OU and BU still playing, but terminal. Texas lost - conference not the power it used to be. It seem the committee wisely discounted our KC wins. Do we miss Kim yet?

I have not seen much discussion on this topic, understanding it’s a long ways away. What is the possible picture for next year with both playing a similar role on the team? Is there a scenario that exists where Williams starts next year and Lipsey is forced to the bench?

I saw the vintage basketball Cy logo on the new team gear - it's so easy to modernize, so I threw this together in 15 minutes.

DESIGN NOTES:

1.) Cy doesn't need ruffled shorts. Maybe Queen Victoria, but not our avian friend.

2.) Generic block logo changed to current logo shape.

3.) All whites. It's not 1940.

4.) I've never understood the socks. Is this puffy dough or what. Fixed!

5.) Cy is now a sneakerhead.

Done. Watch the Mickey D players line up at Hilton. Drop the banners. Collect the chips.

SIAP - never seen this before: https://www.ncaa.com/webview/news:b...:longest-ncaa-bracket-has-ever-stayed-perfect

"In 2022, all brackets busted on the first Friday of the tournament when No. 11 Iowa State upset No. 6 LSU, 59-54. That’s when this bracket created by ESPN user "Bekins24" — busted."

We've got a 13 y.o. beagle. 2-3 years ago she developed a cough and our vet at that time diagnosed a collapsed trachea. Tried a few different meds but the only thing that worked was hydrocodone, 1ml liquid, twice a day. That worked for quite a while but recently her cough returned. We have since moved and saw her new vet this week. They did some x-rays and determined she does not have a collapsed trachea, but she does have an enlarged heart. They stated that hydrocodone dose was very low and wanted to quadruple it to 4ml twice a day in pill form. Just thought I'd ask if anyone had other input. She is seeing a cardiologist in two weeks.

I know some people might say she's 13, it may be time to just put her down. But she is otherwise in good health. Still very happy, energetic and walks over a mile every day. Blood work is perfect. We just don't feel it's her time yet.

I currently have (2) 23" monitors set-up side-by-side and always use the monitors independently. Only used for email, spreadsheets, Word etc. (no gaming).

I have recently learned of the curved monitor design and am seeking thoughts from those of you that have experience or opinions of this new design.
* Can this single monitor serve as a dual monitor set-up?
* Any thoughts/opinions on the benefit of a curved monitor?
* Should I just continue to use the dual monitor set-up as opposed to the curved monitor?

Hadn't started up a thread for this season yet. Am enjoying this season so far, the cast has some fun personalities and are already playing the game hard it feels like. Crazy they had the medical issues from the start too.

I like the new twists from the start too with the risking up to 2 votes for the possibility of an advantage then the advantages were not identical either. The bag in the cage with the idol and fake idol was a great new way of creating chaos. Already have 1 fake idol successfully planted with Danny planting the key again and Matt finding it.

Wish I had started this from episode 1 to keep better track of what has gone on so far and been more fresh in my mind plus I'm watching it a day or so later now that my 3rd grade daughter wants to watch it with us now too. Some random thoughts I have:

- My favorite player right now is Danny. He's playing a sneaky game strategically while not overplaying it so far.
- Carolyn is a bit nutty but I think she would be a good person to align with if you can keep her calm enough as I think her only move at the moment is to find a few people to stay loyal with and be part of some votes
- Yam Yam is quite the character, such a happy personality and playing a good social game so far
- The "love connection" going on with Matt and Frannie while entertaining we all know how that winds up eventually as they just put bigger targets on them to be voted out.
- So far there isn't a player that I just loathe but maybe give it a couple more weeks and someone might start to annoy me. Overall really think they put together a good cast this season compared to some of the more recent ones.

You have to look for yourself. About as dominating performance as you can find.Golf

HEY GUYS!

I have compiled just about the best chunk of photos I took. I hope! I took so many and just hope I didn't miss any good ones! I think my favorite ones are of Carr and Coleman at the Parade of All Americans.

Enjoy!

Like many of you I watched this game from a distance. I found a place in Des Moines to meet with some friends as my wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. I was wary of Toledo as I knew their style of play went directly against one of our long time weaknesses - speed to burn. In this case it was speed kills.

Rather than writing up the excruciating details of the game I'll briefly summarize what happened.

The sisters actually got off to a rather good start and led throughout much of the first quarter. They had a five point lead and only a late bucket by Toledo would cut it to three as time expired. For everything Toledo did right in the first, the sisters countered quite well. I felt fairly comfortable with parts of what I was seeing, but one thing bothered me. It appeared as if Toledo had borrowed some of Creighton's recipe for success from 2022. It was quite apparent that our guards couldn't keep up with the speed of players like Lockett. She was making our top defenders look pedestrian as she drove the lane. And she wasn't the only one.

