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IOWA STATE (20-9, 9-7 BIG 12)
VS. WEST VIRGINA (11-18, 3-13 BIG 12)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 | 6 P.M. CST
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. | WVU COLISEUM (14,000)



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Hi and welcome to another edition of On That Note. CF's weekly post on music topics, hosted alternately by myself, @CycloneRulzzz and @cyclones500.

Last week's post on the topic of "Have A Drink On Me" can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-have-a-drink-on-me.246380/page-7#post-6568022

This week's topic is "This Year's Model". Described as: songs that specifically mention a car Make (Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Mercedes etc) or a vehicle Model (Corvette, Mustang, GTO, Beetle, etc.). Mention can be in the title, lyrics or both.

One caveat, songs that mention the word, "car" or "automobile" but DO NOT call out a Make or Model are ineligible (example - the Beatles' Drive My Car). Or even songs about car situations that don't include a Make or Model are not eligible (such as Chuck Berry's No Particular Place to Go).

As usual, I will kick the topic off with 5 that popped into my cranial cavity as I pondered the topic.

Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else: "My car's out front and it's all mine, just a 41 Ford, not a '59..."

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The Kinks - Cadillac: Not only do the lyrics mention the Cadillac, they even spell it, "C A D I L L A C!" (FYI, original version was by Bo Diddley)

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Dwight Yoakam - Long White Cadillac: Sticking with the Cadillac theme here. Yes pulling something from the country genre.. surprise!

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Chuck Berry - My Mustang Ford: There are several songs meeting the criteria from this Rock and Roll legend. Other CFers can post them. I like this lesser known gem.

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The Refreshments - 55 Ford: No explanation needed. See my Avatar. Yes, it's a '55 Ford.

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I know a few on here wanted to see the clones do it, but personally I want anyone but them.

I was trying to get tickets for me and my friends when I realized that I don’t actually understand sessions. Is session 1 Wednesday, session 2 for Thursday and so on? Do I just buy for individual games? Any help would be appreciated. It’s our first time going.

OU up 18-7. ESPN2.

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.

For those with a subscription to the Athletic, they just released their top 25 college coaches and Matt Campbell comes in at #21. It states that he will likely climb higher on the list with time. Can’t link due to having the app and you likely need a subscription to view the article.

Appears no changes for the Big 12 line-up though.

"Beginning in 2020, the Las Vegas Bowl will annually feature a team from the Pac-12 against a team from the SEC or Big Ten, and a new bowl in Los Angeles will feature the Pac-12 against the Mountain West, sources told Stadium.

Other changes: The ACC will add the Holiday Bowl, the SEC and Big Ten will rotate between the Las Vegas and the Belk bowls, and the Outback Bowl will feature an ACC team if a Big Ten team is in the Orange Bowl, sources said.

The new conference tie-ins are expected to become official by May, when the NCAA’s new bowl cycle, from 2020-25, is formally announced.

Changes for the new bowl cycle starting in 2020, sources told Stadium, include:

The Las Vegas Bowl
In 2020, the Las Vegas Bowl moves from UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium to the new Las Vegas NFL stadium. In the course of the six-year deal, the SEC and Big Ten will each make three appearances against the Pac-12 in the Las Vegas Bowl. It’s expected to be either the third or fourth Pac-12 team after the Rose and Alamo Bowls are filled. It’s unknown what selection the SEC and Big Ten would send from their respective conference.

This will mark the first Pac-12 and SEC non-playoff bowl matchup since the 1989 Freedom Bowl. The Pac-12 currently plays bowl games against each of the Power 5 conferences except for the SEC. The two conferences have played in only nine non-College Football Playoff/New Year’s 6 bowls.

The Belk Bowl
The Charlotte-based bowl will rotate an SEC or Big Ten team, based on which league is in the Las Vegas Bowl. The Charlotte Bowl annually will feature an ACC team between 2020-25 against either an SEC or Big Ten team, with each league making three appearances. If an SEC team is in Las Vegas, a Big Ten team will be in Charlotte, and vice versa.

The new Los Angeles Bowl at Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park
The new LA bowl will feature the Pac-12 against the Mountain West. This is basically the old Las Vegas Bowl matchup with the bowl getting the first selection from the Mountain West against a Pac-12 team. The Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park opens in 2020 and will also host the 2023 College Football Playoff title game. This bowl is huge for the Mountain West, especially after its 19-year tie-in with the Las Vegas Bowl ends after this season.

The Holiday Bowl
With the Big Ten playing in Las Vegas and Belk, the Big Ten will not be affiliated with the Holiday Bowl after 2019 and will be replaced by the ACC. The San Diego-based bowl will feature the Pac-12 against the ACC from 2020-25.

The Gator Bowl
Starting in 2020, the Jacksonville-based bowl will feature an ACC vs. SEC matchup each season.

The Music City Bowl
Starting in 2020, the Nashville-based bowl will feature an SEC vs. Big Ten matchup each season.

The Outback Bowl
The Tampa-based bowl will still feature an SEC vs. Big Ten matchup, as it has since 1995. However, starting in 2020, when a Big Ten team earns a berth to the Orange Bowl, an ACC team will take the Big Ten’s place in the Outback Bowl. This arrangement previously was with the Citrus Bowl.

The Arizona Bowl
This year will mark the Sun Belt’s final season in the Arizona bowl. Starting in 2020, the Tucson-based bowl will pit the Mountain West against the Mid-American Conference.

The Myrtle Beach Bowl
The new bowl created by ESPN begins in 2020 and will feature teams from Conference USA, the Mid-American and Sun Belt. Each conference will play four times between 2020-25.

