By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher I have a confession to make today fanatics. I blatantly stole this column idea from Jon Miller and HawkeyeNation.com. Jon has been putting together what he calls his "Hawkeye Mashup" for the last couple ...
By Brent Blum, CycloneFanatic.com Columnist
The other night I was watching Field of Dreams on one of the roughly 8,345 movie channels in cable land. Field of Dreams is in the same category as Top Gun, Major League, Tommy Boy and Dumb and Dumber for me; if I stumb...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher Don’t you just love college basketball’s silly season?This fickle game took a stone cold shot at Iowa State on Friday afternoon, when CycloneFanatic.com first reported that Iowa State assistant coach Bobby Lutz...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
The will to win...Tavon Sledge has it.
Sledge, a 5-foot-8 member of Iowa State’s class of 2011 scored 46 points and carried his Half Hollow Hills West (New York) team to a 79-75 double-overtime victory in the L...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisMWilliamsGreetings my fellow Cyclone fanatics. I’ve got a lot on my mind today regarding the NCAA Tournament, Big 12 basketball, some recruiting stuff and more. Enjoy this week’s ...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
Iowa State doesn’t currently have any known verbal commitments for its basketball recruiting class of 2012. That could change sometime soon.
Nkereuwem Okoro, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound shooting guard out of St. Raymond Hig...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherThe first time that Fred Hoiberg saw Tyrus McGee play basketball, he knew that he had to have him. At a junior college function in Oklahoma last summer, Hoiberg saw a guy in McGee whom he wanted to build a program ...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
When Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills, N.Y.) point guard Tavon Sledge signed with Iowa State back in November, Fred Hoiberg and his staff stumbled upon a “diamond in the rough.”
That’s according to Sledge’s ...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com Publisher
On Wednesday afternoon, Fred Hoiberg met with members of the local media to discuss his 2011 recruiting class and this Friday’s season opener vs. Northern Arizona.
Here are Hoiberg’s comments on Iowa State’s 2011 basketball ...
By Chris Williams, CycloneFanatic.com PublisherCollege basketball's early signing period begins today. In the matter of a few hours, Iowa State's men's basketball program expects to officially have four new members. Below are scouting reports on all of the prosp...