Also on Dish but I don't know the channel. Saw a tweet about this earlier but now cannot find it.

Note: for DirecTV customers this game does not show up when you search 'Iowa State'. If I hadn't seen the tweet I would not have known.

Much better than the wrap around crapola that ESPN2 has tonight that seems to just wrap around the Twister Sisters.

Pack Hilton if you are close but 788 for those of us in Texas to far to be there.

At the State Center MBB basketball dinner on Wednesday, Coach Prohm said there are 2 pre-season scrimmages scheduled with B1G teams. Anybody got any inside info on who and when?

We had our house tested for radon when we moved in in the fall of 2014. It tested very low, but I was wondering if I should have it tested again just to make sure. How often should I have it tested? I am also wondering if one of those home tests that you send in is OK, or if I need to have it professionally tested.

Thoughts?

https://www.smokingmusket.com/2019/...ollege-basketball-tickets-how-to-watch-stream

I was under the impression that P5 teams were not allowed/generally didn't participate in tournaments "beneath" the NIT.
Seems like an odd choice by them, but seeing this makes part of me wonder why we wouldn't have done something like this last year to get a young team some more game experience.

Just figured I'd put something out on this since it's such a hot topic right now nationally.

As of now, I just don't think there is anything to it. I can't find anything of substance other than the national guys speculating on Prohm's name, which I totally understand due to his connections there. That's just how this business works. Find ties, who knows what AD, who was an assistant where, etc.

From what I know, Prohm is happy at Iowa State and wants to stay for the foreseeable future.

There is always the financial caveat. March is weird and things get silly this time of season.

But again - as of now - I think this is a non-story.

Will be sure to update you all on anything if I believe that changes.

I kept a chart of playing time throughout the 2017-2018 season. I have done this for a few years -- it helps show some trends in rotations, roster development, and, in hindsight, telling the "story" of the season. That is definitely the case this year with different colors phasing in and out. The Talley "ski slope" at the end of the season was particularly memorable.

Without further ado, here it is...



I have these back to Georges' junior year if anybody wants to see more.

Our last installment...

https://wrestlestat.wordpress.com/2019/03/26/wrestlestat-rankings-final-2019/

Next year we have

Prohm as head coach
Lard stays
Wiggs Stays
THT stays
Add Nixon
Add three incoming recruits
George finds the weight room

We add a grad transfer. I want some positives. Sick of seeing the negatives that everyone is leaving including our coach. I think everyone stays except maybe Zion or Lewis. Which would suck but we could add someone more ready to step in.

Perhaps it's because I have grown so weary of Bilas preaching, Dickie V's yell, and Fran's smugness. The pro guys in between are refreshing as well. But I have always liked Barkley's humor and self-deprecating approach in that role. For you youngsters, Charles was a hell of a baller.

For your viewing pleasure.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nc...has-last-perfect-bracket-world-heres-what?amp

This year has been absolutely great to watch your games. You had fight and toughness that many could take lessons from. You played with heart and you played as a team and you made me (and I'm pretty much sure everyone else here) proud to be a Cyclone.

Good job and great luck with all your future endeavors, whether "out there" or back in the raucous confines of Hilton next year.

Thanks for the memories, you were outstanding!

Best type of evergreens to plant in Iowa climate!!

Just wondering who to PM.

Of the four assigned officials in Tulsa tonight, none are Roger Ayers.

Ayers called the phantom out-of-bounds on Mariel and the "kicked ball" on TH.

Either he was kicked to the curb or he went straight to the next round after his first round assignment.

Wow. How to begin. I’ve thought a little about this on the ride home and I think I’m going to divide this end of year summary up into a couple of parts. First, the game.


From the outset of this game you could tell something was off with the sisters. It has been rare this year that players seemed “lost” on the court. Tonight, I felt like I had gone back in time a full year and was watching last year’s version of the Sister’s act. Why? Everyone was differing to Bridget tonight. There were times on offense that Joens and Wise looked like shell shocked freshmen, not seasoned players. There was too much standing around with little ball movement unless it was Bridget. But unfortunately, that wasn’t the only problem. Missed shots. At least five layups that I counted. Clear, open bunnies that weren’t really that close. Every single one of them cost us. How about the three point shooting. I can’t remember a time when I saw such abysmal shooting from deep. Two for seventeen abysmal. One in each half. That was it. Even an average day of shooting and this team wins.


Did the players battle? Oh yes, they definitely put up a fight. The problem was they couldn’t get out of their own way. Poor passes, bad ball handling, and the ability to get lost on defense were all afflictions tonight. Here is what I said Saturday about Missouri State


“Missouri State has some really good three point shooters. They play aggressive defense and can take you out of your flow. If the officials let them get away with their physical play it could be a close game. Of utmost importance is not leaving their shooters open on the perimeter.”