The second quarter is where the wheels started to fall off the bus. Toledo continued to hit shots inside and out throughout the quarter. It seemed everything they tossed up went in (a la KU not too long ago). This is also when the offense for the sisters started to change. Mistakes were made resulting in turnovers and empty possessions. The ladies started to fall back on bad habits such as chucking up threes instead of running an offensive set. We also saw Joens begin to play one on five all too often with zero results. What this led to was a dominating quarter for Toledo and a seven point lead at the break 43-36. Here's a key stat for the half. Toledo shot 58% from the field and right at 50% from three. Iowa State on the other hand? The sisters went from shooting 33% from deep in the 1st to a miserable 18% in the second. Their overall shooting dropped to a horrid 27% with only 4 made shots on the quarter.

The third saw a fairly even battle, but one where the sisters could gain no ground. Their overall shooting continued to nosedive (25%) and they continued to futilely put up threes, but this time at a 20% rate. Turnovers also went up as Toledo was very aggressive. The ladies just didn't take care of the ball well. So, while the quarter played even, Toledo expanded their lead to eight. Nothing gave any sign that the ladies were out of it, but they also didn't show signs of coming back into the game. What we did see were two things happening. The team started going inside and drew foul after foul. The free throw line was our friend with the ladies hitting a solid 7/10.

The fourth saw more free throws, more missed threes and another 16% quarter from deep. The ladies actually made a couple of pushes to close the gap, but each time they got within striking distance, Toledo answered or the sisters made a mistake. In the end they just didn't have the offense or defense to overcome a highly energized Toledo team. The sisters' season came to an end 80-73.

Observations
I have to mention Joens right off here. We just saw the career of one of the greatest players in ISU history come to a close. She battled as always and you can never doubt her effort. My hats off to her. I wish her the best in both of her future careers.

Joens - there were times that her game reverted to the one on five mentality. It was as if she didn't "realize" she had four teammates out there on some of the offensive possessions. That was frustrating. Yes she scored 23 points (11 at the line), but her shooting was way off today as she only hit on 5 of 19 shots. Many of those weren't even remotely close. Thirteen critical boards.

Donarski - she had some nice offensive plays netting 13 points, but her three point shot...just like the rest of the team was stone cold (1-7). She also got burnt numerous times on defense as players like Lockett just drove right past her. She looked a wee bit frustrated at various spots of the game.

Ryan - 11 points (like others bad from deep) and only three assists to go along with three turnovers.

Diew - not a good game here either. Got chewed up on defense (eventually fouling out) and didn't have the magic on the offensive end going 2-8 from the field (6 of those from deep).

Kane/Izzi - the posts were very ineffective today. I particularly thought Toledo had really watched some film of Kane as every time she put on a move, the Toledo post knew EXACTLY what to expect and tied her up a couple of times. Izzi missed some bunnies. Kane had only four actual shots for the ENTIRE game. Toledo effectively killed the inside play today.

Fritz - she was the only efficient shooter for the game and just didn't get the ball enough. Went 5-9 from the field along with 4 boards.

M&M - her last game wasn't really memorable either. Wasn't able to hit any of her shots, but gave some positive minutes in relief for some of her teammates.

Free Throws - this is the only reason ISU stayed in this game. The team went 19-22 overall which helped offset some of Toledo's hot shooting. Joens was the leader here hitting 11 of them.

Rebounds - you'd expect the taller team to dominate here, but we didn't. Outrebounded Toledo by 4. BUT...when the opponent is hitting 50% from the field there are definitely fewer opportunities.

This game reminded me of the debacle at KU in February. We gave up 90+ points to a team that couldn't miss. That was exactly the way the first half was and Toledo was shooting nearly 60% at the break. Our defense was just shredded over and over again. We were too slow playing a man-to-man defense and we paid dearly. The other thing this game reminded me of was the futility in scoring we saw during the short losing streak last month. The ladies just couldn't get the ball to go in the hoop. Fortunately, the free throw line kept them in it until the end. But the shooting and some of the shot decisions? Woof.

This was a season built on great hype. The ladies persevered though, through tragedy and being put in tough spots. It was just unfortunate that the team we saw work to a Big 12 Tourney championship wasn't the one that appeared today. Yes, some of that was Toledo, but the big difference was our inability to make shots throughout the game. THIRTY-ONE three point attempts is WAY too many for this team. Then you add in the inefficiency level and it was a disaster.

Sad way to end the season. But lots of great memories along the way. Now...we wait to see what happens with the NCAA decision about Soares. After that it's getting a top 10 recruiting class on board and getting ready for another successful year.

No disrespect to the panthers, I'm a firm believer that Pittsburgh beating them is a huge fluke and robs the Cyclones of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Cyclones play great defensive basketball it's just not fair.

