I searched and didn't find a thread related to the USA Basketball's U19 tryout Tyrese is currently trying out for in Colorado. Mods feel free to merge is there is one.

Haliburton appears to be playing well so far and making a case for the team.

Based on a not so large sample size of of one workout, it looked to me that the fiercest competition to make the team will come at the point guard spot. By nature of college experience, guys like Iowa State's Tyrese Haliburton, Alabama's Kira Lewis, Baylor's Jared Butler and possibly even Oklahoma State's Isaac Likekele (if they want to try him at point) have a little bit of a leg up on the competition.

But, five-star Sharife Cooper, five-star Jalen Suggs, top 35 Caleb Love and 2020's No. 2 ranked player Cade Cunningham all look to have legitimate shots at making the team.

Cooper impressed with his quickness, shifty ability to create off the dribble and lack of fear against bigger and stronger players. Suggs is physically capable of hanging with the older guys and can score around the rim as well as any of the high school guys. Love has been a work in progress over the last year making the move from shooting to point guard and he looked comfortable playing both spots on Saturday. Also surprising was that he wasn't as far behind the curve from a strength standpoint as I might have expected. Cunningham, well Cunningham looked like he has all spring. Confident, tough, poised and skilled and always making the right call on both defense and offense.

As for the college guys, I loved Haliburton's ability to read the floor. Lewis is incredibly quick and still surprisingly thin but doesn't back down from anybody. Butler is a tough shot maker with strength while Likelele competes on every possession and has all kinds of leadership qualities.
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/usab-u19-tryouts-bossi-s-saturday-takeaways

Tyrese should know tomorrow if he made the team

The training camp will be used to determine the official, 12-member roster for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team, which will be selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee.

Finalists for the team are expected to be announced on the morning of June 18, and the team will be named prior to its departure for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Greece on June 24. The FIBA U19 World Cup will take place June 29-July 7 in Heraklion, Greece. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens born on or after Jan. 1, 2000.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/06/mu19-training-camp-roster-updated.aspx

DM making national headlines, unfortunately. Two big events this Father’s Day Weekend.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/16/us/iowa-west-des-moines-four-dead/index.html?r=https://www.cnn.com/

https://whotv.com/2019/06/16/multiple-people-hurt-after-drive-by-shooting-in-des-moines/

Probably a long shot but it makes a lot of sense. The Lakers currently only have six guys under contract which includes a project PG they drafted in the 2nd round last year and Curso a 2-way contract who should be a solid backup PG.

Rumors abound on signing Kemba or Kyrie on max or close to deals will causes a need for cheap contracts. Guessing they resign McGee and add another rim protector on the cheap basically leaving a huge void at the 2.

They'll likely find their starting 2 with a veteran exemption contract but his backup could end up being an undrafted free agent. Just thought a guy like Shayok might be a perfect fit for a team looking for cheap shooters.

Finally I got to pick my season tickets Friday. Bring on the football season !!!!!!!

We're heading back to Iowa to visit family in a couple weeks and I'd like to avoid missing two weeks of workouts since I've JUST gotten back to it after nearly 6 months off. I plan to hit the hotel gyms on the drive out and back, even though they're usually a joke. But we'll be staying with family so no weights available. Looking for a place I can drop in and do some barbell work. Any recommendations?

No poll, just your opinion. Post pics!

I’m going with The Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth.

Season or individual games

As I have mentioned before, I recently moved back to Iowa after living around the country for the last quarter century. I technically moved in 1995 after the UNLV game (Big game for Troy Davis!), but I just realized this will be my first full season of Cyclone Football since 1994. Yes, that dreadful 0-10-1 season! I went to every stinking home game too.

So, I am looking forward to my first year back as a season ticket holder watching Iowa State play Big Xii Football instead of Big 8 Football. It will be fun seeing the Texas teams as conference opponents and seeing old Big 8 rivals too. I've been to a few games since I left town, but it has been sporadic at best.

So, looking at this year's home schedule, here is the last time I have seen these 7 home opponents play in person:

UNI: 1994 @ Iowa State. The Panthers sang their fight song in the end-zone after the game, AGAIN!

Iowa: 2001 @ Iowa State. I was visiting my in-laws for Thanksgiving and was able to go to this 9/11 make-up game. Seneca being Seneca - along with a strong showing from the defense helped ISU to a hard fought 17-14 victory.

UL-M: Will be a first for me! FYI: The WarHawks will be the 110th FBS team for me to see play in person.

TCU: 2004 @ Cincinnati in the C-USA days!

Oklahoma State: 1997 @ Iowa State. The Cowboys put a damper on Jack Trice Stadium Dedication night. Plus, that was the night Princess Diana died.

Texas: 1995 Sugar Bowl vs. Virginia Tech! Got so drunk that night with a buddy of mine from California. We had a designated driver who laughed at us all night long. Had a blast though. lol. "Roll on you Hokies!"

Kansas: 1994 @ Iowa State. Another miserable loss in a miserable season. Kansas must be destroyed!

As for Iowa State, I last saw the boys in the Liberty Bowl win over Memphis.

Looking forward to a great season of football watching some old foes I have not seen play in a while.

Let's Go State!

P.S. The UNI Game will be my first game in the stadium since the expansion. My last home game was in 2012 vs. West Virginia (another Thanksgiving Weekend game).

