Working on changing things up a bit. Of course, our special guests will be there to mingle and we'll have a program where you can ask questions. But I'm working on getting more former players there and will hopefully be giving away season tickets and some tickets to the Big 12 Tournament. More on that in the coming days.

Here's a Facebook RSVP.

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Animated movies encompass such a wide range anymore, I thought it would be interesting to get a discussion going on CF's favorites. Having kids will likely affect how many you have seen, but I'd like to keep it open to all styles (old-school Disney animation, computer animation, stop-motion, anime, etc)

I'll throw out my Top 10, but it's razor thin on some of these rankings:

1. How To Train Your Dragon
2. Big Hero 6
3. Incredibles
4. Wreck-It Ralph
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
6. Toy Story
7. Aladdin
8. Tangled
9. Frozen
10. Lion King

Just missed: Up, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Shrek

Underrated: Kubo and the Two Strings, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Arthur Christmas

The postseason is here, and Tourney Pool is ready to go. There were quite a few enhancements this offseason, as well as a styling upgrade.

If you're not familiar with the rules, here they are:

1) select 1 wrestler at each of the 10 weights
2) wrestlers are weighted based on their seed
3) you have 1000 points to spend across your 10 wrestlers
4) there are 3 tie breaker questions to answer, based on the ACTUAL team results of the tournament
5) the wrestlers that you selected earn the points that they are awarded in the actual tournament

Users can join any public groups that exist. You can join a private group if you've been invited and know the password for the group. You can also create your own public or private groups.

There are 2 official WrestleStat groups already created, 1 for B1G tournament, and 1 for Nationals.

Quick note on seeds: Since have not been set yet, but you ARE able to make selections in the B1G group. I updated the top 8 seeds, based on Flo's recent article about their anticipated seeds. Once seeds have been officially release, WrestleStat will get them updated in Tourney Pool. If updating the seeds causes your submittal to go over the 1000 point maximum, it's up to you to change your picks so you can get down to the 1000 point maximum. We will send out friendly reminders prior to the tournament if there are still some submittals out there that are still over the 1000 point maximum.

You can join as many groups as you like; last year there were 3 users that were members of more than 20 groups.

Here's the link to get you started:

https://www.wrestlestat.com/tourneypool/welcome

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Thanks again everyone, have fun!

Just had Wichita State/UConn on randomly and WSU hit a last second shot on a runner to win it.

It's March tomorrow. Arguably the best sporting event takes place in a few weeks, and even some of these late regular season and conference tourney games can get crazy.

What are some of your most memorable buzzer beaters in college basketball? Regular season or tourney.

I'll start with one that was posted in the JT thread.

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Top 100/Top 50
Ku 9/6 - man, ole Self is doing magic with this paltry squad
UT 8/5 - Shaka da smart
Bu 6/1 - well, no wonder, Drew
ISU 3/2 - stacked is no surprise
WVU 2/1 - still has some dudes
TCU 2/0 - fewer than most
TxT 1/1 - surprisingly
OU 1/0 - also
oSu 1/0 - top 20 class on the way though
K-State 0/0 - lol, Bruce

Source: Recruiting Services Consensus Index
ksu_FAN

Stumbled across this today and figured it was more ISU basketball focused though it focuses on current NBA players. Really makes you appreciate how much talent/hard work they had and put in. Too bad a deep run never happened.

https://newsok.com/article/5624330/five-cyclone-teammates-enjoying-nba-adventure

Anyone else coming down?

Did you get your tickets through Iowa State Athletics or Sprint Center?

Can't wait to see you all!

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...-to-do-downtown-wells-fargo-arena/2913256002/

Already see tickets on the WFA website, $115 is the cheapest I see. Dang I like his music and always wanted to see him live but not sure I would pay that much just to sit in the nosebleeds to.

I think I like Texas having a really good game against Baylor. It puts Baylor at the same W/L total as us, and maybe gets them a little overconfident for Saturday.

Texas by double digits!

Let's get another one!

Cyclone Nation says you're welcome, San Antonio.

Roundup of my favorite CF posts & quips from February. In some cases, comments are edited for clarity or brevity.

If anyone encountered amusements I didn’t include, add it to the thread.

• Read Posts of the Month: January ’19

First two are from late-January, after I posted that monthly roundup.

From the thread: Friday ‘V’: What you hate about Super Bowl
@VeloClone: People want you to come to their parties, but would rather talk than watch the game. I don't mind a little chit-chat, but I don't want to talk about how much you hate your boss when it is 3rd and goal from the 2.
@dirtyninety: Kissing the Lombardi trophy...do something original…like floss with it.


From the thread: If you were a pizza … (would you eat yourself?)
@MLawrence: I know I would. Heck, I would go back for seconds.


(*thread title not recorded*)
@ClonesTwenty1: Huggins seems like someone who more likely uses heroin.