Guess what? We left them wide open for threes on multiple occasions. We let their defense make us stagnant and no flow was created. When we did push things we missed open shots. Missouri State did exactly what they wanted to. They played a ten deep lineup and kept at the sisters all night. No let up. We responded here and there and every time we drew close…we missed another key shot or free throw and let them restretch their lead. Bridget was Bridget. She scrapped, sliced and scored. She scored more than the rest of the team combined. Unfortunately, late in the game MSU started to double and triple team her. So she passed out and we missed wide open looks. How about these glaring stats…


Quarter by Quarter Scoring? 17/13/15/15. Ugh.


Combined shooting for Joens and Wise? 3/21 (Wise was 0-6).


Who else scored besides Bridget? No one.


Bench scoring? MSU 20. ISU 1


The thing I will say about MSU is they are for real and are coached well. Even scarier is the fact they only have one senior on the team. Mostly freshmen and sophs. They will be a team to keep an eye on in the future. To have that confidence in your 10-12 deep says a lot. There was one point where MSU subbed out all five players for another five.


Part II

My one gripe about the game. This entire weekend the officiating was terrible. I’m not saying it was biased one way or another, but to miss some of the calls they did was terrible. A jump ball being called when the MSU player wasn’t even touching the ball. Non-existent fouls being called. Missed foul calls. An MSU player that took three steps before shooting. It was ugly out there. They were embarrassing for NCAA tournament level officials.


Part III

This is the important part. This was a fantastic team that didn’t get to end their season the way they wanted. It’s so much easier to take a loss when you know you played your best. I’m sure this one hurts…badly. I want to say again how much I enjoyed watching this team this year. They had some big wins along the way, some heartbreaking losses, and through it all they were one. We saw records fall. We were graced with ISU’s first Big 12 Player of the Year. Thank you to the coaching staff and to the Twister Sisters. You brought joy to Who-ville and we were privileged to be able to be there with you. Though we can look forward to next year with another great set of recruits coming in to Hilton, we need to relish and reflect on what we had this year. It was special. For Bridget, Alexa, and Mere, I only wish the best. I anticipate seeing Bridget wearing a red oak leaf on her jersey in the next Olympics. She will be the second person I’ve met or known that has done that (I knew Ian Davies who played for Australia’s national team in the 80 and 84 Olympics). I can’t wait to cheer her on one more time. For the rest of the team. Get some rest. Cherish what happened this year and then start working to get ready for next year. Let’s make this winning thing the norm. Thank you ladies.

Backed up to Huxley exit. Plan ahead

Obviously we all know that at times our offense this season got stagnant and we had some scoring droughts this year. I wonder if having someone else run the point could help our transition game and our offense. NWB was good, but he was forced into the PG last year and he stabilized our team once inserted into the lineup. We didn't have many options but he did a good job and was a little more aggressive last year due to our limitations on available players who could score. However, he isn't a true point guard he was more of a off guard playing point.

Haliburton seems to have better court vision and wonder if him taking over for NWB will be a positive for our team next season. I do not think Lindell is a point guard and that is fine with me, he is our scoring option who can drive and kick but isn't the guy who can find guys in certain spots. I just wondered what some of you thought regarding our point guard position next season.

I appreciate that college basketball officiating is difficult and kind of a no win situation. My question is, is there any way that we could have better officiating with a different kind of officiating?

I have watched a LOT of basketball in my years, I started rewinding calls I would make that officials would miss right around 1998. On those calls that I dispute I am right most of the time on travels, double dribbles and out of bounds. I can't definitively argue with block/charges and fouls on shots and blocks as I think they are a matter of opinion.

If you watch officials, they have a really tough job they have to run a lot, move according to the lead official and try to be in the right location to make a call, which, in certain situations is impossible. Not to mention that during the game the officials will rotate through the positions and hopefully they can be consistent with each other AND more importantly end to end, which in short spurts is difficult as two different people are calling the baselines and then the center and trail officials are calling certain things and areas based on where the lead is positioned. Consistency and what you can and can't do depends so much on the individual who is calling what and at what time.

With the advent of hi-def cameras and electronics being the way they are, why not have 4 or 5 people with the ability to switch their own consistent pre-positioned camera angles that specialize in certain areas of the floor, that call the same area of the floor for both teams for the entire game or maybe each person specializes in a certain area of officiating like out of bounds, block / charge, traveling / double dribble / palming, How about one person that watches dead ball stuff like killing the ball or coaches outside the box. you get the point. In this case, you may not like their calling, but hopefully it would be consistent (bad or good.) end to end and throughout the game. Consistency is key and with the way that officials have to call a game, it is difficult for three people to do.

Now, we likely still need on court officials to maintain control of the personal aspects of the game, coaches and players swearing, etc.

One advantage would be that the Bill Self could not play the refs, because they would be in a room somewhere with monitors, not sharing the floor with them.

You could actually even keep the officials totally anonymous, heck, why tell people who they are, they're not held accountable for anything anyway. However, they could be ridiculously tracked with analytics based on what they see, you could really get to the best of the best and they could practice all the time.

So, can it be done? What's your idea. Why should we stick with the status quo? You know you do a better job sitting at home than those guys on the floor do, right?

