Does anyone know a good spot to get dimensional surfaced hardwood boards in the Des Moines area outside of Menards? There are a ton of lumber companies in DSM but it’s tough to tell what they carry from their websites.

Enjoy!

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https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...eal-womens-basketball-top-16-twice-ahead-2019

It'll be revealed at halftime of tonight's UConn - S. Carolina game. This will give us a good chance to see what they think of ISU.

My wife and I are considering traveling up to Morgantown and are wondering the best way to get some tickets, best places for dining, best hotel for that night's stay, and any venue for pre-game ISU gathering. Any / all suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

This whole season I have not been able to sell my tickets of games I havent been able to go to. I post on facebook and craigslist, and I havent sold a single ticket this year. I have seats in section 203(not great spot) but I cant even sell big 12 tickets for $20 each. A few years ago I had zero issues, they were gone in minutes. Where are people selling their tickets?

We hypothesized that the defense has been the troubling issue of late, it is... but I laid out what is different now and how it all ties together. Hope it makes sense and you enjoy it!

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/03/haaland-defensive-decline/

Time to kill today Updated to Mar 04
32 auto bids
in top 36 NET - gets auto bid or at large bid
in top 37- 48 NET - on bubble
I added Seeds

PAC 12 down to 1 team
Big Ten with 3 bubble teams

I hadn't seen this posted yet from SI. A little piece on Haliburton as THE SUPER SLEEPER prospect:

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/03/04/nba-draft-coby-white-ochai-agbaji-prospects-march-madness

The Super Sleeper: Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State
Although Haliburton is another player who seems like a better bet for the 2020 draft, the unheralded freshman has become a serious person of interest for NBA teams. The possibility of a productive March remains on the table, and as we’ve written dating back to January, Haliburton should at least be in good position to test the draft and get feedback. His case is certainly a strange one, as his scoring contributions and overall shot diversity have been minimal, but his brilliant feel for basketball is extremely evident and is something that has to be experienced over the course of a full game to properly comprehend. It will be hard for Haliburton to be a first-round pick while averaging less than 10 points per game, plus the fact he needs to get much stronger and he shoots a funky shot, but it can’t be stressed enough how impressive he’s been from a feel standpoint all season.

Haliburton’s pathway to going one-and-done may be inherently paradoxical, although frankly, he’s good enough that there should be no guilt discussing it—while NBA teams would undoubtedly love to see more of what he can do as a scorer and ball-handler, one of his strengths is how unselfishly he’s fit into Iowa State’s system (he had a remarkable 17-assist game early in the season), which generally features four ballhandlers at a time. In other words, it’s unlikely he breaks from what makes him so good to showcase other elements of his game that could turn more heads. But Iowa State does want him to shoot the ball more frequently, and he’s certainly capable of doing more from an individual perspective. Part of the beauty of the way he plays is how often he makes the correct choice to facilitate instead.

The prevailing thought is that returning to school would let him spend most of his time at point guard, thus creating a huge window for him to make a case as a first-round pick in 2020. Still, there are some (myself included) who already view him as a first-round talent, and stranger things have happened. He’s a player to watch closely, just in case.

Gary dolphins favorite wrestler passes away. Used to live when bundy made the ref count to five instead of 3.


https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wwe-legend-king-kong-bundy-dies-at-61.amp

Not trying to scare anyone, but was made aware of this on social media earlier. I am not a parent, but one day hope to be. This type of stuff scares me, but if you haven’t heard of this momo challenge, it’s a Japanese character that was created by someone to use scare tactics and discreetly get your kid to do challenges through YouTube kids. Your kid wouldn’t or won’t make you aware when they supposedly have nightmares or act out because it says it'll kill them or the parents. This thing makes challenges through the app called WhatsApp and makes them document those challenges through the app with pictures. This could put you or them at harm. I only share this YouTube video with good intentions as to spread awareness in disbelief as to why any sane human would make this.

Here is a video explaining it through a news story sort of way.

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https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/3/4/mac-announces-historic-wrestling-expansion.aspx

The MAC is taking in the EWL starting next season. The Big 12 took in the WWC a few years back and at this point you have to think there is a lot of pressure on the ACC to take in the SoCon Schools and then you just have the Pac-12 as the odd man out as far as being a tiny conference on its own.

