MBB: Cyclones #7 in first USA Today coaches poll

 Another preseason poll, another top-10 placement for Coach Steve Prohm‘s Iowa State Cyclones.

 USA Today released its first men’s basketball coaches poll today and the Georges Niang-led Cyclones rank seventh in the nation.

 Here’s a link to the full poll.

 The Big 12 is well-represented — especially in the top 10.

 Kansas is slotted No. 5. Oklahoma is pegged at eighth. Baylor is No. 21 and West Virginia sits at 23rd. 

 

Rob Gray

Rob, an Ames native, joined Cyclone Fanatic in August, 2014 after nearly a decade and a half of working at Iowa's two largest newspapers. He spent 10 years at the Des Moines Register and, after a brief stint in public relations, joined the Cedar Rapids Gazette as an Iowa State correspondent three years ago. Rob specializes in feature stories for CF.

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