This was a fun one to write.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/stanz-how-many-pairs-of-basketball-shoes-do-you-have/

Why post a link about snakes...because why not.

And, it's good publicity for the annual Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texa$.

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2019/03/20/45-rattlesnakes-wrangled-under-home/3221125002/

Hope you guys enjoy this one.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/...ular-player-and-his-upside-is-off-the-charts/

Here’s my thoughts/recap on day one as we wait for todays matches to get started.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/...advance-to-day-two-of-the-ncaa-championships/

Iowa State.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/transcript-cyclones-at-the-podium-in-tulsa/

Ohio State.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/transcript-the-buckeyes-take-the-podium-at-the-bok-center/

Dude is fun to watch. Had a triple-double today on Marquette and a sick dunk. I now understand the hype; plus his name is ******* cool.

Surprised to see that there are a lot of reasonably priced tickets for Friday night in Tulsa. I also heard that ISU had not sold their entire allotment. Are fans waiting and hoping for KC?

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/wrestling-session-one-takeaways-at-the-ncaa-championships/

Hello friends, here is what I thought about the start of the day as we wait for the next round to start!

https://wrestlestat.wordpress.com/2...mpionships-1st-round-consolation-comparisons/
The Comparison Hub has been updated as well which contains ALL comparisons...
https://wrestlestat.wordpress.com/2...ing-championships-wrestlestat-comparison-hub/

Someone on twitter posted pictures of the WBB bracket on ESPNU. It shows ISU as a 3 seed.

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This may have been posted, but Marial (Julius Erving) and Bridget (Cheryl Miller) are both up for awards and are both among the five finalists . Of course, the final voting is done online....so ISU do what you do...

To vote for Marial.... go to http://www.hoophallawards.com/men/vote.php

To vote for Bridget....go to http://www.hoophallawards.com/women/vote.php

You can vote once per day for each email address you use. For the vote to count you do have to click on a link in an email you will receive for verification. Only 8 days left.

If this was posted earlier, mods you can remove this, or just consider it a bump.

Iowa State Results:

125: Sean Fausz (NC State) won by 8-2 decision over Alex Mackall (Iowa State)
133: Austin Gomez (Iowa State) won by 11-0 major decision over Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh)
141: Chad Red (Nebraska) 19-11 won by fall over Ian Parker (Iowa State) (3:59)
149: Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) won by 14-3 major decision over Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield)
157: Steve Bleise (Minnesota) won by 9-1 major decision over Chase Straw (Iowa State)
174: Matt Finesilver (Duke) won by 8-2 decision over Marcus Coleman (Iowa State)
184: Samuel Colbray (Iowa State) won by 8-2 decision over Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State)
197: William Miklus (Iowa State) won by 6-1 decision over Joshua Roetman (Navy)
285: Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) won by 11-7 decision over Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State)

Iowa State is currently tied for 17th place with 6 points

Session 2 will begin at 6pm CDT

Iowa State will begin with the following matchups:

Consolations:
125: #19 Mackall vs winner of (#30 Willy Girard of Bloomington vs #30 Bryce West of Northern Illinois)
141: #17 Parker vs #33 Pete Lipari of Rutgers
157: #23 Straw vs #26 Quincy Monday of Princeton
174: #21 Coleman vs #28 Jacob Oliver of Edinburgh
HWT: #26 Gremmel vs #25 Haydn Maley of Stanford

Championship:
133: #13 Gomez vs #4 Micky Phillippi of Pitt
149: #8 Degen vs #9 Justin Oliver of NC State
184: #10 Colbray vs #26 Dakota Geer of Oklahoma State
197: #6 Miklus vs #11 Christian Brunner of Purdue

Time to see where we are dancing!

Selection Show 5PM
CBS

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No, Shockingly, it's not another Zombies topic.

This week's On That Note is centered around the concept of SPRING which begins TODAY! Finally!

OTN is a weekly music-focused forum post from yours truly, @CycloneRulzzz, and @cyclones500. Last week's post, "3 Is A Magic Number" can be found here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-3-is-a-magic-number.246751/

This week we're looking for songs with Spring in the title and/or lyrics. In addition, songs with one or more of the months of Spring (March, April, May, June) are also acceptable. We debated whether to include songs with the word "spring" or the months used in other ways and decided, why not? So I expect several titles like March of the Wooden Soldiers or Maggie May might appear.

My first 5 are as follows.

1 It Might As Well Be Spring - Originally from the 1945 Movie State Fair, I am more familiar with the Andy Williams version from his 1962 album Moon River and other Great Movie Themes.

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2 April Come She Will - Simon and Garfunkel From the 1966 Sounds of Silence LP. It also famously appeared in the 1967 Mike Nichols film, The Graduate.

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3 Spring Fever - Written by Roy Orbison, I'm partial to this doo-wop version by the Velvets (1961).

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4 First of May - Bee Gees. From their pre-disco pop/harmony initial fame period. In a way this initially seems like a Christmas song. At least I always thought so, anyway.

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5 Springtime for Hitler and Germany - From the Mel Brooks movie/farce/musical The Producers.

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I shared two short videos on twitter of Dresser talking goals for this weekend here are those links!

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Wolfgang from 1700am passed away after an accident on interstate 80 where he was hit by a semi after getting out of his car on the shoulder. I know he was a hawkeye fan, but I always kind of liked him on the radio. I usually listened to the Fanatics on KXNO, but I would flip over to 1700 and give his show with Steen a listen. I thought their show was pretty good. I will miss him on the radio. He died too young!

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https://www.trackwrestling.com/Port...415&twSessionId=ervpwzwjex&videoId=1403326132

Interesting interview from Cael.

Vasiliy Kamotskiy is Mr Zero.

https://www.mmamania.com/2019/3/20/18274738/video-male-slapping-championships-russia

SIAP, but I hadn't seen this before today!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...ame-thrones-prequel-series-far-235923961.html

With the tourny just about a week away what are some of your go to places to watch the first few days of the tourny in the Des Moines area?

Because we haven't had a weather thread in a week or two....

With the relatively heavy rains along with a lot of snow pack melting quickly there is a very high risk for flooding in the next few days and weeks.

https://water.weather.gov/ahps/forecasts.php