Too funny! And the Mountaineers’ opponent still hasn’t been called for one 5 1/2 minutes in.

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Besides being grabbed, held and bumped on most of his cuts all night long, I think his steal down low late in the game might have been what pushed him over the edge. It was in front of me and the ball was low, he swiped down and quickly came away clean with both hands on it. The baseline ref was OK with it. The ref out front who called it was totally blocked out by whoever the OSU player was that Grill was stealing from.

Overall, I was not that upset with their calls tonight. Way more us and the way OSU played defense on us. But, when you see crap like that late in the game that's what you remember.

1. It doesn't surprise me that UT/OU are leaving early and with a reduced payout. Jamie hinted as such several weeks ago on a video call with donors. On the same call, he said Gonzaga/Big 12 talks are real....but he struck me as not convinced (just my impression). Personally, there has to be more than just Gonzaga.
2. The PAC 12 is in a very difficult position. The Big 12 adding BYU & Houston and getting their media deal early really laid the wood to the PAC 12. The Big 10's move was a massive bomb. Between Yormark's stated goal of a PST presence and Gonzaga talks, it would not surprise me at all if some PAC 12 schools move to the Big 12.
3. The Big 12's leadership coupled with large, engaged fanbases has certainly helped the conference strengthen & rise from the ashes.

Iowa State Media Relations

SEATTLE – No. 14 Iowa State (8-1) earned its first win in school history over No. 1 Texas (7-1) in the ITA Indoor National Championship quarterfinals, 4-1, Saturday night. The Cyclones, who entered the match 0-26 all-time against the Longhorns, secured the highest ranked win in program history to advance to the semifinals, another program first.

Iowa State started fast by taking the crucial doubles point before getting singles wins in the No. 2, 4 and 5 spots to down the Longhorns.

With Iowa State holding a 3-1 lead in the match, No. 123 Miska Kadleckova delivered once again. The junior pushed the Cyclones through to the semifinals with a win over No. 69 MalaikaRapolu, 6-3, 6-3, for her 11th singles victory in a row and seventh win against a ranked opponent this season.

The Cyclones will take on No. 5 Georgia Sunday at 2 p.m. (CT) for a chance to play in the ITA Indoor National Championship.

HOW IT HAPPENED
For the second day in a row, the Cyclones started by earning the doubles point with back-to-back wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots.

Senior Thasaporn Naklo and sophomore Anna Supapitch Kuearum extended their winning streak together to 12 straight with their win over NicoleKhirin and Charlotte Chavatipon, 6-2. Ange Oby Kajuru and Xinyi Nong earned their fourth consecutive victory after defeating TaisiyaPachkaleva and Nicole Rivkin, 6-2.

Texas' No. 113 Marlee Zein would pull the Longhorns level in the team score with a win at No. 6 singles, as Chie Kezuka went down in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.

Sofia Cabezas gave the Cyclones the lead once again after she took down Rivkin, 6-1, 6-4, for her 15th singles victory this season. No. 53 Kajuru put ISU within striking distance with a win over No. 61 Chavatipon, 6-2, 6-3, extending her singles winning streak to 10.

Kadleckova closed it out with her victory over Rapolu in straight sets, sending Iowa State into the semifinals.

UP NEXT
No. 14 Iowa State will go head-to-head with No. 5 Georgia tomorrow at 2 p.m. (CT) in the semifinals at the ITA Indoor National Championship.

SINGLES RESULTS
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 2, 4
#1 – No. 42 Thasaporn Naklo (ISU) vs. Nicole Khirin (Texas) 4-6, 6-5 UF
#2 – No. 53 Ange Oby Kajuru (ISU) def. No. 61 Charlotte Chavatipon (Texas) 6-2, 6-3
#3 – Anna Supapitch Kuearum (ISU) vs. No. 71 Sabina Zeynalova (Texas) 0-6, 6-2, 3-1 UF
#4 – No. 123 Miska Kadleckova (ISU) def. No. 69 Malaika Rapolu (Texas) 6-3, 6-3
#5 – Sofia Cabezas (ISU) def. Nicole Rivkin (Texas) 6-1, 6-4
#6 – No. 113 Marlee Zein (Texas) def. Chie Kezuka (ISU) 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES RESULTS
Order of Finish: 1, 2
#1 - Naklo/Supapitch Kuearum (ISU) def. Khirin/Chavatipon (Texas) 6-2
#2 - Kajuru/Nong (ISU) def. Pachkaleva/Rivkin (Texas) 6-2
#3 - Kadleckova/Cabezas (ISU) vs. Zeynalova/Zein (Texas) 4-4 UF

WBB just lost its 3rd straight, and MBB has lost 4 of its last 5. Likely that neither will be ranked come Monday.

TRANSCRIPT: Iowa State's head coach talks home loss against Oklahoma State

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what a tough league.

Iowa State has now won 18 Big 12 duals in a row, its longest conference unbeaten streak in program history.

The announced crowd of 5,754 — the largest wrestling crowd ever at the McLeod Center — saw the Cyclones win six of 10 matches, including four of the final five, to notch their fourth consecutive win over Northern Iowa.

I didn’t watch it on Flo but I’m guessing it was a hostile pro-Iowa crowd.

After Carr's major decision, he took a selfie with a group of kids that watched the dual behind Iowa State's bench. Another really cool moment inside a jam-packed McLeod Center, according to the Register story.

Patrick calls it like it is!

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2 tickets for tomorrows game section 131 row 17 (lower level across from ISU bench) and a B-1 parking pass for $70.

I know you conspiracy buffs claim that the refs have it out for us. First, it seems peculiar to me that the refs have singled us out and want us to lose, like some think. Second here are the stats: In 17 games with P5 opponents and a multitude of different reffing crews, we have been called for more fouls in 14 of those 17 games. At some point fans need to realize that we foul a lot and it has very little to do with the refs. In our style of play we are going to get a lot of fouls. We rarely take the ball to the hoop, while our opponents do so much more frequently and that is a recipe for us to foul more.

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Old gyms are better anyway. 😁

You may have seen that there was a CyCast podcast released yesterday featuring Former ISU QB Wayne Stanley. It's a good listen if interested as he shares some good old stories about playing for Earle Bruce (and initially wanting him to get fired). At the end of the podcast he makes a brief mention of his son Demetrius Stanley needing prayers as he was fighting Prostate Cancer and was not doing well.

Unfortunately Demetrius lost his battle on Thursday morning at the age of 48. Demetrius was a well known former Buckeye wide receiver here in central OH and had been a fixture on local sports Buckeye coverage.

Wayne's career at ISU was before my Cyclone days (I was still in elementary school in SE Iowa), but I had one very brief chance to talk to him shortly after we moved to Ohio in the late 1990s. Seemed like a really good man and you could tell he still wanted to be engaged with Cyclone nation. Nothing much else to say but it struck me this morning as I saw the news about Demetrius, then not an hour later came across the new CyCast episode with Wayne. I've seen how the loss of a son (or any child) can hit a father...even when it happens later in life. And so am keeping Wayne and the entire Stanley family in thoughts and prayers.

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The 7’ footer had 30 last night - but the wild thing was, he was 5 of 6 from three point range. 🤯 He also made a 10 ft left handed jump hook. Very smooth.

The kid is a junior. Chet Holmgren 2.0 by the time he gets to Ames? My head might explode with the talent we are bringing in.

Good stuff here from one of the Cyclones' new assistants on the offensive side of the ball, as well as special teams coordinator.

LINK

Didn't see this posted. Interesting to say the least:

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Iowa State pushing hard for another recruit at Florida high school