Iowa State Cyclones

My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...

Notre Dame looked and played like a basketball team with an upset stomach Friday night. The 76-58 Irish loss to Iowa State was just another chapter in the saga of NCAA Tournament futility. It's been a decade since Notre Dame found its way to the Sweet...

I actually like KU’s Adidas uniforms they’re wearing at the Big 12 Tournament, I’m not sure I want to see them every day.   I know I don’t want to see Notre Dame’s ever again; I wouldn’t use them to line my cat litter....

TODAY'S MEN'S TV HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || ACC: BC vs. Georgia Tech || 54, 20, ESPNUNoon || || Big Ten: Illinois vs. Minnesota || BIGTENNoon || || Big East: Georgetown vs. TBA || ESPNNoon || || Atlantic 10: Charlotte vs. Richmond ||...

For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....

I wonder how many people in Manhattan were calling a charge of Elijah Johnson's last drive of regulation last night at Iowa State. Self the gamesman-- Bill Self went off early on lead official Mark Whitehead last night, drawing a technical just over 2:...

I’m going to miss the BracketBusters.  Up until the last couple of years I’d really come to wonder what immediate benefit Wichita State got from this game.  Yes, it helped in their scheduling, but through the first seven years rarely did it...

For What it’s Worth---on this February 22 -- And to think—there was a time that I loved snow. Like many, I spent way too much time yesterday digging out of Antarctica. Fortunately, I was able to enlist the help of my just turned 14 year old...

For What it’s Worth---on this February 17 -- Former Shocker Coach Mark Turgeon’s Maryland Terrapins beat #2 Duke as the Blue Devils miss a shot at the buzzer, just an hour before former WSU and Turgeon assistant Tad Boyle (Colorado) losses one...

Really?  Oklahoma beats a Kansas team that’s lost two in a row and you storm the court?  You’re Oklahoma, haven’t you been there before? And while I’m at it--- Can we get rid of the ‘Overrated’ chant by students...

For What it’s Worth---on this February 9-- Stop thinking and start balling.  Incredibly, there are two teams in Kansas who are in real need of that advice. Shocks teetering--- Wichita State is in uncharted territory.  None of these players...

For What It's Worth---on February 5 -- I’m wondering who's going to step forward for the Shockers tonight at Southern Illinois. Who's the guy that's going to be accountable and say 'this isn't happening on my watch'. Still ranked? I was...