ALL LOVE: Tamin Lipsey's two loves guide him into emotional Senior Day showdown with Arizona State

Women's NCAA landing spots For 1st Round Games

Well no magical run at Big 12's. So where do we end up. ESPN Bracketology has had us on the 8/9 line fir a few weeks which would send us to UCONN, UCLA, Texas or South Carolina to play another struggling Power team. Would be a tough game one and to be honest impossible game 2.

I would rather slip to the 10 seed and get shipped to the 2 seed home site. They look to be Vandy, Michigan, Iowa and LSU. Those possible 2 seed games at least give us a chance if we played well. He'll we beat Iowa this year and darn near bet that same Michigan team in the tourney last year. Potential 7 seeds would be power 5 teams that are hit or miss like us, like Washington, Illinois, Georgia or NC Stste.

Thoughts overall, I think the 10 seed gives us a better chance. Would almost like the rematch in Iowa City only because they would be pissed and Stulke is not at full strength.

Love to hear others opinions....

ROAD RECAP: Iowa State women struggle from start to finish in 77-69 Big 12 tourney loss to Arizona State

CF POSTGAME: Iowa State falls to Arizona State, bows out of Big 12 Tournament

Jake Brend and Jackson Pence react to Iowa State’s first-round loss to Arizona State at the Big 12 Tournament, courtesy of Karl Auto Group.

Twister Sister Summary - Was This the Worst Ever?

For a team that was “stoked” to play in the Big 12 tournament, they sure didn’t look like it.

The Beat Reporters: Iowa State’s gymnastics decision, Tamin moments, and Big 12 Tournament time

Aiden Wyatt takes Ben Hutchens and Rob Gray through Iowa State’s decision to discontinue its women’s gymnastics program. How did they get here, and what’s next? Tamin Lipsey’s last game at Hilton looms. It’s officially conference tournament season and more. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.


On That Note: Nothing Up My Sleeve

This week, we are looking for songs with titles/lyrics containing specific parts of a shirt. Things like: collar, sleeve, tail, button, pocket or cuff.

We already did a topic that included the word "shirt," so do not post those songs (unless they also happen to contain the key specific terms).

Last week's OTN was on the topic The Chase. It can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-the-chase.297755/

Your hosts for OTN are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

Iowa State women are "stoked" to start Big 12 Tournament play on Thursday in Kansas City

Williams & Blum: Thoughts on Gymnastics, Big 12 Tournament Scenarios

Chris Williams and Brent Blum react to the news of Iowa State deciding to cut the women’s gymnastics program. What does this mean for the future of Iowa State and college athletics? Breaking down a wild week in the Big 12 and possible scenarios for Kansas City. Presented by Mechdyne.


Smoke/CO Alarms

What does everyone buy for new alarms? I put in new ones from Costco over the summer, First Alert hardwire/backup/connected ones. I think they work but they are extremely sensitive...false alarms for humidity, miscooked food, possibly aerosol spray like deodorant spray that got away? kind of things. Maybe this is just how alarms are now? The issue mainly for me is the alarms are out of easy reach to silence. One went off this morning and wouldn't stop after being silenced, I had to climb up on top of furniture and get it off the ceiling completely.

With that limitation, I'm wondering if I should go to smart alarms. Nest Protects were the gold standard and really what I should've bought day one, but I didn't and now they aren't made anymore. It looks like First Alert took over what was leftover from Nest, but the reviews on them are rather poor. Kidde has a similar product without the Nest integration, but again, not great user reviews. There appears to be a third major option: these new Place products (made by Gentex) seem to also be intended to be a Nest replacement, but are bulky and imperfect compared to Nest... but generally seem to be better-received online than the other two from people already in that world. Less reviews/reports of things like false alarms and stuff... some people have gotten bad units out of box, but simply replaced them and done.

I think the basic question I have is whether or not smart alarms are worth it and work well. The upsides to me are control from the ground instead of a ladder, and in theory, to be able to know if something bad happened in my house without actually being there.

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