MINUTES PLAYED BY CLASS THIS SEASON - TxJeremy

BAYLOR
24.5% - SR
19.2% - JR
32.0% - SO
24.3% - FR

IOWA STATE
35.4% - SR
13.0% - JR
15.8% - SO
35.8% - FR

KANSAS
12.9% - SR
24.5% - JR
22.5% - SO
40.0% - FR

KANSAS STATE
44.5% - SR
29.1% - JR
22.9% - SO
3.6% - FR

OKLAHOMA
53.5% - SR
19.9% - JR
14.7% - SO
11.9% - FR

OKLAHOMA STATE
0.0% - SR
56.9% - JR
0.0% - SO
31.3% - FR
11.7% - PLAYERS NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER

TCU
32.3% - SR
17.5% - JR
11.7% - SO
30.8% - FR
7.7% - PLAYERS NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER

TEXAS
26.7% - SR
9.5% - JR
36.1% - SO
27.7% - FR

TEXAS TECH
46.9% - SR
0.9% - JR
40.5% - SO
11.7% - FR

WEST VIRGINIA
0.0% - SR
47.5% - JR
3.5% - JR
28.7% - FR
20.4% - PLAYERS NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...Lw_LUd0ks0EORIm9Hyc6CeGDWe0iBw-4V0j5cCqkuLJNQ

"Iowa State, which has lost three of its past four games, actually moved up two spots Monday to return to the top 25, at No. 25. The Cyclones (20-8 overall, 9-7 Big 12 Conference) remain out of The Associated Press' rankings, receiving votes at No. 28. "

First time I remember benefiting, rather than losing ground, due to inattention to what's going on.

I do think we're a top 30 team, but this is odd.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...6124921/tempers-flare-nevada-upset-utah-state
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Not exactly sure what happened. I haven't seen a good video to show if a player and fan got into it during the court storm

Tracking the scores of all the games this season, we have averaged 80.2 while giving up 63.9. It stands out that 8 times we have both not scored our average and given more than our average. 7 of those 8 are our losses. The outlier is the 67-64 win over Auburn. Every other game, as long as we either score more than 80 OR give up less than 64 we win (OK, Texas at home giving up 63 would still be a loss).

Anyway, that is a good indicator to watch in game. If we are tracking to hit 80 or give up less than 64, odds are we win. Especially, the 80 as the ladies have only given up 80 points once this season (at Baylor), while they have failed to score more than 64 five times (four were losses).

To the entire team. ISU finished with a much better record than the the last several years. This team has the potential to win at least 27 games and quite possibly more. You never know what might happen in the NCAA tourney. I have believed all year that the second best team in the Big 12 this year was from Ames. I have stated on this board a while back that I wanted to see the Cyclones as a #2 seed in OKC and then hopefully get to watch them play BU for the tourney championship. That's what I've been wanting all year , and I usually get my way if I lust after it long enough.

I plan to arrive in OKC Friday evening and take in the whole thing. I believe Acoustimac told me he would be there again, and I assume some of his good ol buddies. Hope to see him and any body else as far as that goes. I usually hang out at Hudsons in Brickyard during spare time. Average food and lots of TV's. Give me a shout if you're around. I'll buy you a cheap sud and a potato chip.

P.S. I plan to go up to Ft Worth tomorrow and watch the Frogs and the Horns. I'll give you two guesses who I'll be rooting for.

At the half, Tech is up by 9 against Texas and Kstate is up 9 at TCU.

If both games hold true, they will be tied at the top with at least a one game lead going into the last game.

Who are some of the kids (True and Redshirt) freshman that could make a big impact on the team next year?

What if? Yikes

He is now 35-35 in Big 12 regular season play over these last four seasons.

Right now I would peg him between six, seventh or eighth whether or not you think Kruger has lost his fastball. Dixon is tough comparison because his season results are definitely behind Prohm but is 5-1 head- -to-head against him. He is most definitely is ahead of Smart, today's result notwithstanding, and Boynton.

So maybe split the difference and put him seventh.

Right now it seems like if the game plan works out his teams look great but if things get junked up or they are out executing his teams he gets lost in the fog of war and can't make the necessary adjustments or they just come plain too late a la the Purdue NCAA game.

Jamaal Tinsley. Pretty good Cyclone player? Right? I think so. Let's see what you remember about him!
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Thoughts and prayers with Willie and the Miklus family during this tough time. So glad his dad was able to make it to senior night and watch Willie wrestle one last time.