I want to give my radio partner Brent Blum credit for a theory that I heard him first discuss last week as we were recording the Mr. B Clothing Podcast. Blum pointed out how this Iowa State basketball team generally plays its best ball when the lights are the br...
Read more of Kirk's work over at enCYCLONEpedia.com. “You people baffle me. Spend all your time on these stats you surround yourselves with them and they’re the wrong stats.” – Slightly modified quote from “Good Will Hunting”I get pinned into corner...
AMES --- In a state as small as Iowa that doesn’t have a professional sports team in it, if a major news story breaks in Iowa City, a coach is going to get asked about it in Ames (and vice versa). That’s just the way it is. After the University of Iowa los...
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After going 2-0 last week with wins over Texas and at TCU, Iowa State (21-5, 9-5) move up in both of America's major college basketball polls on Monday. The Cyclones improved two spots to No. 15 in the AP Top 25. Meanwhile, Iowa State went from 19th to 17th in the latest USA T...
DeAndre Kane has been honored by the Big 12, again.Kane averaged 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in Iowa State's wins over Texas and TCU last week. The senior was named the Big 12's Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season on Monday morning.K...
It is a fascinating conversation and in reality, no opinion here is wrong. Who is Iowa State's MVP?Three men are legitimate candidates. Along with DeAndre Kane and Melvin Ejim, Georges Niang has an argument. But it is very rare for Iowa State to have two legitim...
It took the Iowa State men’s basketball team (21-5, 9-5) a while to heat up on Saturday afternoon against TCU (9-17, 0-14), but a strong second half brought home yet another win for the Cyclones. The Cyclones led only 32-30 at the half against the last place Ho...
Truthfully, you should watch every Big 12 game on Saturday if you can because there's a storyline in all of them. I'm not calling it my "Game of the Weekend" nor my "Upset Watch" but as you may know, Marcus Smart has done his time and will be...
Happy Friday Fanatics.I’ve got a few quick hits on for you on your Friday afternoon. Check out CF later today for Austin Narber’s weekend college basketball viewer’s guide. It’s a great new piece of content here at CF and if you haven’t read one yet, ...