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Did anyone else see this? Florida cheer coach obviously takes her job too seriously. We were at the game and the drama totally distracted us from the actual game. She was waving her arms like George Costanza on Seinfeld. LOL.

Wigginton has the ability to dominate games. He needs to work on his jump shot to be more consistent. He can slash to the basket better than 99% of all college players, but he doesn't make the opposition pay when they sag to stop his penetration. Wigginton should be a dominant jump shooter something like Stephon Curry. I'm not saying Wigginton is as good as Curry, but
Wigginton's abilities can be nearly as dominant at this level. Wigginton needed to just take over the game against OSU, but wasn't able to because his jump shot wasn't as consistent as it needed to be. Just my two cents. If I were a NBA scout, I wouldn't recommend Wigginton as a high round pick right now.

I'm currently torturing myself watching PacBall.

Looks a lot like him.

I apologies if there is an extensive thread on this topic that I missed when looking for one.

Here's my dilemma, the roommate recently bought a puppy for the kids as an xmas present (6 pound little barking cat). While the dog hasn't been as big of an issue as I originally planned, the topic of a fence for the backyard is firmly at the center of discussion. I have a fairly large back yard and live in town. A buddy of mine that works in construction gave me a few ideas and basically said my little fence project is likely in the ball park of atleast 4 grand after it's all said and done if I want material that I am not gonna have to replace any time soon. 4K is not a price I can do at this time.

Therefore, what do people know about invisible dog fences? I've heard they don't work well but is this operator error? What do they cost? TIA

What a pleasure this team is to watch. I’ve touted so many characteristics of this team that make it a joy to watch. First and foremost...they are a team in every sense of the word. They care about each other and I mean care about every member of the team. They are selfless. Sharing. Hard nosed. Supremely talented. They find joy in the game. If you haven’t seen them yet, you have one more chance at Hilton.


Today's game started out with both teams showing they could hit the three. Right out of the blocks it was one team offsetting the other with a basket and suddenly it was 8-8. That was the last time the game was close. From there the Sisters would clamp down on defense and continue scoring and the lead was 8 before you knew what happened. Early on it was done with limited contribution by Carlton. Middleton was putting on a clinic of ball handling and slicing to the hoop. One move out did the next all night long. The threes were falling as Joens would connect...heck...nearly everyone was connecting. I could go on about each player (EVERY player on the team scored), but this was a team win. The extra passes, the rebounding, the offensive boards, everything just took the spirit out of NMSU. The team literally ran them to death. By the end of the first half NMSU looked gassed. It showed on the scoreboard as well as the ladies led 50-26.


The third quarter was more of the same. Shut down defense, steals, break away baskets, crisp passing, it was all too much for NMSU as they led 80-44 when the bench started to see the court. I have to mention one player right off the bat. Nez was a monster out there today. She was like a magnet on the boards pulling down FOURTEEN of them. She was strong and aggressive. She helped on double teams. She had assists. She scored half a dozen points. She was inspiring to watch and received a standing ovation when she left the floor. Though Kristen wasn’t connecting from deep she had post moves that would make Shaq jealous. She made the NMSU players look pedestrian. Middleton not only hit for 15 points, but dished out 9 of ISU's 22...yes...22 assists on 34 made shots. Carlton was all over the floor. Not perfect, but the awesome senior leader doing her thing. Her 23 points were very workmanlike and we saw her end up on the floor many times.


One of my favorite stats is always free throw shooting. How does 87% sound? And on 23 attempts? Yep, these ladies just swished one after another hitting 20 of them. If fouls would have been called that were obvious we probably would have shot close to 40. The strength of this game was illustrated when Coach Fen substituted out all the starters with nearly nine minutes left in the game. While the subs didn’t score a lot, they still played salty defense against the NMSU starters. Every time a sub would score, the team on the bench would jump and clap. The crowd would go nuts. Especially fun was seeing A D Camber hit her first two treys. The smile on Coach Fen's face spoke volumes. When Mills scored the last points of the game, the team rushed her like she had set a record. What a fun group.


Monday will bring a much bigger challenge. Missouri State has some really good three point shooters. They play aggressive defense and can take you out of your flow. If the officials let them get away with their physical play it could be a close game. Of utmost importance is not leaving their shooters open on the perimeter. Are they as good as ISU? No. But they beat a higher seeded team and smacked Drake around twice this year. They are a very real threat. If we get the effort we had today and continue to hit our shots the Sisters will be ok. Defense will be critical. Let’s really pack the Hilton. Let’s get the men's team fans and the students in Hilton to make the place rock and roll. See you there!

When you need a beast to body up and not take any **** down in the post make sure you bring your own junkyard dog. We got ours.

I loved watching him not take anything from the crap Ohio State gave him. Twice, at minimum, he was hit with an elbow to the face and he still battled like a spartan in 300 taking names and kicking ass. I'm so glad for Cam to come full circle this season. For all the haters and doubters, Cam is a beast and can't wait to see more of him in the Cardinal and yellow.

That is all.

P.S. **** Ohio State