among likely GOP voters, Trump is beating Haley by 40. The ONLY reason she has so called wider support is because a ton of democrats are voting in the NH primary. Her whole campaign is fake. She is a RINO that appeals to the uni-party.

I was surprised when I left the game that there were already two or three tents setup for the Kansas game. They must have got out there as quickly as they could. Heck maybe they put them up as soon as everyone was inside for the KSU game. Crazy. This is something I never experienced as a student.