Prohm should cover the 'Hilton Magic' sign we see on the hype videos until this team earns it.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling...lege-wrestling-teams-we-underestimated-season

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Doubting the Cyclones in October, before they took the mat for the first time this year, would not have been surprising, but head coach Kevin Dresser has proven that doing so would have been a mistake. Iowa State (8-10 last year and 1-12 the year before) has surged to a 10-2 record and a second place spot in the conference. The Cyclones ranked No. 11 in the latest NWCA poll with five ranked athletes, headlined by No. 5 Willie Miklus at 197 followed closely by No. 9 Austin Gomez at 133. No. 11 Ian Parker sits just outside the Top 10 at 141 pounds, but he should not be ignored as the Big 12 tournament nears.

NWCA RANKINGS: Penn State holds top spot in NWCA headed to final weekend of duals

Though the Cyclones fell in their rivalry dual against the Iowa Hawkeyes, Dresser's team kept the match close, losing by just one point and scoring more points against Iowa than any other team this season. The only other loss on the Cyclone record this year came against No. 2 Oklahoma State, but Iowa State will be put to the test again this weekend when they face No. 5 Missouri. The dual, however, is just a preview to some of the excitement destined to occur when the Cyclones take the mat at the Big 12 tournament. They will not have to face Iowa or Missouri in the conference tournament and will hope to qualify a large squad of wresters for the national tournament in late March. Iowa State has not had more than three All-Americans since 2009, but this year, four athletes sit inside the Top 15 and could make a run for the podium. No. 14 Jarrett Degen nearly earned the honor last year, but missed out after losing in the Round of 12. Look for 149-pounder Degen and his teammates to surprise wresting fans in March and make some noise on the national stage.

OK, I want to try to say this in the nicest way possible, but...I personally could not care less what Matt Campbell thinks about LeBron, Baker Mayfield, Mike Leach, the WWE, what restaurants he likes or what he has on his DVR. If I had an hour of one-on-one time with the coach, I would want to save the small talk for after the interview is done. I mean, my first thought would be...going into spring, how do they try to replace Willie Harvey? DeAndre Payne? Montgomery? Butler? Seonbuchner? Peavy? Maybe ask about the new FB facility...how much input did he have? What's he like about the plans? What are some of the cool things about the new building and how will it fit in with what they currently have?

There are tons of FB related questions to ask. Thoughts on 3-4 vs 4-3, evolution of Leo/Star positions, strength and weight gains, how the new FR are doing so far, who's participating at pro day, what they want to accomplish this spring, how the new coaches are settling in, who have been the leaders over the winter and who are potential captains.

I love CW's work and appreciate what this site does, but for as limited of access as we get, I just hate seeing time on a podcast "wasted" by asking about what TV shows the coach is binging. I understand that it's a fine line and it's great to have a friendly relationship with the HC...and that there's some value to fans being able to see what he's really like outside of the buttoned up press conference situations, but I feel like if the opportunity is there to ask more FB questions and less non-FB questions (like cut in half), that would make for an even better podcast.

I'm sure I'll get ripped up for this post, but I actually consider it constructive criticism.

Safe to say everyone either needs a hug or a few shots of moonshine.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/02/mid-week-mailbag-meltdown-edition/

I have no argument that we are playing our best seven players. But now that the odds of winning the b12 have lessened, we need to rest and lower Pt to our key players to keep them fresh. Go back to rotating 10 like we did earlier in the season.

NWB has had a great year but has lost that quickness to the hoop displayed earlier in the season and his shot is struggling. Jacobson didn’t have his typical energy, his recovery on pick and rolls and his help defense looked fatigued. THT didn’t look like himself last night (Baylor). He was getting beat of the dribble multiple times.

The extra minutes to our reserves will benefit us with depth when the tournaments start. Conditt, Talley and Lewis have all shown the ability. Now is the time to get them confident and comfortable with the team.

Wigginton and Lard look to have their game legs, but they get their rest. It doesn’t matter if we go to the dance if we get nocked out in the first week.

I know many of you don't give a crap about Drake basketball, and that's fine. But I've been to most of their games this season and honestly, they are pretty damn entertaining. A team with a new coach and cobbled together roster that lost their best player halfway thru the season is now in first place in the Valley with a few games left before the tournament. I don't know where they will wind up, but should get a NIT bid at worst. There is one home game left, next Wednesday, the 27th. The tickets are inexpensive, the beer is cold and they have plenty of chunky cheerleaders (if that's your thing). Check them out, I think DeVries and Woodley are going to get this program to the point where they are very competitive.

i ordered tickets for the meet and now my 10 yr old daughter is determined she wants to go. Anyone have or know of anyone with 1 extra ticket? Thanks

It seems like our fanbase is imploding right now, which is fine. We are a passionate fanbase that loves Cyclone Basketball. The meltdown right now has been caused by two things: 1) the opportunity to compete for a conference title is real this year, and 2) we as fans take home losses personally. The first point is obvious, Kansas is down, we have a lot of talent, we have won some games on the road we don't normally win, so if we just take care of business at home we put ourselves in a position to win the title. The second point I think is something that is real that doesn't get discussed often enough - Iowa State fans have a legitimate belief that they have a major impact on the outcome of games at Hilton. By nature, if we take credit for the team winning in an unbelievable fashion, upsetting a top opponent, or cheering the team to a huge comeback, we will also take it personally if we lose at home.

