Here is a “best practices” guide for\u00a0preparing for a casual interview with a coach about an upcoming basketball season.<\/p>\n
What you do not under any circumstance let escape your lips, especially in October, and especially especially because Iowa State fandom is about meditation on the existence of suffering:<\/strong> “This is a Final Four, national championship caliber basketball team.”<\/p>\n When I heard Chris Williams say that<\/a> about the 2022-23 Cyclone women’s basketball team I screamed JINX JINX JINX into the crisp fall air on the trail and probably scared a squirrel.<\/p>\n The Iowa State women missed out on a regular-season Big 12 championship, but defeated Baylor, Oklahoma, and Texas<\/a> to win the last Big 12 women’s tournament at Municipal Auditorium<\/a>. Postgame video here.<\/a> (The Kansas City Star<\/em> says<\/a> the tournament will move a week earlier to the other arena in KC, and will also be on nonconsecutive days due to BYU entering the Big 12.)<\/p>\n The Cyclones missed out on hosting NCAA tournament games and instead will be playing Dayton in Knoxville, Tennessee. A potential second-round matchup exists against a team Iowa State has never played: the Lady Volunteers. A potential second-round matchup in 2009 was thwarted when the defending national champion Lady Vols were upset in the first round for the first time.<\/p>\n To the Orange Palace of Doom<\/a> it is. Go Cyclones. (And go Cyclone men, who play on a completely different day this time.)<\/p>\n PS: Everyone involved in scheduling the Oscars on Selection Sunday should be fired.<\/p>\n PPS: They should go back to giving the women’s tournament its own selection night on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a “best practices” guide for\u00a0preparing for a casual interview with a coach about an upcoming basketball season. OMG I can’t watch: “Coach, tell me about this year’s team.” Shooting for .500: “Coach, what are you looking forward to … Continue reading