I know, I know this is an Iowa State message board but even panther haters have to give a tip of the cap to this guy for burying Kansas in the 2010 tourney.

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He's always full of great soundbites, but this was one of his better ones. The part about the confetti in the office is great.

On how much a win in the bowl game has helped catapult the program into the offseason:

“I think it was interesting for me to see, because this new recruiting schedule, we were gone all January, so you didn't get this. We went from the bowl game and then came back and didn't get to be around really our guys until February. The only time I would really get to see them is when I would just try to watch him on Saturdays up top. I guess I was kind of blown away with the work ethic those guys were able to come back with.

“Like I told you guys before, we won 11 games last year and I don't think any of us saw that as a fluke. The expectation here is that we're going to find a way to elevate the standard and win 11 games again win, maybe 12 or 13 games, whatever it takes. The habits have to reflect the mission, and you can't win championships without championship habits.

“As late as the season went for us, I think we were all still upset about how the Big 12 Championship Game went. I picked up confetti off the field and I keep it in my office. I look at it every day. As cool as the Pop-Tart Bowl was, and it was great to end with the win and happy for our seniors to send them off with a win, but I think there's a bad taste in everyone's mouth from just how we showed up and played in the Big 12 Championship Game.

“We can't get to that level and get on that stage and do that again, so I try to remind those guys of that. I don't have to a ton because the seniors do a good job of leading those guys and holding those guys accountable, but it has created some momentum for us. It's raised the standard of what Iowa State football looks like for those guys. They better match the work ethic or you're going to get exposed here.”

Wow, the hits keep coming... Casey, Tysen, Carroll, and now Chittum. Anyone else?
I also see we are in the market for new S&C coach.

The other thread mentioning tickets through ISU made me wonder how the other methods of getting tickets were this year for Milwaukee. We haven't gone since the Purdue/ISU matchup when Burton was playing. That was our 4th tournament and we always were able to get pretty good seats on the resale market at nice prices. Is that still possible?

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I think he did.
(My credentials? Class C All University Three on Three champs!)

Did he travel?

Chester90 said:

Some good points in the podcast were made about patience. Players do not have patience now. Coaches do not have patience with the rosters now. Fans do not have patience now. The fans, for sure. Locally, look at ISU fans calling freshmen busts this past season. Where ISU basketball stands nationally it takes a super-freshman to make an impact among proven veterans in the age of free agency. There really isn't any patience from players, coaches, or even a large percentage of fans.

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Great point about freshmen. If you’re coming into a program at the level ours is at, you’d better be a legit difference maker. And you’re spot on about patience…it’s gone from not much to nonexistent.

Give me a talented basketball player who decides to spend his/her summer baling hay, detasseling corn or working a job around town instead of playing more basketball during the summer any day.

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took about 90 seconds and I don't blame him

It will be here before we know it!!
That said, I cannot wait!

I have a close friend that heard from two sources. He said that are very credible that Keshon dad went to TJ and wanted more NIL money for him to play in the NCAA tournament. Has anybody heard this?

Going to be the first of many schools to do something similar.

An informal delegation of business leaders in Alberta are there to discuss Statehood. I have been watching all kinds of YouTube channels related to Canada, and clearly there are a lot of people in Canada not happy with what is happening. Then I see today that Alberta business leaders are meeting in Washington DC to discuss statehood possibilities. I have learned of something they call transfer payments in Canada, which is basically the amount of revenue each province generates for Canada versus the distributions to each province, and essentially Alberta has to pay Quebec $350 B for the priviledge of keeping Quebec in the country. Remember, in 1992 Quebec was within .5 percent of the vote of leaving Canada. So what has happened is the progressive French libs in Quebec and Ontario suck up all the money generated from oil in Alberta and redistribute that to all the lib projects in the country. They have told Alberta no to an East West pipeline so that Alberta can sell oil to Europe, and yet they expect Alberta to keep forking over money to French Canada. So Alberta knows that French Canada hates them, and their primary trading partner is the USA, so why not just join the USA.

Personally, I believe that Trump is using tariffs to essentially break up Canada and get the valuable pieces, which is Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. Even Alberta said that Canda does not work East-West. It really is all about working north-south with the USA, so why not just become part of the USA.