From the thread: ***Official Texas vs. #20 Iowa State GameDay***
@CySmurf: I've seen worse starts...my car this week, for instance.


From the thread: ISU 1-point favorite vs. OU
@bosco: Picked the wrong week to quit black tar heroin.


From the thread: ***Official Iowa State vs. Oklahoma Game Day Thread***
@coolerifyoudid: In a clinical study, two out of two horses hate Boomer Sooner.

@SwirlyBird: What the f*** is a rock fight?
@cyrocksmypants: A fight involving rocks.


From the thread: What happened to UNI?
@CascadeClone: It's a great time, like a bachelor party for 3 days. Lots of booze, gambling and basketball. … Some years, one of the guys clears out his wife and kids and we trash his place. We look forward to it every year, its a blast.
@BCClone: You share hookers or get your own?


From the thread: Official TCU postgame thread.
@chuckd4735: What the hell did you want the crowd to cheer? We were horrible today. Literally nothing to cheer about.
@Cycl1: What, you aren't a fan of watching multiple 10-point runs with no timeouts, dribbling into double and triple teams, lazy passes, dribbling the ball off our feet, not boxing out and giving up a clear drive to the hoop for like the 5th layup in a row?


From the thread: What are you eating for Valentine’s Day?
@BoxsterCy: (I bought) a raspberry cheesecake dessert for myself. Going to pretend my imaginary GF Monique bought it for me. She's French, you know.


From the thread: Friday OT: Con Jobs
@BCClone: When I was in my early/mid 20s, I had a good job and decent savings. A woman came along and conned me into this thing called marriage. I'm still getting taken for everything I have.


From the thread: Monday OT: Which president are you?
@Macloney: I got Andrew Johnson. Apparently, he was "white trash." If fireworks, Busch Light and being awesome make me white trash, I'll take it.


From the thread: Mid-season let’s try again (Big 12 awards)
@CyTwins: CyTwins: Take out Brown or Wade and put in Mason and you are probably right
@surly: Brown will put Mason in a jar Saturday.
** Editor’s note: surly’s first appearance in my top-posts series **


From the thread: Friday OT: Pull the trigger
@CtownCyclone: So you're a masochist, then.
@Entropy: It’s a terrible addiction.


One of mine, included based on “Funny” button response.
From the thread: Zion Williamson possibly could sue Nike
cyclones500: Either he'll put his foot down and sue, or wait for the other shoe to drop.

https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/February/14/NCAA-coaches-RPI-rankings

125- 24th (18 RPI)
133- 7th (5 RPI)
141- 12th (20 RPI)
149- 13th (6 RPI)
157- NR (29 RPI)- note Wyatt Sheets, who Straw beat is 22 in the coaches panel
165- NR (NR)
174- 21st (17 RPI)
184- 15th (7 RPI)
197- 5th (NR- not eligible for RPI due to lack of matches)
Hwt- 25th (19 RPI)

Overall, pretty favorable ranking for the clones. I think Straw has an outside shot at getting a coaches panel ranking if he can knock of Jacques, but I also think Straw can make the finals in the Big 12 tourney to steal an allocation if he doesn't end up earning one. Looking pretty good to qualify 8, outside chance at 9 or all 10.

Just decided that we will be giving away two season tickets to the 2019 Iowa State football season at this Thursday's recruiting party. We'll be doing a raffle for all in attendance.

Excited for this!

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I enjoyed talking to coach Campbell about some non-football topics earlier this month. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/matt-campbell-beyond-the-process/

Greenbay fired Mike McCarthy today. Chaos in Green Bay.

I will be in Omaha Saturday for the Dierks Bentley concert. Where is a good place to catch the game?

Edit: I posted this in Football forum. It’s intended to be Men’s Basketball.

What a great effort in the second half by these guys. Great defensive effort and shot selection was improved over the last couple games at Hilton. Good win for Steve and his staff. Get another on Saturday at Texas

...in effective FG% (among qualified players).

Effective FG% takes into account the extra value of threes.

• If you go 3-5 on 2ptFG, that's a 60% FG% and a 60% eFG%.
• If you go 2-5 on 3ptFG, that's a 40% FG% but a 60% eFG% (because you scored the same number of points as going 3-5 on 2ptFG).

The easy way to calculate eFG% is (FGM + 0.5*3ptFGM) / FGA

Prior to Saturday's games, Scott had an eFG of 73.0%, which led the nation: https://natstat.com/wbb/stats/player-advanced

Iowa's Gustafson is #4 at an eFG% of 70.7%, which is pretty impressive given she's only attempted one three all season.

In conference games, Scott's eFG% is a ridiculous 79.2%.

Game is on Fox Sports Southwest if you care to watch or make comments.

2 point lead for Tech with 4 mins to go? Really? Boynton really has the Cowboys playing well this game, and Tech is a slow scoring team.

I was hoping for a blowout, so Tech could visit us while in the top 10. That ain't happening!