By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams
Your Cyclone roundup for Tuesday, June 12….
HOOPS RECRUITING: After spending this past weekend in Ames, Virginia Tech transfer Dorian Finney-Smith will officially visit Memphis today. That’s according to a local Memphis newspaper at least.
This news comes as a mild surprise to me. I had always heard Memphis’ name surface regarding Finney-Smith’s recruitment but Iowa State, Florida and Louisville always appeared to be the major players. As is always the case in hoops recruiting, stay tuned.
— This is old news by now but in case you missed it, 2013 Wisconsin prospect Matt Thomas has officially narrowed his list down to Iowa State and Virginia.
ROYCE WHITE: The 2012 NBA Draft is only a few weeks away and while it’s difficult to tell exactly where Iowa State’s Royce White will be selected, it’s pretty safe to say that he hasn’t hurt himself over the last week and a half at the combine and during the interview process.
News broke yesterday that White will workout for the Minnesota Timberwolves later today.
— My friend Travis Hines from the Marshalltown Times-Republican has been keeping an ongoing Royce White draft stock blog. CLICK HERE to check it out. It’s packed full of links regarding White and the draft process.
LOTS OF LINKS…
— The Iowa State athletic department is in the process of posing an "Inside Iowa State Basketball" series. Here’s part one. — Cyclones.com
— Jamie Pollard welcomes West Virginia to the Big 12.
— NEWSFLASH: There will always be debate in the sport of college football writes Blair Kerkhoff. — Kansas City Star
— Bob Stoops hates Twitter. — The Oklahoman
— Now that they’ve joined the Big 12, TCU can’t play the underdog role anymore writes Mac Engel. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
— A look at Barry Sanders’ magical 1988 season. Note that current Iowa State running backs coach Kenith Pope was on the Oklahoma State coaching staff at that time. — ESPN.com
