Everyone knows how important 2x Honerable Mention All Big 12 Team Member Sam Seonbuchner was to the offense the last 3 seasons. So much so that it is a key part to replace. The probable starter at this point is Dylan Soehner but I do believe there are other options with both Schollarship and Non-scholarship Players. Just skimming through the Roster as is Ben Latusek has Great Size at 6'3 262 Pounds and Graduated as the All Time Leading Rusher in Dike- New Hartford History. Another guy is Gage Gunnerson who at 6'2 220 Pounds could add some weight and be an option down the road. He played QB is HS and was a very good rusher is a signal caller. He would be a true Cinderella Story to become the starter with the path he took to join the Football Team. The most realistic option behind Soehner is probably incoming Freshman Coal Flansburg who has the strength and size to play the FB or LB spot in 2019 the question is where the Staff puts him. There are probably more and better options to add to the mix but those were just a few guys that jumped out to me.

But for 3 unconscious 3 pointers Fran could easily be on a 5 game losing streak this morning. Think Barta's treatment of his f____k outrage would be different than what will likely happen?

The mailbag is here for you to consume.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/...ad-to-next-year-and-more-relationship-advice/

Culver for WVU just missed a bunny to put it away. Going into OT3 right now. Creeping up on 3 hours of game time.

We all realize rebounding is a pretty hot button issue right now. I was curious to see how Lard has been doing rebounding this year since last year he was a rebounding machine. I was pretty shocked to see how much he has regressed as a rebounder.

2017-2018 Season

• Total Rebounds - 234
• Per 40 Rebounds - 12.2
• Offensive rebounding % - 14%
• Defensive rebounding % - 19.3%
• 2nd in the Big 12 in Offensive rebounds
• 4th in Big 12 in average rebounds per game at 8.1

2018-2019 Season

• Total Rebounds - 53
  
• Per 40 Rebounds - 8.6
• Offensive rebounding % - 9.8%
• Defensive rebounding % - 14.5%
• Outside Top 10 in the Big 12 in Offensive rebounds
• Outside the Top 10 in Big 12 in average rebounds per game

For Lard's career, he's had 8 double doubles. All happened last year. He has had 15 games of 9 rebounds or more, all happened last year. His highest rebound total this season is 6. When you look at this top 25 rebound total games, only 2 have happened this season. Absolutely bonkers the cliff he has fallen off in terms of rebounding. And sure he isn't playing as many minutes this year as last year, but even his per 40 numbers and rebound %'s are lower this year than last. Probably a big reason for our rebounding issues.

Perhaps a bit early to start a thread on Lipsey, but as he had an ISU offer at age 14, I thought this article would of interest to CF readers. Hopefully, being an Ames kid, he'll pick ISU.

https://usatodayhss.com/2018/speed-mental-strength-helps-15-year-old-tamin-lipsey-on-court

Go ahead, give KU another title.

I am already dreading this possible scenario:

1) K-St. goes 2-1 in its last 3 games and finishes 13-5. Possible.
2) KU wins its last 3 games and finishes 13-5. Likely.
3) TTech wins its next 3 games and comes into Hilton for its final game at 13-4. Likely.

4) If ISU beats TTech, KU continues the conference title win streak.

Obviously I want the Clones to beat a top 10 team, which can only help their tourney seeding. But I just don't like the thought of their win aiding KU's streak.

Does anyone know if either the high school or university tracks are open to the public? I would like to do some training but can't find any information on if they are ever open to the public.

Anyone have experience with churning credit cards?

For the last 5 years I've always just had one credit card that gave me airline miles. At the time I signed up they gave me like 40k airline miles but every since I just pay $95/year and there really isn't a big bonus to stay with one card.

I called up my credit card company to see if they could do anything for me and they just offered a lower rate, which doesn't matter to me.

After doing some research, I don't think I want to be the type of person who is trying to manage 5 different credit cards(churning) to take advantage of all the different offers. I also had put in place a credit freeze last year so to get a different card, I would have to unlock at least one of those.

I decided to go with Chase Sapphire Preferred since it sounds like this may be the best option for people with just one card. Now I have to spend $4k over the next 3 months, which will be a little bit of a challenge.

Anyone else have this card? Anyone churn and get a lot of benefit?

Please please please take the time to watch this interview with Selma Blair about her struggles with MS. I am incredibly impressed by her. I had no idea that it has effected her speech as much as it has. I was taken aback when I first heard her speak. But wow, she is brave and can be a voice for so many people. Great stuff.