Starting with the new bowl cycle in 2020, here are the guaranteed minimum bowl tie-ins per conference (not including any teams that appear in the College Football Playoff):

ACC, SEC – 11
Big Ten – 9
Pac-12 – 8
Big 12 – 7
American – 7
Conference USA – 7
Mid-American – 6
Mountain West – 6
Sun Belt – 5

Army & BYU each can secure its own automatic bowl tie-in, but the remaining independents (Liberty, UMass and New Mexico State) must hope for an at-large spot from a conference that can’t fill all of its allotments in a specific year. Notre Dame remains part of the ACC’s bowl lineup if the Irish don’t qualify for a College Football Playoff or New Year’s 6 Bowl berth."

https://watchstadium.com/news/college-football-bowl-game-changes-to-begin-in-2020-03-05-2019/

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.

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

Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced today a historic membership expansion in the sport of wrestling as the MAC has added seven new affiliate members – Bloomsburg, Clarion, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Rider, George Mason and Cleveland State – to begin competing in the MAC with the 2019-20 wrestling season.

The addition of seven new affiliate members increases MAC wrestling membership to 15 total members. Bloomsburg, Clarion, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Rider, George Mason and Cleveland State all have joined the MAC from the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) making the MAC the second largest NCAA Division I Wrestling conference.

MAC wrestling membership includes Buffalo, Central Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois and Ohio, along with current affiliate members Missouri (since 2013), Old Dominion (since 2013) and SIU Edwardsville (since 2018). The eight current MAC members will compete in the 2019 MAC Wrestling Championship on March 8-9 in Norfolk, Va. on the campus of Old Dominion University. Next season the 15 MAC wrestling programs will compete in the 2020 MAC Wrestling Championship on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.

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.

This has been something that has been on my mind most of the season and I think even posted about it here. We were very fortunate in having guys like Niang, Monte, Naz, and Thomas for 4-5 seasons. Especially because those guys had very clearly defined roles and performed them at a very high level. This years team added 6 new players from transfers and freshman. So I decided to a chart out all the major contributors and see just how much returned on each team since Hoiberg's first year.



Going down each column you can see the major players from each team starting with Hoiberg's first tourney team. I also included the noteworthy guys from Fred's first team. Every transfer was included. I didn't include guys that barely played and transferred out after a year or two(Clayton Custer, Simeon Carter, etc). If a guy played in 95% of the games they could have, they were included.

Some interesting notes.

• What is probably widely considered the best team in the last 10 years, the Ejim-Kane-Niang team, had 4 newcomers to compliment Senior Ejim, Sophomore Niang, Sophomore Naz. 2 Freshman, a Juco, and a grad transfer. What really helped this yeam with the massive roster turnover is having excellent senior leadership from Ejim and an All-American grad transfer in DeAndre Kane.
• Fred's first NCAA tourney team had 5 new players. 4 transfers and a Juco. What helped this team with again massive roster influx was 4 sit out transfers redshirting together.
• The team that had the highest expectations imo was the Niang junior year team. 5 returning players, 2 sit out transfers eligible to play. Only new major contributor was BDJ as a grad transfer. We all know how this year ended.
• The 2016-2017 team was one of my favorites, 4 elite senior guards. Again, tons of returning talent and guys who had been in the program for years.
• 2017-2018 is when we start to see the imbalance of the roster hurt the team. Only 3 returning players, 2 of them were bench players and one only became a starter midway through the Big 12 season. 5 new players were added to the roster with 3 of them being grad transfers and 2 freshman.
• This year again, we saw major roster movement. 3 guys graduate and 1 transfer out(Jakolby Long). 4 returning starters from the 2017-2018 team but 1 of them is injured and out the entire year, one is injured and missed 99% of the non-conference, another is suspended to the start the year and comes off the bench when he returns and the last is NWB. So instead of rolling with a lot of returning starters, 2 transfers and 2 freshman start.

So what is my point with all of this? I'm not fully sure because I think you could read this multiple ways. But I do think it is very interesting that we've only had 1 year where we added 4 or more new major pieces and had a terrific year. That being the 2013-2014 team. Probably due in part a lot senior Melvin Ejim and Georges Niang setting a pretty strong tone.

Expectations probably got way to high for this team after beating KU like a drum by 17 at home. For 5 consecutive seasons, if we needed a bucket we had Niang or Morris to stop a scoring drought. That's a huge benefit to not having massive roster turnover. I believe Prohm wanted/thought Lindell could be that guy but I really think Lindell's injury to start the season really hampered his progress to being that guy. Lindell still gets into the lane through pure athleticism but loses control of either the ball or himself by the time he is 3 feet from the hoop.

https://wrestlestat.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/big-12-tournament-1st-round-comparisons/

Keeping the blog post so if/when they change, they'll be automatically updated.

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).

I missed this yesterday when it was announced. It is her 16th time to win the award, putting her in third place all-time for the league. Only Courtney Paris and Brittney Griner have more. It should be noted that Kalani Brown (pre-season POY) has zero.

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/3/4/...ig-12-weekly-honor-of-season-16th-career.aspx

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/

https://big12basketblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/bracketology-march-5-2019-morning-edition/

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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

How are the NCAA WBB tournament tickets for games at Hilton going to be handled?

Is it like the men's tournament in which a limited number of tickets are distributed by the ISU Ticket Office according to donor status? Will there be any sort of presale for ISU season ticket holders? Has the sign-up and/or presale already taken place and I missed it?

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!