Category Archives: Sports

Ohio State 78, Iowa State 75. ISU had a 13-point comeback and played the entire second half without Chris Babb. Register link. Gazette link. I know games like this don’t happen just to Iowa State, but they always happen to Iowa … Continue reading →

The Iowa State women won their road game at Gonzaga despite committing 21 turnovers. The next game will be against Georgia, which clubbed the Cyclones by 20 in the second round in Minneapolis in 2007. Two years in a row, … Continue reading →

After routing, stomping, dispatching, and drilling/pummeling Notre Dame 76-58 in the late game in Dayton, Iowa State will play Ohio State in the first game of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament action, at 11:15 CDT — about 36 hours after the first game ended. … Continue reading →

If Notre Dame wins tonight, they would be the low seed against Ohio State, and would have to wear these. A vote for Cy is a vote against neon Zubaz. Tip-off for the FIRST ROUND game is 8:45 PM. (Emphasis … Continue reading →

The “bracket challenge” on the site of the TV network in charge of the tournament says this: Iowa State is making back-to-back NCAA appearances for the first time since the mid-1990’s, back when coach Fred Hoiberg was a star Cyclones … Continue reading →

Good news: 5 seed. Bad news: It will be a true road game in Spokane against 12-seed Gonzaga. The last time this happened, it didn’t go well for the Iowa women, who became an upset victim.

It’s not a football game, but it’s still ultra-rare: For the second time ever, Iowa State and Notre Dame will play each other in basketball. The only other meeting was in 1979, which #5 ND won in South Bend 87-77. … Continue reading →

The NCAA/CBS “75 Years of March Madness: Top 10 upsets” list contains four of the six times a 15 seed beat a 2 seed. Hampton over Iowa State didn’t make the list. Neither did Coppin State over South Carolina. (The … Continue reading →