**** OFFICIAL 2012-2013 Iowa State Basketball Repository Thread ****
 

Mr. Rustshack, this is for you, buddy. The world is yours!


Sorry if Q.

Can't wait until we beat K-State tomorrow!

In with the awesomeness....

KOREYE LUSHUS IS GRATE!

Will Clyburn is the great one. Lucious is a great PG though. Niang stud freshman. Oh and Babb is the nations best defender who can also sink some 3's. oh and McGee is easily top 5 best 6th man! Ejim Big12's best rebounder.

BOOM!

CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!

We lead the league in scoring, rebounding, 3 pt. %, points per possesion, and assists per game. We are second in overall FG %, and fourth in FT %

Good thread. We'll all be in here tomorrow at 5pm.

Watching the thread circle the drain about 6.

ROFL

We've won our last three games against the purple kitties.

Shack, I'm just having some fun. Yes, your team has wasted the Cats 3 in a row. Probably 4 tomorrow.

I'm going to love this thread.

Little part if a recent interview from next years ESPN # 10 and Rivals #12 recruit-


-You went to Iowa State last weekend for the Iowa State-Baylor game. It looked like you got showered with love ...
It was crazy. The fans were chanting. I stayed the night. The game was amazing. It was fun down there.
I saw the tweets and the pictures of all the signs. They went all out so much so that the Baylor coach had signs removed
They had Fat Heads, signs, and one of their quarterbacks was tweeting at me. I was shocked. It was fun.
-Why don't Gophers fans go all-out like that?
I don't know. They do, but that was the best I've been a part of so far.

Quote from his dad- "heart says Minnesota, but brain says Iowa State" he wants to stay close to home.

What: Iowa State (16-6, 6-3) @ Kansas State (18-4, 7-2)
When: Saturday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.
Where: Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.
TV: ESPN2

This was always going to be a big basketball game for Iowa State and Kansas State. It’s just that three weeks ago, we all assumed that it would be for positioning in the Big 12 Conference. Maybe these programs would be duking it out for second, third, fourth or perhaps even fifth in the league as mid-February nears.

Then TCU shocked Kansas on Wednesday night and now, everything is different.

Both Iowa State and Kansas State enter Saturday’s contest with legitimate Big 12 championship thoughts in mind. Kansas State is currently tied with the Jayhawks at 7-2 in league play. The Cyclones are one game back and with a home game against Kansas still left on its schedule (Feb. 25), within striking distance as well.

As one guy put it Thursday after the Cyclone Fanatic Radio Show at BenchWarmers, “We (Iowa State) control our own destiny.”

It sounds crazy and he was half-joking but that fanatic was spot on. Here's a look at tomorrow's critical road game.

Breaking down the Wildcats
When Bruce Weber and his Kansas State team left Ames on Jan. 26 (after a 73-67 Cyclone victory), a lot of heads were hanging. After the Wildcats began conference play with a 4-0 record, KSU had just dropped two straight vs. Kansas (at home) and Iowa State. However that losing streak didn’t last long. The Wildcats rebounded to win their next three over Texas, at Oklahoma and at Texas Tech.

What makes this match-up so fascinating tomorrow is the fact that Iowa State of course is the Big 12’s top-ranked offense. Kansas State, who has held its last three opponents to an average of 55.3 points (and 23.5 percent 3-point shooting), is the league’s top-ranked defense.

Every time you play Kansas State, Weber’s best player Rodney McGruder is going to be a focal point of your defensive game plan. Guess where Chris Babb will be tomorrow? McGruder 6-for-11 and scored 13 points in round one. Because of Babb, McGruder is much less of a match-up nightmare for Iowa State compared to most teams in the Big 12.

Will Spradling is the Wildcat that has my attention leading into tomorrow. He went 4-for-5 from downtown against the Cyclones earlier this season and led Kansas State with 15 points in that game. Iowa State’s Tyrus McGee has gotten lost on defense quite a few times this season, giving up threes along the way. Because of that, Spradling is a big concern, especially playing at home on Saturday.