If the Cyclones lose again I will face that the Panthers deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Cyclones and the NCAA tourney.

The offensive struggles have been tough to watch and there is no excuse for what happened yesterday. However, the future is bright. The talent upgrade coming in the next 2 classes has me pumped for the future of this program. And if you're not a recruiting junkie like me, this is what we all get to look forward to.

2023

2024
https://247sports.com/player/jt-rock-46127562/ - he'll be a consensus 4 star once Rivals pulls their head out of their ass

Because he's a born on 3rd base, whiney, self important douchebag just like the rest of them

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Carr loss caps it for me.

Note: I'm not bagging on any athlete or team.

Everything Bill Fennelly, Ashley Joens, Morgan Kane and Denae Fritz had to say following their first round loss to Toledo at the NCAA Tournament Saturday:

Some day, if it ever get to talk to Jamie Pollard about the NCAA tournament selection process, I want to have some questions ready. Here are some of mine.

1. Why are not all Round 1/2 sites correlated with the same Round 3/4 regional sites? For example, why does KU start in Des Moines, but set up to go to the West region rather than the KC region?
2. Is there a rule to prevent lower seeded teams from having a geographic advantage? For example, why wasn't Auburn prevented from playing in Birmingham?
3. How much impact does the conference tournament have?
4. Does the committee pay any attention to the total number of teams coming from particular conferences?
5. Might the committee have picked UCLA as a #4 seed and made ISU a #5 seed because of wanting UCLA to host Rounds 1/2 in the women's tournament? Because of TV viewership potential? Or because ISU hosted last year? Or because EIU was also hosting this year? Or trying to spread hosting around to other conferences?
6. For what rounds are teams protected from repeat matchups?

Please feel free to add your own. Or provide links if there are official answers.

What are some your highlights/favorite memories from this season?

Beating #1 UNC. It's crazy now how far this is down the list of wins now but at the time that was fun as hell.

Absolutely owning Baylor all year. Basically controlled every game against them and dominated them on the boards. Who would've ever thought we would do that?

Controlling KU at home.

Watching Jaren Holmes become an all timer in one season. Love seeing a guy just soak up everything ISU and just love his time here. He is a really smart guy too, a great interview listen.

The Texas game at home. Insane environment.

NCAA Championships, Session 6
Saturday, March 18 | 6 p.m. CDT
BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.

BRACKETS/STATS: TrackWrestling

***TV/STREAMING (all individual mats on ESPN+)***

SESSION SCHEDULE
*Championship Finals

TEAM SCORING
4 plus bonus

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
157: #1 O'Connor (UNC) vs #2 Haines (PSU)
165: #1 Carr (ISU) vs #2 O'Toole (MIZ)
174: #1 Starocci (PSU) vs #2 Labriola (NEB)
184: #1 Keckeisen (UNI) vs #3 Brooks (PSU)
197: #1 Bonaccorsi (PITT) vs #7 Sloan (SDSU)
285: #1 Parris (MICH) vs #3 Kerkvliet (PSU)
125: #2 Glory (PRIN) vs #4 Ramos (PUR)
133: #1 Bravo-Young (PSU) vs #3 Arujau (CORN)
141: #1 Woods (IOWA) vs #2 Alirez (NCOL)
149: #1 Diakomihalis (CORN) vs #2 Sasso (OHST)

Dude came to Iowa State coming off a 2 win season. Helped get us to the sweet 16 and turn the program around. He could have easily gone to a school that had a better season the year before and an established coach. He didn’t. He came to Iowa State and believed. Didn’t have his best game yesterday. However, he will be one of the players that goes down as the player who helped turn this thing around. I appreciate that. Great leader.

Let's discuss our line up next year. What does everybody think? Any surprises?

Who: No. 17 Iowa State (22-9, 11-7 Big 12) vs. Toledo (28-4, 16-2 MAC)
Where: Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, Tenn.
When: Saturday, March 18, 2023 – 2:30 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: ESPN2
PxP: Pam Ward
Analyst: Stephanie White

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf
Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson

STATS: LIVE STATS

IOWA STATE GAME NOTES (PDF) | TOLEDO GAME NOTES (PDF)

PROJECTED STARTERS

NCAA Championships, Session 5
Saturday, March 18 | 10 a.m. CDT
BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.

BRACKETS/STATS: TrackWrestling

***TV/STREAMING (all individual mats on ESPN+)***

SESSION SCHEDULE
*Consolation Semifinals
*3rd/5th/7th Place Matches

TEAM SCORING
Consolation Semis = 3.5 plus bonus
Placing Matches = 1 plus bonus

IOWA STATE MATCHES
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
184: #5 Coleman vs #2 Hidlay (NCST)

PLACING MATCHES
184: #5 Coleman vs #4 Munoz (ORST)/#6 Romero (OHST)

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