Weekly media availability below! Kevin Dresser, MJ Gaitan and Isaac Dean.

I thought Dean was funny when I asked him about Senior Day.

Crooks and Jada 1st Team. Jackson got Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Miles is POY.

Crooks, Miles and Saurez were only unanimous picks for 1st team of the ten selected.

Interesting that Jaliya Davis made 1st team. She was unanimous freshman of the year and I think she 100% deserved 1st team but they don't aways go that way for player on a middling team.

2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 WBB Yearly Award Winners
Player of the Year: Olivia Miles, TCU, G, Gr.
Freshman of the Year: Jaliya Davis, Kansas, F *
Newcomer of the Year: Olivia Miles, TCU, G, Gr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Jordan Harrison, West Virginia, G, Sr.
Sixth Player of the Year: Snudda Collins, Texas Tech, G, Sr.
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Arianna Jackson, Iowa State, G, Jr.
Coach of the Year: Krista Gerlich, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 First Team
Taliah Scott, Baylor, G, R-So.
Delaney Gibb, BYU, G, So.
Jaliya Davis, Kansas, F, Fr.
S’Mya Nichols, Kansas, G, Jr.
Audi Crooks, Iowa State, C, Jr. *
Jada Williams, Iowa State, G, Jr.
Olivia Miles, TCU, G, Gr.*
Marta Suarez, TCU, F, Gr.*
Bailey Maupin, Texas Tech, G, Sr.
Jordan Harrison, West Virginia, G, Sr.

All-Big 12 Second Team
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor, F, Sr.
Jade Masogayo, Colorado, F, Sr.
Stailee Heard, Oklahoma State, G, Jr.
Snudda Collins, Texas Tech, G, Sr.
Lani White, Utah, G, Sr.

All-Big 12 Third Team
Gabby Elliott, Arizona State, G, Gr.
McKinna Brackens, Arizona State, F, Jr.
Mya Perry, Cincinnati, G, Sr.
Tess Heal, K-State, G, Sr.
Micah Gray, Oklahoma State, G, Sr.

Honorable Mention: Arizona: Noelani Cornfield; Baylor: Bella Fontleroy, Jana Van Gytenbeek; BYU: Olivia Hamlin; UCF: Khyala Ngodu; Colorado: Zyanna Walker, Desiree Wooten; K-State: Taryn Sides; Oklahoma State: Achol Akot, Jadyn Wooten; TCU: Donovyn Hunter; Texas Tech: Jalynn Bristow; West Virginia: Gia Cooke, Kierra Wheeler

All-Big 12 Freshman Team
Olivia Hamlin, BYU, G*
Caliyah DeVillasee, Cincinnati, G
Logyn Greer, Colorado, F
Jaliya Davis, Kansas, F*
LA Sneed, Utah, G

All-Big 12 Defensive Team
Bella Fontleroy, Baylor, F, Sr.
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor, F, Sr.
Zyanna Walker, Colorado, G, Jr.
Donovyn Hunter, TCU, G, Jr.
Jordan Harrison, West Virginia, G, Sr.*

As the regular season draws to a close, was wanting to know how the fanatics felt about Melvin Ejim's jersey possibly being retired hung up in the rafters? Some thought they would need a season or two after he graduates to get a sense if it was retire worthy..

That's one step toward hanging his jersey in the rafters (and that would be well deserved).

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Might as well practice for NCAAs

BREAKING: Iowa State has made the decision to discontinue the women’s gymnastics program. Here’s the full release.

This place looks pretty unreal. This is what it looks like "normally":



They lit it up for the 1st time yesterday:

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The past few games our rebounding has been a weakness to say the least. It seems like opponents are constantly getting 2 or 3 shots from offensive boards and it is getting maddening. I think in the Houston game there was a time that Houston got 4 shots in a row against us and luckily it none of them went it. It seemed like Tech had super large number of them that led to open threes that they nailed. When I watch it appears to my untrained eye that our guys seem like they are stuck in the mud and just watch the ball rather than going after it. I know after long shot misses that leads to longer rebounds but it looks like our bigs are crowded under the basket and watching as the other team's guards come flying in for tip outs or boards. I get offensive boards happen a lot on three point shots but it sure seems like we are not being as agressive going after the ball as we should and we wait for the ball to fall in our laps.

No. 6 Iowa State lost their sixth game of the season in a 73-57 loss to No. 2 Arizona.Watch everything T.J. Otzelberger, Tamin Lipsey and Jamarion Batemon said following the game below. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/03/watch-otzelberger-lipsey-and-batemon-after-arizona-loss/

Chris Williams reacts to No. 6 Iowa State’s loss to No. 2 Arizona, courtesy of Karl Auto Group.

1st Opening:

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Iowa State (21-8, 9-8 Big 12) at Kansas State (15-15, 8-9 Big 12)

Bramlage Coliseum – Manhattan, Kan.

Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 1:00 p.m.

WATCH: FS1 (PxP: Elise Woodward, Analyst: Madison Hock)

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network (PxP: Noah Wolf, Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson)

LIVE STATS

Seriously. Take the tour. It’s worth it.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/480-Rainier-Dr-Pittsburgh-PA-15239/11262049_zpid/

I know we have a bunch of guys sick on the team right now and the bugs running its course but Evan has missed the Stanford, ASU, oklahoma, okie state, west Virginia and now UNI. I think this is more than just a sickness. I think its pretty hard to get sick 3 times in 4 weeks. Seems more like a weight thing to me

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Got posts going in the season thread on our ranking so I'd start a polling thread for future polling now that the first "official" poll is out. We can talk about overall ranking of teams/conferences etc along with updating our own ranking by week.

AP's Preseason Women's Basketball Poll

Others receiving votes: Washington 79, Ohio State 46, West Virginia 17, Princeton 17, Minnesota 15, Kansas State 15, Kansas 7, Stanford 3, South Dakota State 3, Illinois 2, Nebraska 2, Columbia 2.

Any thoughts with the real estate market in 2025 and 2026?

I've read anything from it'll be pretty much like it has been the last year to be ready for values/prices to decrease, etc. Some of those that I talk to in the real estate world are very uncertain and skeptical. A few think we're looking at something similar to 2008.

My son and I (age 36) are going to San Antonio for 6 days at the end of February (Commodity Classic). Looking for any CF recommendations. I've been a few times before but didn't make it far past Alamo, Riverwalk and Old Town.
We have 2 free days and a vehicle. Looking for any great food or sites. Also may take a day and try to do some hiking.

It was a battle as expected. The KSU crowd showed up as did both teams. We got to see Audi Crooks go into beast mode in a big win.

Just read an article about Campbell helping Roger decide who to keep on the team from the guys that were not transferring. I thought it was interesting and it makes me feel a little better about what happened. Clearly Rogers let a few guys that Campbell didn't think were worth holding on to.

Riding two of three losses into a trip to Arizona, Iowa State basketball has some problems that need fixed at the most important time of the year.

Andrew Harrington breaks it all down in this week's Monday Musings.
https://cyclonefanatic.com/2026/03/monday-musings-fixing-the-cyclones-again/

Had some time to reflect on the last week of play by our Sisters. Here are a few thoughts and I hope it generates more questions for discussion.