Prediction
Don’t look now but Iowa State is a trendy “upset” pick for Saturday. I’ve seen numerous national college basketball writers take the Cyclones in this one. Iowa State is a sexy basketball team right now. The Cyclones sling it and score the ball often.

Will Clyburn, who is averaging 21.3 points per game in his last four, is playing like an elite player in the league right now. Add to that – the fact that Iowa State just played what was arguably its most complete basketball game of the season, an 83-64 rout of Oklahoma on Monday night.

Iowa State has won three straight over Kansas State and two of three games in Manhattan.

The Cyclones get criticized often for not being a good road team but I think you can argue against that. From a win-loss standpoint, no, the Cyclones aren’t as good on the road as they are at home. But dig a little deeper and you’ll see that in two of Iowa State’s three road losses (Kansas and Oklahoma State), the Cyclones actually played well. Those were games against what are in my opinion, the best two teams in the Big 12.

Texas Tech was another story, one that if you’re hanging out at CycloneFanatic.com, you’d like to forget.

The fact that the “experts” are on the bandwagon right now makes any Iowa Stater a bit hesitant and full disclosure – I don’t have a great feeling about this game from the standpoint. Here’s where I do feel good though:

As I mentioned above, Iowa State was right there on the road at Kansas and Oklahoma State. Right there. In fact, any objective basketball mind would probably tell you that those are games that the Cyclones should have won.

My point is that when these Cyclones “get up” for a road game, they are more than capable of winning. This isn’t like some of those Eustachy/Morgan teams (Orr too) that when they left Hilton, you knew that they had only a very small chance of winning. If this team brings it like it did against the Jayhawks and the Cowboys, it will win tomorrow.

If it brings anything less and that will not be the case. I’m going against my better judgment here and picking the Cyclones to win for two reasons:

1) Because after impressive wins over Baylor and Oklahoma, this team is hitting on all cylinders right now. The Baylor win was especially impressive as Iowa State did it by going 4-for-24 from 3-point range. There’s something about winning ugly that I love. It proves that you can take care of business in multiple ways. I didn’t think Iowa State had it in them to do that. I love it when the Cyclones prove me wrong.

2) Because we haven’t seen any sort of a letdown at all since the Texas Tech loss from Iowa State. It is one thing to say that you learned from a bad experience. It is another thing to actually learn from the experience and not let it happen again.

Kansas State's physicality down low scares me. So does the fact that in Ames, I thought that Iowa State got a lot of calls...But that's also the game where the Cyclones couldn't hit a free throw to save their life.

What's most important though in my mind is this question: How can Iowa State just not show up when it is playing for a league championship? I think that pound for pound, the Cyclones are better than Kansas State and that's why I'm picking Iowa State in a thriller.

The Pick

Iowa State 71, Kansas State 70

Nice read. Clone report?

CycloneFanatic

Steel Janz for number one pick bros!!!!!!

Been a great game so far eh Shustrack?

How is KSU leading when ISU leads the BIG12 in every major statistical category?

Befuddling.

Nice upset win, Cats.

How'd they do it?

Iowa State Repository Thread = The sound of 1 hand clapping

And a ****ing shit load of BOOOOOOOOOOOs!

This lil' fella needs a hug.

Where is your Tornado God now?

I wish I could get little rustyshack an ice cream cone.

That'd turn his frown upside down.

Only a bite. Wouldn't want the little guy to get a headache.

LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO

This is a game we needed Will Clyburn. Didn't show up even on the boards. A little surprised Booker didn't get any time after his good he was Monday after three games off.

Who exactly has Ist beaten to be so big in the britches coming into today? The noncon is littered w/ losses against teams w/ a pulse and one w/o one (Iowa). One win over Kst at home and all of a sudden they are proclaimed league champs. I do think they're good but nothing special.

Ku's struggles continuing today make it apparant this league is anybody's to grab w/ little separation in the top 4.