Sighting for Tennessee. Did not realize he was on the team. He is listed at 6’ 8”. Thought he was 6’5” when he played for ISU

Supposedly there's a cap coming up in April, but also Scholarship limits go away.

Can someone explain in laymen's terms how this will all affect ISU?

TIA

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt senior Nate Heise and junior Tamin Lipsey have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, the organization announced Tuesday morning.

The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and the proper athletic accomplishments to make the ballot. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 15.

Both players earned CSC Academic All-District honors last year as well, with Lipsey also being named to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team.

Heise averaged 5.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists for the season, but it was down the stretch when he turned it on for the Cyclones. In the final 10 games of the year, where Heise earned seven starts, he averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds, the third-most rebounds on the team. He scored in double figures in five of the last 10 games, including a season-high 13 points against Ole Miss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Lipsey was one of five Cyclones that averaged double figures on the season at 10.6 points per game. He was second on the team in assists at 3.1, while also averaging 2.6 rebounds per game. Lipsey had 68 steals on the year, the 11th-most in program history. In 103 career games, Lipsey is averaging 10.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He is one of just 26 players in college basketball to average those numbers in a career while playing at least 100 games. Lipsey earned All-Big 12 Third Team honors and Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors this season.

Ranked in the Top 15 in the country all season, the No. 15 Cyclones finished the year 25-10 with a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It was just the sixth season with at least 25 victories in program history.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Emily Ryan and sophomores Addy Brown and Arianna Jackson have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team, the organization announced Tuesday morning.

The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and the proper athletic accomplishments to make the ballot. Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 16.

All three Cyclones earn their first CSC Academic All-District honors this season.

Ryan capped off one of the most impressive Iowa State careers as the five-year starting point guard. She holds all-time career records at ISU for assists (993) and free throw percentage (.885) while also boasting top five marks in steals (228) and blocks (109). The Claflin, Kansas native averaged 9.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game and was honorable mention All-Big 12.

Brown was once again one of the most well-rounded players in women’s college basketball this season. She finished the season with 532 points, 268 rebounds and 190 assists, all top five marks among all-time Iowa State sophomores. She is also just the sixth player since 1999-2000 to record at least 400 points, 250 rebounds and 150 assists in multiple seasons. The Derby, Kansas native notched a career-high 41 points, one off the school record, against Arizona State in the second round of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship before dropping 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting against Princeton in the 2025 NCAA Championship’s First Four.

Jackson was a mainstay in the starting lineup for the Cyclones following a solid freshman campaign. The Des Moines native averaged 5.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. She often drew the toughest perimeter matchup on defense, having to guard All-American guards Paige Bueckers (UConn), Te-Hina Paopao (South Carolina), Serena Sundell (Kansas State) and Katie Dinnebier (Drake). Jackson finished the season with 45 3-pointers, the third most this season for the Cyclones.

Lipsy, MM, both Presidents.

Need a shooter, a ball handler, a Chatfield / BRE. I trust Otz will find them in the portal even with ISUs low-ball NIL. Or as freshmen.

If you told me five years ago the Cyclone basketball team would go to four NCAA tourneys in the next four years, I'd have doubted you and been overjoyed. Disappointed today. Delighted overall.

As always, YMMV.

I expect an NCAA appearance next year, too.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore Audi Crooks has been named one of 50 finalists for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America team. It is the second time in her career that she has been named a finalist for the 10-person team.

Crooks led Iowa State and the Big 12 Conference in scoring this season, averaging 23.4 points per game while shooting 60.5 percent from the floor. She set Iowa State single-season records for points and made field goals with 820 and 329, respectively. In the regular season finale against then-No. 14 Kansas State, Crooks dropped a season-high 36 points on 14-of-18 shooting from the floor. It marked her fifth of six games shooting over 75 percent from the floor this season. She also finished 8-of-11 (.727) from the free throw line in the contest and pulled down 10 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the year. Crooks finished 24 of 35 games with 20-plus points and six games with 30-plus. Along with her top marks in points and field goals, she also posted Iowa State sophomore top-five marks in rebounds (261) and free throws (162).

The Algona native was named a Third Team All-America selection last week by both the Associated Press and USBWA. Crooks is the first Cyclone sophomore to be named to an All-America team by either outlet. She is also a top five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year award, the first ever at Iowa State.