If we look back at one of the best runs in ISU history, 2011-2017, we finished with the following records/places:

11/12: 12-6, 4th place
12/13: 11-7, 4th place
13/14: 11-7, 3rd place
14/15: 12-6, Tied 2nd-3rd place
15/16: 10-8, 6th place
16/17: 12-6, Tied 2nd-4th place

Using Mred's generator and leaving all the games the rest of the way exactly how it has them picked (I believe he uses Massey ratings), we will finish 12-6 and be in 4th place in the conference this year.

It's disappointing we weren't able to make a run at a conference title, there is plenty of criticism to go around for both coaches and players, and it's alright for us to be pissed off right now, but at the end of the day if the projections hold, this team will still finish among some of the best teams we have had in recent history. From there, all we can hope for is a fun run in KC and in the NCAAs.

I found this for football.
https://247sports.com/season/2019-Football/TransferPortal/#Big-12

I know there is one for wrestling, anybody have information on if it is available to public, how many wrestlers are on it, etc?

I believe I heard once you sign up, It does not necessarily mean you are transferring, but the wrestler has given up the right to his scholarship.

i don't think there is a middle ground with this team. 50% chance we win the whole thing, 50% chance we lose the first game. In other words, if we survive the first game, we win the whole tournament. Turning Sprint Center into Hilton South could very well be a negative for this team.

Well it is an early morning game today and no room for sleepy heads. I will be watching (in secret) while at work but I will try to post every once in a while.
Glad the snow was less than predicted, now for some good BB since I didn't get to witness that last night.

Fun stuff in here. Informative too. Enjoy. Will probably do another one before the summer is over. Were a bit limited on time today.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/podcasts/off-the-record-podcast-matt-campbell/

Games like this will continue to happen if we always play 4 guards. Prohm tried to go a little bigger in the first half with Talley but that still didn’t get the job done. I think he needs to put 2 of Jacobson/Lard/Conditt on rhe floor in certain situations. Problem is that the regular season is almost over and we’ve never done it so it might be too late to try.

You can’t continue to get dominated on the glass and win tough games. Not to mention that we pose very little interior scoring threat so Baylor hugged up on us on the perimeter all night.

Even the smallish 2000 team would pair Fizer and Shirley fairly often and that allowed us to beat big teams like Kansas.

This team lives and dies on the defensive rebound. It is the #1 way to beat this team and the data supports this assertion.

1. This home loss vs. Baylor is frustrating to the same ilk as @iowa, @Baylor, KSU, and TCU. The common thread is the inability to get defensive rebounds.

2. If this team defensively rebounds at a rate ~70% or better this team will likely win most games it plays. For reference the best teams average defending rebound rate is around 80% and the worst is 65%. In summary, ISU only needs to be an average to slightly below average defensive rebounding team to win.

3. This is one the better defensive teams in sometime at ISU, but it has been slipping in defensive efficiency as of late. Often forgotten is that you end a defensive possession by getting a defensive rebound. Defensive rebounds is a major component of a defensive possession, and it happens to be ISUs glaring weakness.

4. Per KenPom, ISU's defensive efficiency is correlated around 65% to its defensive rebounding rate- which is a fairly significant correlation. FWIW no team in KenPom top 25 has as high of a correlation as ISU (ISU currently sits at #13 in KenPom).

ISU's success (AKA winning games) is majorly dependent on the ability (or lack there of) of getting defensive rebounds. Basketball can be pretty simple.

I could write much more on personnel adjustments, observations of player positioning, strategy of how many players to crash for defensive rebounds, but that may be for another day.

Welcome to another edition of On That Note - a weekly music related off topic discussion post hosted by myself, @cyclones500 and @CycloneRulzzz. Last week's post was songs about love in conjunction with Valentine's Day - An Old Fashioned Love Song. It can be found here.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-an-old-fashioned-love-song.245973/

This week's post may not garner the number of replies but it seemed like something we on the committee were interested in - and so we decided to go with it. The topic is mostly geared to the music collector, but it doesn't have to be. The topic is, "Add It To Your Collection."

List 5 music media items you have wanted to add to your collection. Could be CD, Digital Download or Vinyl. Heck, they could be cassette, 8-Track or 78 RPM Shellac recordings. Maybe just some LP covers to frame and hang for their artistic value. Really, whatever blows you skirt up, as our old Division Secretary used to say...