I've got a little gettin' even to do:
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Hello Fanatics, another travel thread. I have gotten great travel advice here before (Napa/Sonoma and Europe) so I thought I would see what you all know about the Seattle/Portland areas and between.

We will fly into Seattle and have 8 nights to get to Portland before we fly out. Going in mid-August. We will spend a little time in each city, also planning on going to Mt. Rainer/Mt. Hood and/or possibly Mt. St Helens for hiking, we’ve seen some other scenic hikes to do with some waterfalls, and have been looking at restaurants/bars in the cities. Nothing is set in stone yet, except flights.

We are looking mainly for recommendations on what to do between cities, including vineyard recommendations, where to stay, how to travel (car rental) etc. Also open to city specific advice (neither of us have been there before, but a lot of travel blogs do cover the cities fairly thoroughly).

Thanks!

I'm living out in Buffalo, NY now so the closest ISU normally comes to here is when they play in Morgantown. It's 4.5hrs away so I'm wanting to commit to go down there this year and was just looking for any advise from people who have been to a game in Morgantown before. Things like best place to stay, best places to eat/drink, tips on where to park/tailgating on gameday. Are there any ISU groups that do a big tailgate? Or if there is anyone else going to be in town it will just be my wife and me so we would love to meet new people who root for the right school!

Thanks Sean!

So is this in Ames now?

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A monument to that finest of all jokes, the Dad Joke.

Show dad you care!

I saw on Sunday at 8:00pm many of the exits on 80-35 in Des Moines are closed for construction. Does anyone know what is going on? I was driving to work today and noticed a bunch of them in a row that are going to be closed and it just seemed odd to me.

https://www.flowrestling.org/video/...of-iowa-brands-rivalry-and-cyclones-next-year

Dresser gave a nice 25 min. interview talking about all sorts of things.

Sounds like Straw might be the guy to beat at 165 right now.
He touches on the IA vs Eastern recruits and the limitations the IHSAA puts on our wrestlers for competing in the national folkstyle tournaments.
Gets into coaching and training philosophies a bit.
All sorts of stuff.

There are also some other interviews on Flo I haven't watched yet with St. John, Gomez, Gadson and some workout films.

Luke Anderson = 1
Caleb Grill = 2
Tre Jackson = 3
Marcedus Leech = 10
Prentiss Nixon = 11 (change)
Javan Johnson = 13
Rasir Bolton = 45
Nate Schuster = 23 (change)

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Games at Valley Southwoods starting at 4:30pm. Here are the matchups**:
4:30 Waukee Clive Vet Clinic (Conditt, Jackson, Ernst) vs. Fore the Vets (Solo, Griffin, Kourtlin Jackson)
5:45 Lions Club (Jacobson, Grill, Dante?) vs. Sparta Waste (Nixon, Anderson)
7:00 MRG International (Lewis, Johnson) vs. YMCA (Bolton, Leech)

**assuming 100% participation

Should be some interesting matchups. With minutes available in the backcourt next year I'm interested to see what the new guard/wing players bring to the table.

@Angie is temporarily occupied, so I’ll take the wheel this week and try to keep the car on the road.

Father’s Day is Sunday. (Yes, it’s an actual holiday. Who knew?!)

Anyway: What are some things your dad has said through the years, and you find yourself uttering something similar, perhaps without realizing it. Not limited to “words of wisdom," but any ol’ thing he commonly says (or said), and you’ve carried on the tradition.

Last week’s FOTs:

• Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Funeral
• Before You Go-Go

Expected of course, but the ink is down.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/06/13/bears-sign-third-rounder-david-montgomery/

Total long shot, My buddy DA(dumba$$), did not get a tent reserved as they sold out much faster then previous years. DA is in charge of the Converse House reunion they have every 4 years. He has about 60 people who will be back for the game. They are open to renting outright or sharing a tent, if it someone has a smaller group and wants to offset the cost. They would also willing to go in on group tickets and lower the cost on them. Pm me and I'll get you in touch with him. If, no reply within a week, he will probably get one of the auxiliary tents. Thanks

Asked her son to turn on the ISU basketball game. Specifically mentions around 5:20 mark but the whole piece is great:
https://audioboom.com/posts/7288612...chance-to-make-the-all-decade-team-holly-rowe

Talking with a couple of my coworkers about our favorite "guilty pleasure" movies. The ones you inexplicably love despite a lack of redeeming features.

I'll Start:

Joe Dirt. I have to watch it every time its on TV. Find myself laughing throughout.
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Bloodsport. Or basically any early 90's Jean Claude Van Damme movie. Sooooo corny but so good
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Have my sights on this, and love everything about the idea. Paradox makes great strategy games, and building up your own Mafia gang sounds great!

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20...n-and-two-ton-clyde-malone-for-empire-of-sin/

"It’s the 1920s and Chigaco has crimes. Hearing that crimes can lead to meeting people named e.g. Two-Ton Clyde Malone, we decide that yes we shall do crimes.

Through illegal casinos, protection rackets, speakeasies, and such we’ll grow a gang, do crimes, expand our turf, throw down in turn-based combat I will describe in a glance as “looking a bit like XCOM”, and maybe even try what I suppose can be considered diplomacy. Along forming alliances, we’ll get to bribe cops and, the announcement says, “schmooze, coerce, seduce, threaten, or kill” folks in our way."