Looking to throw my bracket into one more pool last minute.

Based on the criteria, we are one of five teams that could win it all.

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I would beg to differ with the Wall Street Journal headline here today that Braden Smith is the "Last Loyal Star In March Madness"....

Last Loyal Star In March Madness?

Headed on a little getaway to Gulf Shores, AL and hoping for golf recommendations. Budget would be around $100-$150. Hit me!

With the crazy wind the Midwest had this weekend our topic this week is songs with wind in title or lyrics. Also allowed is breeze, gale and gust.

Also with teams like ISU and Miami making tournament we are allowing wind storms terms like cyclone, hurricane, and tornado.


Allowed words must be related to wind in weather sense.



“On That Note” is presented each week on Cyclone Fanatic by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

Last Week: I’m So Excited

Iowa State arrives in St. Louis for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. T.J. Otzelberger shares an update on Tamin Lipsey's health status, he explains why Joshua Jefferson is motivated after being named a second team consensus All-American and Audi Crooks earns another honor. Jake Brend reports in St. Louis courtesy of Fareway Meat & Grocery in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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No. 6 Iowa State arrived in St. Louis on Wednesday ahead of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

Watch everything T.J. Otzelberger, Killyan Toure and Nate Heise said at the team hotel below.
https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/03/watch-otzelberger-toure-and-heise-at-team-hotel-on-wednesday/

Jacqueline Cordova and Ben Visser preview this week’s NCAA Wrestling National Championships in Cleveland. What are the expectations for Iowa State? Discussing the battle for second-place, Yonger Bastida’s domination, and more. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery.

Enjoy!

Chris Williams & Brent Blum give an in-depth Blum on Iowa State’s NCAA Tournament matchup with Tennessee State. Plus, a closer look at Kentucky vs. Santa Clara and what that could possibly mean for Iowa State in the Round of 32. Presented as always by Mechdyne.


NOTE: We are having issues with Spotify today, so I recommend listening elsewhere or watching on YouTube.

Joshua Jefferson is the fifth consensus All-American in Iowa State history.After earning second team honors by the NABC and USBWA, Jefferson becomes the first consensus All-American since Georges Niang in 2016.

A CBS announcer just said emphatically that ISU has never been to the final 4. He is incorrect, but not way off base.

In 1944, ISU played in the NIT (eight teams in tournament), not the NCAA tournament. At the time NIT was more prestigious. They were previously offered the NCAA, but declined, and then Iowa took that open bid, supposedly because they wanted to avoid playing against ISU. ISU was unranked that season. ISU won 1 game to get to the final four, then lost to the Utah Redskins, who went on be NC. ISU had a lot of roster turnover that season due to WW2.

So yes, ISU has had a final 4 team, but it is kind of sketchy - kind of like our 2 MVC conference football championships in football (1911-1912).

I recently left a CEO position for Private Equity owned business. The business was initially owned by one PE firm who placed me into the CEO role, and the business went through a change-in-control where another investor-PE firm assumed control of the business. So half of my time there was with one PE firm and the other half of my time was with the other PE firm. My wife is a talent acquisition/recruiter and after giving up her job due to relocating for my position I was given permission to have her do some contingent searches to fill some key roles for the business. She filled two roles and did an extensive amount of contract work to fix the payroll system so that employees could be paid, and invoiced accordingly. She was told numerous times over the past seven months that she would be paid for those invoices... right up until I left the business. She even cut her rate substantially, and didn't charge for well over half of the work she did as a favor because she had a vested interest in helping make the business succeed.

She has an attorney here in Chicago who is helping try to collect her fees. But rather than pay those fees the PE firm is now saber-rattling and threatening to sue ME for some manufactured nuisance made-up BS. They originally claimed it was "self-dealing", but I have emails and texts with both PE firms that gave the ok to have her recruit. So now they're threatening to make stuff up and sue for far more than she is trying to collect. It would be frivolous, but a total pain in the a$$. My wife's invoices are for nearly $100k, so it's worth pursuing. The entire situation sucks, but... it is what it is. They are complete POS's, which is why I chose to leave.

Ultimately, my question is this. While any nuisance suit they might file would be completely meritless I would still need to defend myself. To that end, is there any type of liability insurance or umbrella-type policy for former executives/board members that covers them against suits AFTER they've left a company?

Anyone else following this?

"In 2022, Ohio police raided Afroman’s house looking for drugs and kidnapping evidence. They found nothing and filed no charges.
To pay for the damage they caused, Afroman used his security footage to make viral music videos (like "Lemon Pound Cake") mocking the officers. He also sold merch with their faces on it.

The Twist: Seven of the officers sued him for "invasion of privacy" and "emotional distress," claiming his videos ruined their reputations.

Right Now (March 2026): They are in trial. The judge threw out the privacy claims, but a jury is currently deciding if Afroman’s lyrics—calling them "thieves" and "racists"—count as defamation or protected free speech."


He is now releasing tracks on every crooked cop. lol


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Jake Brend, Ben Hutchens, and Rob Gray preview the NCAA Tournament for the Cyclones across men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and wrestling. What are realistic expectations? Discussing the potential for the postseason and more.

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Syracuse took a big blow losing their starting point guard for the season last week. How will her replacements step up? Will ISU be able to handle the size and rebounding of Syracuse? Here's a look.

Joshua Jefferson is an AP All-American and halfway to a consensus season, Jake Brend previews Tennessee State and a touching story on Tamin & Samantha's Lipsey love story. Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios.

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Whoa, I assume most thought there would never be a break-through in this case.

How far do you have Iowa State going?
What about all other Big 12 teams?
Any big upsets?

While I think Wisconsin/Arkansas/Nebraska/Vandy/Texas Tech/Alabama all could get upset...I can't get myself to actually pick them to lose. I do think Nebraska and Tech are the most likely to get upset of those though. So my biggest upsets are only 11/6 with South Florida over Louisville and VCU over UNC.

Big 12:

• TCU loses to Duke in OT in round of 32
• Kansas loses to Duke in S16
• UCF loses to UCONN in round of 32
• Houston loses to Florida in Elita 8
• BYU loses to Purdue in Sweet 16
• Texas Tech loses to Arkansas in round of 32
• Arizona wins natty (but I was so close to picking them to lose to Arkansas)
• Iowa State loses to AZ in FF (brutal i know)

Final Four:

• Duke
• Florida
• Arizona
• Iowa State

If we make it to the final four and if Arizona is our opponent we are going to win than game.

Men's and Women's.

I'm looking forward to that Daniels kid from California Baptist. They won't advance, but dude is a highlight reel.

Senior forward Joshua Jefferson was recognized by the Associated Press as a Second Team All-American.