Me myself? I could list a whole bunch of rare Beatles pressings from the 1960's and use up 5 postings real quick. Like maybe a Stereo (or Mono) Yesterday and Today first state 'Butcher' cover - or the original 1962 Decca pressing of My Bonnie/The Saints with label credits to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. Those are definitely things I'd LIKE to own but realistically probably never will.

So instead I'll list 5 non-Beatles things that are less spendy but still have eluded my EBay bidding attempts.
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Dorothy Berry-You Better Watch Out. This was a fall 1964 release. Dorothy Berry is the wife of Richard Berry - the guy who wrote Louie, Louie. She had literally no career success as a singer but had releases on several labels. The two releases on Planetary are definitely the ones. This being my favorite. This is one of those British Northern Soul discs so in very high demand. Also of note, the song writer and producer is Dave Gates. Yes, THAT Dave Gates, who later became better known as David Gates, the lead singer of the 70's soft rock act, Bread.

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Rannels-Blue Island - I just somehow stumbled across this song on YouTube maybe 10 years ago. I decided it was a MeanDean-worthy doo-wop pressing so I started searching for a copy. "Boss" was a Chicago area label. And while I've owned at least one other 45 on that label, this one doesn't come up very often. Must be very very rare. From 1963. Still, I do want that piece of vinyl.

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The Five Crowns-Hillum Bay - My backstory on this one... I was at a flea market probably 20 years ago. A guy was selling 45's so I dug through and picked out some 'fer-sures' and some 'maybes'. The OTHER release by this act on this label was one I put in the maybe pile. I literally knew nothing about the act, the label or the song. They were priced $2.00 each or 6 for $10.00. I had 11 in the 'fer-sure' stack so obviously needed to select one more, since it was free. I debated for a while and ended up with the Five Crowns disc. When I got home I and looked it up in the price guide and was shocked it was listed for something like $100.00. The other disc they released on this label was booking at something like $1,000. Of course I liked the one I got but I REALLY liked this one when I listened it on YouTube. I've only seen one copy for sale ever on Ebay. It was in awful condition and I did not win the bid.

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Rolling Stones-I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned - I won't pretend to know the minute details of this release. I think it was released in early '64 before being pulled and replaced with I Wanna Be Your Man/Not Fade Away which was a minor hit (#48) here in the US. Evidently even in early '64 the title Stoned seemed a bit too edgy for the American record buying public. (In the UK there was no issue with the song.) Original US stock versions with Stoned are incredibly rare. I would settle for a promo copy which are still tough, but out there, to some extent. Interestingly enough there are two label variations of the promo single. A few years ago I decided to fill in missing Rolling Stones gaps in my collection but only the early/London label years. This remains the one single I don't have. The link below is actually the UK single B-side on the Decca label, not the US pressing on the London label that I am seeking.

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Yardbirds-I Wish You Would/A Certain Girl USA Promo Picture Sleeve - This was the first Yardbirds single released in the US (August 1964). It was not a hit here and again US Stock copies are quite rare. I don't have one. But that is not actually what I'm jonesing for in this case. The Epic single was released with a black and white promotional picture sleeve that also advertised Denim Tones, a sock manufactured by Esquire Socks (Photos below) on the back cover. Another fun fact about this release - first promotional pressings list the A-Side as "I Wish You Could" as does the Picture Sleeve I want. The correct title is I Wish You Would which later pressings corrected. I do have both versions of the promo single. Just really really want the sleeve.



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What things have eluded you or been priced out of your collection budget that you still yearn for? Tell us please.

Trailer for the old Tom Cruise classic. Plenty of other clips available on the YouTube.

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Keep it here.

Finesse vs relentless rebounding. Not a good matchup for us, but the home thing this year has to be mental. No idea why else we’d be so deadly on the road and so not at Hilton of all places.

who’s ready to watch the cyclones embarrass Baylor tonight?! Go clones!

Why does Turbotax say they can't finish my return until Iowa updates Business Deductiin Form 2106? Said form available 2/28.

I don't have any expenses!

Is this another way for Iowa to delay any refunds?

Do you have to have the original tickets that were sent to your phone or can you use a screen shot of them to get in? Offered 2 tickets on here to use but not sure if that will work

Just getting a jump on the date since we seem to have at least two weather threads each week anymore.
With how this winter has gone, I will predict 4" of snow on Wednesday, March 20th snarling everyone trying to get to DSM for the games. Historical averages are 31 low, 50 high so it will probably be 24 with 30 mph winds, making for lovely conditions to and from the Well.

https://thebiglead.com/2019/02/10/t...aphy-problem-and-should-move-a-western-venue/

Interesting read, came out after the initial top 16 was released. Should they continue to put two first sites in the west?

Thought this was especially interesting about last year.

The average distance of the eight teams from San Diego last year was 1,928 miles.