Why do so many people have this mentality?? It’s prevalent among cyclone fans. I don’t want to be ranked cuz we might lose now. Jesus Christ people, if you aren’t ranked you are losing too many games….
Rankings - Iowa State Basketball: Associated Press #19 - Coaches #23 (11/29)
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Why do so many people have this mentality?? It’s prevalent among cyclone fans. I don’t want to be ranked cuz we might lose now. Jesus Christ people, if you aren’t ranked you are losing too many games….
I think Memphis has good talent, perhaps they were overrated, but I think they're just very poorly coached.
Let that soak in a second. TJ and his staff had a better game plan than Penny Hardaway and Larry Frickin Brown!!! Wow.
CycloneErik
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I thought they were a poor ball handling and shooting team, but I'm only basing that on one game. But it looked to me like this team had some glaring fundamentals flaws that aren't going to be fixed by any coach in-season.
They don't have a point guard, and it showed. ISU had the same problem last year, though with less talent.
I was looking at my scholarship chart and wow, what a run TJ went on this spring --
All that in 1.5 months, with most of it occurring in basically a week or two.
| 2021.03.24 | Aljaž Kunc is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.04.01 | Robert Jones is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.04.06 | CW says Coleman-Lands is "as good as gone" |
| 2021.04.10 | Gabe Kalsheur is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.04.10 | Tyrese Hunter reaffirms his commitment! |
| 2021.04.10 | Fire up the Grill! |
| 2021.04.11 | Tamin Lipsey is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.04.19 | Tristian Enaruna is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.04.20 | Eli King is a Cyclone! |
| 2021.4.22 | Started the 2022-2023 scholarship chart |
| 2021.5.5 | Izaiah Brockington is a Cyclone! |
All that in 1.5 months, with most of it occurring in basically a week or two.
We've had a pretty good ability to force turnovers the last couple of years. Unfortunately, the turnovers we forced were mostly our own.
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Do you guys need any kool-aid?... my pancreas has completely shut down over the weekend and my kidneys are glowing pure cardinal red. I've got plenty to go around.
Some random thoughts:
- When you defend like Iowa State does, it makes it very difficult for the other team to go on runs. An 8 point lead can seem like a 16 point lead to the opponent. Just ask Xavier and Memphis.
- It's going to be fascinating to see how they do when they have to go to Creighton. That team is about as different from Memphis as a team could possibly be. Will also be our first true road game.
- Both Xavier and Memphis were committed to man defense. I'm guessing we're gonna go back to seeing more zone defense. Hope we still attack the zone from inside out instead of just standing around the perimeter hoisting up 3's.
If you guys are bored head on over to other big 12 basketball forums. Nothing but praise and concern about how nasty we look. Most think our team is better than theirs at this point and none of them seem excited to play us. Most are more optimistic about ISU basketball than a lot of our own fans LOL
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Jesse Newell doesn't have us ranked....but has Iowa ranked. What an idiot.
CycloneErik
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And to pile on, you just know the "couple weeks" part is so he doesn't have to hear from Iowa fans about the ranking or worry about losing to Iowa and falling out of the rankings.
It's like the NBA draft - purely based on talent not on who plays well as a team or has proven results so far. I'd have them at 23-24 myself.
My goal is to just make sure to get one of those two games.
Probably thought he WAS ranking the University of Iowa Cyclones that won that tournament in NYC.