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The final regular season rankings have been generated.

Wrestler Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/starters

Dual Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/dual

Tournament Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/tournament

Redshirt Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/redshirts

Also, I made some adjustments to the RPI rankings to follow closer what the actual formula uses. It is as close to the real thing as we can get, without the NCAA telling us what the real formula is...

RPI Rankings: https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/rpi

I believe they didn't even get enough votes to be "in the consideration" part of the poll either.

Honestly, even if we win out, very unlikely we get back in the Top 25. Not like the AP Poll matters anyways.

Some really cool numbers to see, especially when you consider that the vast majority of fans in San Antonio were Cyclones.

https://www.alamobowl.com/bowl-deli...bxZygXyECqsfNi54O9X4WhicFuF2_9DU29oX6MllGRz8E

As maybe a few of you have seen, I post something akin to this in football every year on CF. This year I decided to adapt my football Python program to work with Big 12 basketball as well.

Basically, this is 100,000 Monte Carlo simulations of the rest of the Big 12 basketball season in Python, using Ken Massey’s rating system for the odds for every remaining game.

Chances for each team to win the Big 12 Championship:

Kansas: 51.9% (33.9% outright, 18.1% tied)
Texas Tech: 49.6% (31.9% outright, 17.7% tied)
Iowa St.: 13.5% (5.6% outright, 7.9% tied)
TCU: 7.8% (3.0% outright, 4.8% tied)
Oklahoma: 3.0% (0.9% outright, 2.1% tied)
Kansas St.: 2.0% (0.6% outright, 1.4% tied)
Texas: 1.0% (0.2% outright, 0.7% tied)
Baylor: 0.3% (0.1% outright, 0.2% tied)
Oklahoma St., West Virginia: nothin'

Championship scenarios that have at least a 0.5 percent chance of happening:

Kansas: 33.9%
Texas Tech: 31.9%
Kansas, Texas Tech: 9.4%
Iowa St.: 5.6%
TCU: 3.0%
Iowa St., Kansas: 2.4%
Iowa St., Texas Tech: 2.3%
Kansas, TCU: 1.4%
Iowa St., Kansas, Texas Tech: 1.3%
TCU, Texas Tech: 1.2%
Oklahoma: 0.9%
Kansas, TCU, Texas Tech: 0.7%
Kansas St.: 0.6%
Kansas, Oklahoma: 0.5%

Average projected wins for every Big 12 team:

Kansas: 12.79
Texas Tech: 12.71
Iowa St.: 10.99
TCU: 10.19
Oklahoma: 9.39
Kansas St.: 8.91
Texas: 8.41
Baylor: 7.36
Oklahoma St.: 5.66
West Virginia: 3.58

ISU's chances of ending up at any Big 12 record:

6-12: 0.3%
7-11: 1.3%
8-10: 4.8%
9-9: 11.4%
10-8: 19.7%
11-7: 24.0%
12-6: 20.6%
13-5: 12.3%
14-4: 4.5%
15-3: 1.0%
16-2: 0.1%

ISU odds of Big 12 title if they end at a particular record:

10-8 or worse: 0.0%
11-7: 0.9%
12-6: 12.9%
13-5: 47.8%
14-4: 81.3%
15-3: 97.2%
16-2: 100.0%

Anyone want the odds for different scenarios, just ask -- they're easy to do.

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IOWA STATE (19-8, 8-6 BIG 12)
VS. OKLAHOMA (17-10, 5-9 BIG 12)
MONDAY, FEB. 25 | 7 P.M. CST
AMES, IOWA | HILTON COLISEUM (14,384)


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What do some of you think of these guys? Do they try to sound like Led Zeppelin too much? I like them a little more every time I hear them.
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This is FIFTEENTH time she's claimed the weekly award in her ISU career.

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/2/25...ts-fifth-big-12-weekly-honor-this-season.aspx

First 2 episodes were on HBO tonight. Watched the 1st one thus far and thought it was pretty good. Like after a lot of 1st episodes hope the pace picks up a bit but at least there seems to be hope that it is going to be better than Season 2, which I know to many isn't saying much.

Not sure the title is appropriate. This is not political or religious, I think, so I put it here.

Anyways, I agree with her. Transgender women should not be allowed to compete against biological women in certain sports. I'm not anti-transgender so do not take it that way.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/tenn...a-dropped-lgbt-group-scli-spt-intl/index.html

I also think it is ridiculous to label her transphobic.

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