I think the "excitement" came in the form of a new pair of Cyclone underoos

Top of the heap
 

Lots of fun reading this thread. Anyone who has watched these two teams play this year, realizes they are evenly matched. ISU still has OSU and KU coming to Hilton, so race is not over. Monday night will go a long way to determining Conference Champ. I didn't have grand illusions of ISU winning at K-State.

Yeah the turnover bug showed up again. They had gotten a lot better at limiting those.

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Hahaha wtf was that video?

Just bought my tickets to the Oklahoma St. Game! Should be a good one!

LMAO
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It is impressive how close it was with all our turnovers, how awful we were at rebounding in this game, and our best player only scoring 6. Lucious getting into foul trouble early was a big big hit to us too. Can't get too upset about losing @ KSU though. KU hurt more because it was just a BS bank 3.

You still had a chance in OT. Was that BS?

Royce White finally shows up for his D-League game.

Well the first one he was scheduled to go to since working out his problem with the Rockets.

"@brentblum: Royce White finishes night: 18 minutes, 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists. A bit out of shape, but talent still impressive."

He still should have stayed one more year, Fred is one of the best in the business at shooting the ball and that's the biggest area on the court Royce needs help. Could have been a magical season with him!

This thread is awesome!!

This team is cursed.

You should have kept your mouth shut.

NIT bound.

Not that bad yet.

16-8 with 7 to play including Oklahoma State, Kansas, at Oklahoma, and at Baylor. This team has 21-12 written all over it.

Came back swinging against TCU, nice 34 point win! Their coach also thought we were the Hawkeyes... Probably real surprised when it wasn't a bunch of white guys taking the floor! No wonder they go slaughtered!

Also the now huge Harlem Shake during the game http://youtu.be/FBm_6E1aw4A

Better beat ku in ames rusty or have fun in the nit

ISU's going to make the tournament this year (or at least they should).

And we're probably going to need ISU to beat OSU in Ames in a few weeks for KU to win a 9th straight B12 title.

21 game home win streak and counting.

21 wins in a weak conference is nothing

How many years has it taken Nebraska MBB to obtain 21 total Conference victories?

Keep telling yourself that.

http://youtu.be/7aYbI-_tqHM

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Lets get that road win at Baylor tonight! I think it's been since like 2001 since we had a win in Waco.

Good time for it... ISU's just now starting to getting hot.

? They've lost 2 of 3 and 5 of their last 8.

Clones headed for a one seed!!!!!!!!

Watch out ISU is getting hot at the right time...

What part of "just now" don't you understand? They weren't getting hot back then...but now they are...just now.

The rest of the NIT field had better watch out. ISU is coming for you.

I've heard Steele Jantz is working on his game and will be unleashed during the tourney.

Iowa State will be a team that others don't want to play in the Tournament.

They are scuffling kind of close to the edge of the bubble but still on the right side of it. I would imagine they play well enough to stay in the field.

Their RPI and BPI are plenty high. Their bad losses were on the road, and all games(besides @ Iowa) went down to the wire. Baring a major breakdown, the committee is putting Iowa State in.

Well and less scientifically they just look like a tournament team. I wouldn't go much further than that but they are good. Playing well tonight.

They still have 3 games against teams ahead of them in the standings... so, losing 3 more wouldn't be a major breakdown.

Just Kansas and OSU, and both are in Hilton. Both should have been road wins ready.

FINALLY closed out against a good team on the road!

Why do you think Baylor is a good team?

Baylors merely alright but that's a nice win on the road for a team like Iowa St trying to hold onto a tourney bid.

They are a good team. I didn't say great, top, elite, or anything like that.

@brentblum: Cyclones magic win number the rest of way to make NCAA tourney now 3.

Define good.

Well I assumed they were good since they were tied with a good team in Iowa State in the standings. But looking at their scores this year isn't impressive. Still easily have a winning record and was a great win given our current situation and the fact we haven't won there since like 01.

It's a good road win but I would't call them good per se. They are alright. NITish.

Yeah they aren't as good as I though, but after losing to Tech, Texas, and Iowa on the road it's huge for us.

Given another 10 or 20 BB and FB seasons, I'm pretty sure I could spot the trend here...