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What If - Sweet 16 and Title Chance or Final 4

Which would you pick?

  • Guaranteed Final 4 and loss

    Votes: 141 66.5%
  • Guaranteed Sweet 16 and any potential outcomes

    Votes: 71 33.5%

There are several ways I thought about posting this and what options to use, but settled on this.

Which would you pick and why?

1 - Guaranteed spot in the Final 4 that would end in a loss.
2 - Guaranteed spot in the Sweet 16 with no predetermined outcome on win/loss going forward.

Muscatine students get all expenses paid trip to China

Hadn't heard about this, but it's interesting and would be a cool opportunity.

"Students from the Iowa town Chinese President Xi Jinping visited nearly 39 years ago were invited on an all-expense paid trip to China by the communist leader himself - showing the town of Muscatine has a special place in his heart.

In 1985, Sarah Lande organized a group from China visiting Muscatine on an agricultural research tour of America, and one of the participants was Xi.

The two have kept in contact over the years and Lande decided to take Xi up on his remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November when he expressed a desire to host American students in his country."

WBB RECRUITING: Agot Makeer gives an update on her recruitment during visit

WBB RECRUITING: 2025 four-star wing Agot Makeer (@makeer_agot) was in Ames for a visit this weekend, and caught up with @cfchangs9 during Saturday's Hilton doubleheader.

Beardshear (who knew?)

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"Beardshear’s legacy includes fostering the start of athletic programs, increasing faculty 25 to 78 while enrollment quadrupled during his 11-year tenure. The Cyclones nickname also came about in 1895 during Beardshear’s time as President. In 1938 the central building on campus was named Beardshear Hall to honor “The Father of Iowa State.” #IowaOTD #IowaHistoryDaily"

WBB: Cyclones and Iowans Playing Pro Ball

With Stephanie Soares signing her first pro contract I thought I'd open a general thread for our pro players sort of like what we have for the NBA in MBB forum. Leaving it open to include others with state of Iowa connections, either via Iowa schools of originally Iowa HS players. We will also be able to post Olympic teams stuff here for Carleton, and probably Soares to.
  • Stephanie Soares is currently in Brazil with their national team for the Olympic qualifying rounds this being hosted their.
  • Bridget Carleton just signed a two year contract with the Minnesota Lynx. She's played this winter in Spain and is now with Team Canada.
  • Ashley Joens is playing in Italy this winter and suspect she'll maybe get a training camp invite from someone in April.
  • Iowa related: Hawk's Megan Gustafson and Iowa native Kiah Stokes both signed WNBA contracts with the Las Vegas Aces this past week. . Gustafson was playing in England this winter.

Cyclones in NFL

Just a quick shout out to some former Cyclones tearing it up in the league right now

Purdy
• 1st in QBR with 83.7 nearest player Josh Allen at 77.7.
• 1st in passer rating with 123.1 nearest player is Tua Tagovailoa at 111.9.
• 2nd in completion % with 72.1%. Josh Allen is 1st with 73.1%.
• 8th in passing yards with 1,271.
• 2nd in average yards per attempt with 9.3. Allen is 1st with 9.7.
• 8th in yards per game with 254.2
• Tied for 7th with 9 touchdown passes.
• Has the 49ers @ 5-0, only S.F. & Philly are still unbeaten.
• Perfect 10-0 in the regular season as a starting quarterback.

Breece Hall
• 6th in rushing yards with 387.
• Longest rushing touchdown of the season at 83 yards.
• Tied for 3rd with 4 rushes of 20+ yards.
• 9th in yards per game with 77.4.

David Montgomery
• 7th in rushing yards with 371.
• 3rd in rushing touchdowns with 6.
• 5th in yards per game with 92.8.
• 4th in rushes for a first down with 23.
• Has the Lions at 4-1.

Will McDonald IV
• Fumble recovery in win over Denver.

Allen Lazard
• Has 13 receptions for 202 yards and a touchdown. 11 of those receptions resulted in a 1st down.

No. 4 ISU bonds over blond hair dye, beats No. 17 UNI, 27-14, Sunday at Hilton

***2023-24 NCAA FB coaching carousel***

I think we're really behind on this thread.

aTm: Mike Elko
Wyoming: Jay Sawvel
Duke: Manny Diaz
Houston: Willie Fritz
Tulane: Jon Sumrall
MTSU: Derek Mason
Miss St: Jeff Lebby
Michigan St: Jonathan Smith
Boise St: Spencer Danielson
Northwestern: David Braun
Indiana: Curt Cignetti
James Madison: Bob Chesney
SDSU: Sean Lewis
Syracuse: Fran Brown
Oregon St: Trent Bray
New Mexico: Bronco Mendenhall
NM State: Tony Sanchez
UTEP: Scotty Walden
ULM: Bryant Vincent
BC: Bill O'Brien
UCLA: DeShaun Foster
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