Did the Women’s team play a Company Intramural Team for an Exhibition during 2002?

[ISUCyclones2015]

Saw this schedule for the 2002-2003 season and the women played an exhibition against Johnson Financial?

There is no college called that. There is a Johnson Financial company out of Wisconsin but that’s all I could find so far.

@ChrisMWilliams any way to get a confirmation on what the heck this team was? Or anyone else have info?

Also shout out to the Men’s playing Coe that year

 

[JP4CY]

Didn't the men play a team once with "Oil" in the name?

 

[somecyguy]

Didn't the men play a team once with "Oil" in the name?

Marathon Oil Not sure they are still around, but they were a semi-pro team. NCAA stopped allowing them to play college teams back in the early 2000s.

 

[shadow]

Marathon Oil Not sure they are still around, but they were a semi-pro team. NCAA stopped allowing them to play college teams back in the early 2000s.

I think the 05-06 men's team lost an exhibition game to EA sports 50-48. Not sure who was on the EA sports team or why it even existed.

 

[cyclone13]

I think the 05-06 men's team lost an exhibition game to EA sports 50-48. Not sure who was on the EA sports team or why it even existed.

Was it one of the factors that ended up pushing Wayne Morgan? I though we paid a third party to arrange that game..

 

[Messi]

That’s a woof men’s home schedule.

 

[shadow]

Was it one of the factors that ended up pushing Wayne Morgan? I though we paid a third party to arrange that game..

Not sure but that's when I knew that team probably wasn't going to live up to expectations and get back to the tournament.

 

[somecyguy]

Was it one of the factors that ended up pushing Wayne Morgan? I though we paid a third party to arrange that game..

I think it was multiple factors, but I think Pollard didn't trust Morgan or believe in him. The fact that he ended up selling DirectTV systems rather than coaching kinda speaks for itself.

 

[theshadow]

Saw this schedule for the 2002-2003 season and the women played an exhibition against Johnson Financial?

There is no college called that. There is a Johnson Financial company out of Wisconsin but that’s all I could find so far.

Johnson Financial was a "team" comprised mostly of former college players from Iowa/midwest.

That year the JF squad included the likes of Stephanie Schmitz, Erin Richards, Lisa Brinkmeyer and Jamie Anderson (all from Drake), and former Cyclones Megan Taylor and Sarah Robson.

JF played ISU, Drake, and UNI in exhibition games that season.

 

[Revenge of Macloney]

Johnson Financial was a "team" comprised mostly of former college players from Iowa/midwest.

That year the JF squad included the likes of Stephanie Schmitz, Erin Richards, Lisa Brinkmeyer and Jamie Anderson (all from Drake), and former Cyclones Megan Taylor and Sarah Robson.

JF played ISU, Drake, and UNI in exhibition games that season.

I would have followed Megan Taylor off a cliff around that time.

 

[NWICY]

Didn't the men play a team once with "Oil" in the name?

Marathon Oil was their exhibition game back in the day.

 

[cyclones500]

Was it one of the factors that ended up pushing Wayne Morgan? I though we paid a third party to arrange that game..

Here's the basic recap of the situation. (D1 scheduling is the "third party" but had nothing to do with EASports game, it was non-conference schedules)

Scandal engulfs Iowa State; officials deny wrongdoing

It’s been a long week for the ISU men’s basketball program. Just three days after the team failed to receive an invitation to the NIT, CBS SportsLine.com broke a story naming Iowa State as the centerpiece of a major scheduling and recruiting scandal. The same day, Cyclone stars Will Blalock and...

iowastatedaily.com

 

[pulse]

I think it was multiple factors, but I think Pollard didn't trust Morgan or believe in him. The fact that he ended up selling DirectTV systems rather than coaching kinda speaks for itself.

Neither did the fans. He was just a stop gap after LE.

 

[chuckd4735]

Neither did the fans. He was just a stop gap after LE.

He was the only coach that would accept the job after the way BVD handled the Eustachy situation.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Saw this schedule for the 2002-2003 season and the women played an exhibition against Johnson Financial?

There is no college called that. There is a Johnson Financial company out of Wisconsin but that’s all I could find so far.

@ChrisMWilliams any way to get a confirmation on what the heck this team was? Or anyone else have info?

Also shout out to the Men’s playing Coe that year

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Back in the day it was a trend for companies to sponsor semi pro teams that went around and played pre season exhibitions against college teams. The NCAA outlawed it in the early 2000s and the teams disappeared.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Was it one of the factors that ended up pushing Wayne Morgan? I though we paid a third party to arrange that game..

No. Completely different thing.

 

[ruxCYtable]

I think the 05-06 men's team lost an exhibition game to EA sports 50-48. Not sure who was on the EA sports team or why it even existed.

One of Floyd's teams lost to Marathon Oil too

 

[Jar_Lar]

Hello, great question, I have a project pertaining to this topic of every CycloneWBB game ever.

The Cyclones won 68-57 on Nov. 10, 2002.

Below is a box score.