BLOG: A few notes on the 2017-18 basketball schedule

[Beyerball]

MIzzou
PR final
Iowa
UNI

OF those 4 we can win 2 of those I think. I think this team will def get better as the year goes on as young teams tend to do. 10-2 i predict no worse than 9-3. If we can finish .500 in conf play we could be bubble team.

 

[jsb]

MIzzou
PR final
Iowa
UNI

OF those 4 we can win 2 of those I think. I think this team will def get better as the year goes on as young teams tend to do. 10-2 i predict no worse than 9-3. If we can finish .500 in conf play we could be bubble team.

If we finish 9-3 and 9-9, we'd definitely be a bubble team. I think some forget that the last 3 years we've been 3 or 4 seeds in the tournament. There's a lot of average teams that make the NCAA tournament each year. 18 wins wouldn't be a sure thing, but there's no way we wouldn't be in the conversation.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

If we finish 9-3 and 9-9, we'd definitely be a bubble team. I think some forget that the last 3 years we've been 3 or 4 seeds in the tournament. There's a lot of average teams that make the NCAA tournament each year. 18 wins wouldn't be a sure thing, but there's no way we wouldn't be in the conversation.

Three non con losses and a 9-9 record in the Big 12 is going to get you in 9 out of 9 times...

 

[tim_redd]

Three non con losses and a 9-9 record in the Big 12 is going to get you in 9 out of 9 times...

99% of the time

 

[Cycsk]

http://admin.cyclones.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1162

I much prefer having more of the nearby regional schools than a bunch of Mississippi Valley State-type games.

 

[Cycsk]

I don't see Fran ever winning in Ames. Much more worried about the UNI game as we always seem to suck at Wells Fargo.

Hoping we don't struggle at Wells Fargo in March 2019!

 

[RustShack]

Going into CSP'S 3rd season at ISU, it seems to me his teams are slow out of the gate. Look how much better Young and Jackson were playing at the end of the year than at the start. I think CSP is a great coach but it just takes time for some reason for him to get his teams up to their potential.

So I would not expect a win at Missouri and those tournament games, anything can happen. Iowa is just our 8th game of the year and we will still not be fully in gear yet for that one. Mad Fran, to his credit, his teams play well pretty much from day one. If anything, they deteriorate as the season goes on, but boy they can beat you in November or December. Thus our home games with them always seem to be close. So obviously I am hoping for the best but even though this schedule is fairly soft, I hate to say it but I think we will have 3 to 4 losses in there. Please (CSP and his Cyclones) prove me wrong.

A true freshman and a first year juco who was going to RS started off slow?

That's what you call normal.

 

[Cydkar]

Mizzou will have talent but many will be in their first ever college game. Not scurred.

 

[DesMoinesCy]

99% of the time

 

[cyclones500]

99% of the time

Yes, but only if you give at least 110%.

 

[DesMoinesCy]

Yes, but only if you give at least 110%.

 

[cyclones500]

True. But 50 percent of the game is half-mental.

 

[CycloneErik]

True. But 50 percent of the game is half-mental.

 

[DesMoinesCy]

True. But 50 percent of the game is half-mental.

Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.
--Yogi Berra

 

[cyclones500]

Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.
--Yogi Berra

That might be the quote I was trying to remember, with my comment of "50% half-mental."

Maybe he said both at different times. But I'm not sure anymore which Yogi-isms are true and which are fabricated.

As Berra allegedly stated, "I really didn't say everything I said."

 

[cyclones500]

Rest assured, math is not required in this thread, 99.9% of the time (or more).

 

[clonehenge]

 

[Doc]

When was the last time we had a season opener this exciting? It's not at Hilton, but between our own new players and low expectations and Mizzou's revived program, it should be a real fun game for us fans. A loss is expected, but a win on the road would be huge.

 

[ce1]

It really is pretty crazy that there is only 1 NCAA D1 team in Minnesota.

5 D1 Hockey programs. Which should explain a lot.

 

[DesMoinesCy]

5 D1 Hockey programs. Which should explain a lot.

Does anyone think any of those four schools will ever move up to Division I/FCS?