I don’t want to overstate the significance of Saturday’s duel between Iowa State and BYU in Hilton Coliseum. This is far from being a “must-win” or anything like that for the Cyclones, losers of two straight.If you don’t believe me, just think back to l...
AMES --- With Thanksgiving being only a few days away, let's make a festive analogy to the non-conference portion of the 2012-13 Iowa State men's basketball season shall we?At my house on Thanksgiving, nobody ever eats the cranberry sauce. It's there every ye...
AMES --- Iowa State struggled out of the gates in its opener last Friday against Southern. The Cyclones actually trailed by 11 at one point in the first half. That was absolutely not the case in round two of the 2012-13 basketball season via a 98-40 rout of...
Men's basketball Media Day 2012 is in the books. Meet the new-look Cyclones in this CFTV quick hits production with quotes from Chris Babb, Anthony Booker, Melvin Ejim, Will Clyburn, Tyrus McGee and Korie Lucious. Enjoy!
AMES ---Year three, same story.Fred Hoiberg introduced his 2012-13 Iowa State basketball team to the media on Wednesday and for the third season in a row; the Cyclones look entirely different than that of a year ago.Gone is that 6-foot-7, “freight train” of a point-f...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherStats from the Des Moines YMCA Capital City League generally don't mean much, but Will Clyburn's eye-popping 63 point outing from Sunday evening is definitely worth a mention here at CycloneFanatic.com.Clyburn went 22...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams Fred Hoiberg was right...After Iowa State's 87-71 loss to Kentucky on Saturday night, Hoiberg thanked his team for making Cyclone basketball exciting again.I had a personal ex...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliamsCalipari vs. Calhoun huh?Life is tough sometimes America. You don't always get what you want. Deal with it.In its first NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years, Iowa State pl...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliamsWhat: Iowa State (22-10, 12-6) vs. UConn (20-13, 8-10) - The second round of the NCAA Tournament
When: Thursday, March 15 at 8:20 p.m. CDT
Where: KFC Yum! Centerin Louisville, Ke...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherFollow Chris on Twitter @ChrisMWilliams AMES --- Entering Saturday night’s regular season finale at Hilton Coliseum, Baylor was 21-0 while leading at halftime.Make that 21-1.After trailing by seven at halftime, I...
