Williams & Blum: Is Iowa State’s 2026-27 basketball roster final?

Chris Williams & Brent Blum hash out a wild weekend for the Iowa State basketball program. Milan Momcilovic is moving on. Iowa State picked up FIVE commitments from transfers who visited over the weekend. Breaking them down one-by-one and more, all courtesy of Mechdyne.

US Open 2026

We are about a week and a half away from the US Open, so I thought to give you guys some of the entries of guys that wrestle at Iowa State, Former Clones, CRTC guys, and Commits. Let me know if anyone is missing


Senior Men's Freestyle:
70kg Ian Parker
74kg David Carr
79kg Brandon Murray
86kg Marcus Coleman
92kg Evan Bockman
97kg Layne Malczewski
125kg Coby Merrill

U20 Freestyle:
57kg Cale Vandermark
61kg Timothy Koester
61kg Carter Pearson
65kg Valentine Popadiuc
70kg Jake Miller
70kg Kane Naaktgeboren
79kg Maximus Dhabolt
92kg Jimmy Mastny
125kg Coby Merrill

U20 Greco-Roman:
67kg Valentine Popadiuc

Mystery Virus going around Iowa

Does anyone have an idea of what it is?
My coworker at work got it, started off as just a cold, then moved into bronchitis.
He tested negative for covid & Flu A/B
And yes, I’m asking because he gave it to me lol.
Felt a cold coming on last Sunday, still went for a run, Monday I felt quite a bit worse. Tuesday bad again, Wednesday felt a little better so went on another run.
Thursday felt terrible and had a low grade fever for 3 days. <100.4
Now just have a wonderful hacking cough.
(No fever anymore)

Any ideas on what’s going around?

Edit: Doctor thinks I have very mild pneumonia in my left lung yay.
Getting put on antibiotics for a precaution.

What is Iowa state best 5 year stretch

I am just still pumped about basketball and where we are as a program so I went and checked out the best of 5 year stretches with us and this is what I came up with. Was going to add home records and records vs top 25 by season but couldn’t find the stats. I can plug in any interesting stats you add as well


1985-1989’

93-63

  • 4 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 1 Sweet 16
  • 5 NBA draft picks
  • 1 Second team All-American
  • 8 weeks in AP top 25
  • 1 week in AP top 10
  • #10 highest AP ranking




1993-1997’

103-53

  • 1 regular season conference championship
  • 4 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 1 Sweet 16
  • 3 NBA draft picks
  • 22 weeks in AP top 25
  • 0 weeks in AP top 10
  • #11 highest AP ranking


2000-2004’

106-57

  • 2 regular season conference championships
  • 1 conference tournament championship
  • 2 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 1 Elite 8
  • 3 NBA draft picks
  • 1 First team All-American
  • 1 Second team All-American
  • 21 weeks in AP top 25
  • 8 weeks in AP top 10
  • #6 highest AP ranking


2012-2016’

122-52

  • 2 conference tournament championships
  • 5 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 2 Sweet 16 appearances
  • 3 NBA draft picks
  • 2 Second team All-American
  • 2 Third team All-American
  • 59 weeks in AP top 25
  • 12 weeks in AP top 10
  • #4 highest AP ranking


2017-2021’

74-83

  • 2 conference tournament championships
  • 2 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 4 NBA draft picks
  • 1 Third team All-American
  • 15 weeks in AP top 25
  • 0 weeks in AP top 10
  • #16 highest AP ranking


2022-2026’

124-52

  • 1 conference tournament championship
  • 5 NCAA Tournament appearances
  • 3 Sweet 16 appearances
  • 0 NBA draft picks (TBD)
  • 1 Second team All-American
  • 73 weeks in AP top 25
  • 43 weeks in AP top 10
  • #2 highest AP ranking

'Birth of Hilton Magic' full game

Found this over the weekend, 1983 ISU-Missouri game, considered de-facto "Hilton Magic" origin, full telecast, sans breaks/commercials.

Probably has been posted on CF from time to time, worth a look regardless.

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Among numerous fun throw-back details:
* No shot clock or 3-point line
* Few fans are wearing Iowa State sports clothing, other than a few wearing cardinal or gold shirts. A lot of "everyday clothes."
* Ron Falenschek!
* (And, of course, the short-shorts uniform era)

Milan Momcilovic and T.J. Otzelberger issue heartfelt statements on his future

Iowa State earns a commitment from Northwestern transfer Tre Singleton

Iowa State earns its fourth transfer portal commitment in the 2026 transfer portal cycle in Northwestern forward Tre Singleton.

As a freshman in Evanston, the 6-foot-8 big man averaged 7.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game on splits of 48/17/74.

Iowa State lands a commitment from Bradley transfer Jaquan Johnson

Iowa State landed its second transfer portal commitment of the day and third of the 2026 cycle in Bradley guard Jaquan Johnson.

Little nugget courtesy of Rob Gray:

Jaquan Johnson averaged 2.5 steals per game this past season. For reference, Johnson’s 2.5 steals per game last season ranked ninth nationally. Tamin Lipsey’s 2.3 steals per game ranked 14th nationally.

Iowa State secures commitment from Kansas State transfer Taj Manning

T.J. Otzelberger and the Iowa State Cyclones picked up their second transfer portal commitment of the 2026 cycle in Kansas State forward Taj Manning.

As a 6-foot-7 junior at K-State, Manning averaged 4.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 20 minutes per game on 48/18/69 splits.

Actors/Actresses that you can't believe weren't bigger stars

Who are some actors and actresses that you saw them in things or they were once on a trajectory where you thought they'd be massive stars and ended up in the 'holy **** whatever happened to them?' category?

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is on right now. I cannot believe Mia Sara was never a bigger star. Honestly she might be the most stunning actress of that 80s timeframe. And she's great in this. She was also in Legend in that same timeframe. I know she married Sean Connery's son.

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