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Looking to watch the mens game with friends and family this friday at a local establishment. Any recommendations for bars or Cyclone focused bars to hang out in the Des Moines area this Friday.

Thx

Iowa State’s Nate Heise, Tamin Lipsey, Brandt Chatfield, Curtis Jones, and Cade Kelderman spoke to the media ahead of their matchup with Lipscomb.

I received a sticker to replace my transponder.
I used to move the transponder to our other vehicle when we'd travel/use to bring it on vacation when we'd have a rental car.

Are the days of being able to do that over?

I did a little analysis of a few of the high profile bracketologists. Here are the results:

Lunardi got 47.5 of the seedings correct (18 also in the correct regional).
He got 24 of the Top 8 seedings.
Notable misses (by more than 1 seed rank): Louisville, Memphis.
Predicted by not picked for the tournament: West Virginia, Indiana.

Palm got 38.5 of the seedings correct (17.5 also in the correct regional).
He got 16 of the Top 8 seedings.
Notable misses (by more than 1 seed rank): Louisville, Illinois.
Predicted by not picked for the tournament: West Virginia, Indiana.

Bracketometry got 51 of the seedings correct (23.5 also in the correct regional).
He got 25 of the Top 8 seedings.
Notable misses (by more than 1 seed rank): Louisville, Memphis.
Predicted by not picked for the tournament: West Virginia, Indiana.

Lunardi did better than I expected, nearly as good as Bracketometry which is very highly rated. Palm sucks.

With this bit of schedule news, let's get a 24-25 thread going.

Chris Williams and Brent Blum take a deep dive into Iowa State’s first-round matchup with Lipscomb, players to watch, the Keshon Gilbert situation, and more. Presented by Mechdyne.

Last year I gathered a bunch of these and developed a system to pick the winner (UConn and Purdue tied) For the teamrankings.com stat, I pro-rated it because they started in 2007. Also, the 3 point percentage was adjusted when they moved the line back. This year, I added Top 50 in offensive rebounding. My magic formula says the Duke will win the championship. Auburn was almost tied, but is 51st in offensive rebounding %. Florida and Michigan State could be the first champions not to be in KenPom's top 25 pre-season.

WBB: Iowa State rallied behind a third quarter comeback to escape Princeton, securing a spot to face No. 6 Michigan on Friday in South Bend.

More here from @cfchangs9:

UPDATE # 2:

BLANKET HAS BEEN SOLD. Thank you to everyone in this thread who chimed in and shared thoughts.


Haven't been on here for quite a bit. Logged on, saw the rough news and gofundme for @Jer - though of a way to help. I hope this is ok to post.

For those of you who don't know, a bit over 10 years ago I created some ISU blankets with Pendleton Woolen Mills inspired by Jack Trice. A design note with the blanket - I might've been the first to create a licensed item using the Trice jersey five stripe motif that ISU subsequentially adopted and turned into a logo.

We just discovered one of our elderly relatives who got one of our blankets never opened the bag. The plastic crumbled when we opened it, but the blanket itself had never been unfolded. Let's call it like-new condition.

Not sure how to go about this, but perhaps in return for a verified donation to Jeremy's family via gofundme, I'll ship the blanket to you for free. I figured the "winner" could coordinate with me and Jer's family to verify the donation and email me their details so I can send the blanket.

Should we do an open auction here with an end date - perhaps Thursday before ISU's first game?

Or should I have a really high price, let's say $3.7 million and first come first serve here?

Any other ideas?

Well, this one wasn't what anyone expected, but there hasn't been anything about this season that has gone to script. Some of that has to do with the players in the other jerseys. Tonight was something exciting for the good and the bad. Ladies prevail.

Lea Nelson and Chelsea Poppens react to Iowa State’s First-Four win over Princeton to advance to play Michigan in the Round of 64.

Hey, it's portal season and the final phase of recruiting for 2025. For general tracking I thought we could have a dedicated thread. Maybe @mred can start an ISU portal recruits thread once our season ends but there's a lot going to be happening that isn't us recruiting so here's a spot for it.

Update: Any news on portal recruiting directly related to ISU will be in @mred 's 2025 recruiting thread.

Couple of sites will track it:


and:

From Glenwood to Cyclone history to the pros—Pat (Hodgson) Gleeson paved the way. Iowa State’s first 1,000-point scorer reflects on her journey, six-on-six dominance, and life beyond basketball.

Read more: https://jarlaros.substack.com/p/where-are-they-now-pat-hodgson-gleeson

adjusted tourney expectations with KG injury
Going into this season most fans thought anything less than an an elite 8 would have been a disappointment. Now that we know ISU will be down KG, what do you expect this tourney?

*elite

Congrats Audi!

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$5 entry, shoot me a dm for info.

Jeff Woody and Grant Mahoney are back for the second edition of their mascot bracket to help you make your picks for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.

Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger gives an injury report on Tamin Lipsey and previews Friday’s first round NCAA Tournament matchup against Lipscomb upon the Cyclones arriving in Milwaukee.

Hey everyone! I am boots on the ground in Philly.

I caught up with Metcalf, Bockman and Johnson after their open practices. I snatched up Metcalf since I figured we just talked to Dresser Monday!

Enjoy!

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I've asked every lady in burnt orange if she's Pole Assassin. So far they (or their husbands) deny it. Maybe she'll be the next one...

YouTube channel “The Field of 68 After Dark” is pushing TJ to Indiana. Seems unlikely