Dancing
- Thread starter Hindy
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We are a bubble team at best with no injuries. People are already setting themself up for dissapointment.
My goals are Top half of the B12 and post season play of some kind. Hopefully the NCAA, but I'm still behind GMac if it's not.
My goals are Top half of the B12 and post season play of some kind. Hopefully the NCAA, but I'm still behind GMac if it's not.
Agreed. It has been long enough. We don't have the barriers to success in bball like we do in football. We are past the point of being able to blame the state of the program on the previous regime. They have to win now. If not, Brackins and Gilstrap are gone next year and we are still rebuilding.
I understand we are all Cyclone fans around here so everybody is scared of getting their hopes up only to get kicked in the bag but...
We've got one of the best players in the entire country. We've got a player who not only do our coaches think is legit or our 'insiders' on this board think is legit but now the Big 12 coaches and officials think is the best newcomer in the whole conference. Guys, Gilstrap doesn't get that preseason award without a lot of coaches understanding he is a major talent. You round that out with what I think can be a solid foundation around those two and how the heck can you be skeptical about our chances of dancing? I understand the schedule, I understand how difficult the conference will be this year but c'mon guys let's get excited about this team!
We've got one of the best players in the entire country. We've got a player who not only do our coaches think is legit or our 'insiders' on this board think is legit but now the Big 12 coaches and officials think is the best newcomer in the whole conference. Guys, Gilstrap doesn't get that preseason award without a lot of coaches understanding he is a major talent. You round that out with what I think can be a solid foundation around those two and how the heck can you be skeptical about our chances of dancing? I understand the schedule, I understand how difficult the conference will be this year but c'mon guys let's get excited about this team!
This.
With a top 5 lottery pick like Brackins on the team and an experienced backcourt, there should be some serious concern if we arent at least a bubble team.
I'm never afraid of getting my hopes crushed. If I was I would have given up on the Cyclones over a decade ago. Nothing annoys me more than people telling me I shouldn't get excited about an ISU team. What's the point if you don't?
Excellent point.
Last year in 17 games against the Big 12, Iowa State outscored it's opponent in the second half only one time, against Baylor 38-33.
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CycloneErik
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I agree 100%, or maybe even a million billion %. That's the whole idea of being a fan.
1995: 69-65, ISU
1996: 56-55, ISU
1999: 52-50, ISU
2000: 64-62, ISU
2004: 69-61, ISU
2005: 65-63, ISU
There were a couple more wins vs. KU in that time span, but I kept to the victories in which we scored under 70.
If anything, the only way we beat KU is to grind a win out.
If it means burying your head in the sand and ignoring the shambles the program has become, then that's not being a fan at all.
Unless you like perpetual losing. Which you seem to thrive on.
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CycloneErik
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NCAA OR BUST!!!!!gmac will finally have a basketball team that will be competitive..the lady cyclones will go far into the ncaa's,too.. baylor should be able to make it very far into the ncaa's,too, with a 6-9 post. will be a good matchup to see how anna prins matches up to the baylor group.do the okies still have the 230 lb. paris twins or did those two mangino types graduate???????
You got me. I have total control over the athletic programs but choose to have them struggle.
