Haliburton in at #21!
- By CyberJJJ
- Pro Sports
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Haliburton in with the #21 ranking in the NBA preseason!
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NBArank 2023: Player rankings for 2023-24, from 50 to 11
NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. See which stars just missed out on a top-10 spot.
STORY: Iowa State searching for its identity in preseason practices this month
- Women's Basketball
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WBB: Iowa State, in a unique spot, is finding its identity in preseason practice - Cyclone Fanatic
AMES – Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly told this year’s women’s basketball team and the incoming recruiting class that they are the foundation of the end of his time at the program. Fennelly, who enters his 29th season at Iowa State, isn’t contemplating retirement by the day. However, he knows...
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Iowa State’s Kelsey Joens, along with four fellow freshmen, looks to make a big mark this season
- By The Rob Gray
- Women's Basketball
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Iowa State's Kelsey Joens, along with four fellow freshmen, looks to make a big mark this season - Cyclone Fanatic
Iowa State Cyclones freshmen forward Jalynn Bristow (1), center Audi Crooks (55), guard Arianna Jackson (2), Kelsey Joens (23), and forward Addy Brown (24) pose during the university’s women’s basketball media day at Iowa State Sukup Basketball practice facility on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in...
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Iowa State's ground game could be the key to unlocking a road win at Cincinnati
- By The Rob Gray
- Football
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Iowa State's running game could be key to unlocking a tough road win Saturday at Cincinnati - Cyclone Fanatic
Iowa State Cyclones running back Eli Sanders (6) celebrates after a touchdown against TCU during the first half in the Jack Trice Legacy Game at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. © Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK AMES — Just one more twist, cut...
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Coin Flip = 50/50 Odds... No Longer
They might as well tell us Metric isn't really our future at this point...
Conventional wisdom about coin flips may have been turned on its head. A global team of researchers investigating the statistical and physical nuances of coin tosses worldwide concluded (via Phys.org) that a coin is 50.8% likely to land on the same side it started on, altering one of society’s most traditional assumptions about random decision-making that dates back at least to the Roman Empire.
The team appeared to validate a smaller-scale 2007 study by Stanford mathematician Persi Diaconis, which suggested a slight bias (about 51 percent) toward the side it started on. The authors of the new paper conducted 350,757 flips, using different coins from 46 global currencies to eliminate a heads-tail bias between coin designs. (They also used a variety of people to rule out individuals with biased flipping techniques corrupting the results.) Regardless of the coin type, the same-side outcome could be predicted at 0.508, which rounds up perfectly to Diaconis’ “about 51 percent” prediction from 16 years ago.
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Conventional wisdom about coin flips may have been turned on its head. A global team of researchers investigating the statistical and physical nuances of coin tosses worldwide concluded (via Phys.org) that a coin is 50.8% likely to land on the same side it started on, altering one of society’s most traditional assumptions about random decision-making that dates back at least to the Roman Empire.
The team appeared to validate a smaller-scale 2007 study by Stanford mathematician Persi Diaconis, which suggested a slight bias (about 51 percent) toward the side it started on. The authors of the new paper conducted 350,757 flips, using different coins from 46 global currencies to eliminate a heads-tail bias between coin designs. (They also used a variety of people to rule out individuals with biased flipping techniques corrupting the results.) Regardless of the coin type, the same-side outcome could be predicted at 0.508, which rounds up perfectly to Diaconis’ “about 51 percent” prediction from 16 years ago.
Coin flips don’t appear to have 50/50 odds after all
A large team of researchers concluded that, when caught in the air, coin flips are 50.8% likely to land on the same side that started facing upwards.
Which Brother Was Better?
- By BeastCY
- Mens Basketball
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So you have Chris Babb and Nick Weiler-Babb. Brothers. Both played at Iowa State. But who was more valuable for their team at Iowa State? Pretty equal numbers. Who would you take again?
Senior Year:
Chris Babb (2012-2013): Started all 33 games he competed in, averaging 9.1 points and 3.4 rebounds...one of the Big 12’s top defenders, earning Big 12 All-Defense honors...second on the team in steals, averaging 1.1 spg...was third on the team in 3-pointers with 65, tying for 14th on ISU’s single-season chart
Nick Weiler-Babb (2018-2019): Started all 35 games ... averaged 9.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals, making him only player in Big 12 to reach each of those benchmarks ... was second in the league in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5)
Senior Year:
Chris Babb (2012-2013): Started all 33 games he competed in, averaging 9.1 points and 3.4 rebounds...one of the Big 12’s top defenders, earning Big 12 All-Defense honors...second on the team in steals, averaging 1.1 spg...was third on the team in 3-pointers with 65, tying for 14th on ISU’s single-season chart
Nick Weiler-Babb (2018-2019): Started all 35 games ... averaged 9.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals, making him only player in Big 12 to reach each of those benchmarks ... was second in the league in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5)
First Ben Visser column: Can Iowa State make the hype into reality?
Hello everyone! Tis' the wrestling season!
I can't remember if I had mentioned this but Ben is going to be writing this season. I am very excited because he's a very talented writer. I think he'll be a great balance to the coverage the same way we're a good balance as podcast hosts together! Our podcast will make it's return next week. We record on Monday.
He isn't super active on the message boards so I'll make sure to get his stuff shared in here unless he decides he wants to be active!
Enjoy.
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I can't remember if I had mentioned this but Ben is going to be writing this season. I am very excited because he's a very talented writer. I think he'll be a great balance to the coverage the same way we're a good balance as podcast hosts together! Our podcast will make it's return next week. We record on Monday.
He isn't super active on the message boards so I'll make sure to get his stuff shared in here unless he decides he wants to be active!
Enjoy.
VISSER: Preseason hype for Iowa State wrestling is real, now can the Cyclones turn the hype into reality - Cyclone Fanatic
Photo Courtesy of Jacqueline Cordova / Cyclone Fanatic When Iowa State wrestling coach Kevin Dresser took over the program after the 2016-17 season, Hilton Coliseum was divided by an imposing black curtain that sectioned off roughly a third of the available seats and loomed over the wrestling...
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STORY: T.J. Otzelberger focused on improving free throw percentage in '23-'24
- Mens Basketball
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T.J. Otzelberger is focused on improving his team's mark from the free throw line this season, and the program's brought in just the pieces to do it.
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T.J. Otzelberger puts a focus on improvement from the free throw line for 2023-'24 season
AMES - Iowa State ranked 320th in free throws made per game a season ago. Obviously, that's a number the Cyclones are eager to change. Iowa State, under coach T.J. Otzelberger, has been focused on creating strong team chemistry to help make up for areas of concern. But now he's convinced tha
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