Thursday, February 21, 2013
Needs: PF, PG
Scholarships: 4
The Team
ESPNU believes Iowa State's bench is "lacking", though it is an improvement over last year's. They go on to praise Hendricks' ability to just win.
Roster Moves
The Cyclones cut Alex Dorr.
Non-Conference Schedule
vs. (20) Vanderbilt
@ Boston College
vs. Notre Dame
vs. (25) Louisville
@ (22) Maryland
vs. Alabama
@ Dayton
vs. (7) Purdue
@ Western Kentucky
vs. (17) BYU
@ Belmont
vs. (16) Minnesota
Jamie Vanderbeke and Marquis Gilstrap graduate. Dominique Buckley transfers.
Recruits
SF Matthew Andrews (77 OVR)
SG Leon Pearson (75)
C Leon Howard (73)
Redshirts
In a non-traditional move, senior Charles Boozer has been red-shirted.
Pre-Season Rankings
Iowa State is named #5 in the nation, with the 3rd toughest venue to play at.
Duke won the tempo battle, forcing Iowa State to play up-tempo with them, due to various traps and presses. However, bad shooting early allowed Iowa State to take an 11 point lead to halftime.
The deficit, combined with a much better defensive showing from the Cyclones, allowed them to win their first National Championship in Hendricks' first season.
| Iowa State Cyclones at Duke Blue Devils | ||||
| Apr 5, 2010 | 1ST | 2ND | OT | SCORE |
| #11 Iowa State (34-3) | 47 | 29 | - | 76 |
| #4 Duke (33-4) | 36 | 36 | - | 72 |
| Iowa State Cyclones | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Diante Garrett | 40 | 5/11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Chris Colvin | 34 | 6/17 | 5/10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||
| Lucca Staiger | 33 | 8/14 | 4/7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Craig Brackins | 34 | 7/8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Justin Hamilton | 33 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Jamie Vanderbeke | 10 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| Marquis Gilstrap | 8 | 1/1 | 2 | |||||||
| Laron Dendy | 5 | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Charles Boozer | 6 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dominique Buckley | 1 | |||||||||
| Scott Christoph | 1 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| Alex Dorr | 1 | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 33/64 | 9/17 | 1/2 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 76 | |
| Duke Blue Devils | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Nolan Smith | 37 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Jon Scheyer | 40 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Kyle Singler | 40 | 7/16 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Lance Thomas | 35 | 3/9 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Miles Plumlee | 12 | 3/5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Ryan Kelly | 6 | 1/1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Brian Zoubek | 29 | 5/10 | 1/1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Mason Plumlee | 1 | |||||||||
| Casey Peters | 1 | |||||||||
| Olek Czyz | 1 | |||||||||
| Steve Johnson | 1 | |||||||||
| Andre Dawkins | 4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 25/56 | 5/14 | 5/7 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 72 | |
In the National Championship, they will see Duke for the second time this season. Duke beat Iowa State 90-81 in Ames earlier this season. Surely, the Cyclones have the same players, but this is an entirely different team.
Duke beat Purdue 88-64 in the latter of the two Final Four games to advance.
| Iowa State Cyclones at Kentucky Wildcats | ||||
| Apr 3, 2010 | 1ST | 2ND | OT | SCORE |
| #11 Iowa State () | 40 | 38 | - | 78 |
| #1 Kentucky () | 43 | 23 | - | 66 |
W: 17-3
The Tigers couldn't wait to bat, knowing that the distance from home plate to dead center was a mere 395 feet. Nevertheless, Jair Jurrjens had a decent outing before slacking off in the 8th. Even Ted Lilly wasn't bad (prior to the 10-run 7th inning). David Freese hit a grand slam; Brett Lawrie homered. Ryan Braun homered, in addition to going 4-5.
W: 5-2
All of the Tigers' runs came via the home run. Miguel Cabrera had 3 of them, accounting for 4 RBI. Ike Davis' solo homer broke his streak of 10 games without one.
W: 6-2
Mark Trumbo homered twice and drove in 4. David Freese had a clutch RBI double with two outs in the 3rd, and later followed it up with another RBI single. Justin Verlander pitched a decent 8 innings. Josh Donaldson of the Dodgers finished a hot series, going 3-4 in the finale.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
(1) Duke vs. (2) Purdue
(1) Kentucky vs. (2) Villanova
Midwest Region
(1) Kansas vs. (3) Iowa State
East Region
(2) Purdue vs. (4) Michigan State
South Region
(1) Duke vs. (2) Tennessee
Sweet 16
(1) Kentucky defeats (4) Ohio State
(2) Villanova defeats (3) Texas
Elite 8
(1) Kentucky vs. (2) Villanova
Midwest Region
Sweet 16
(1) Kansas vs. (4) Georgia Tech
(2) Syracuse vs. (3) Iowa State
East Region
Sweet 16
(1) West Virginia vs. (4) Michigan State
(2) Purdue vs. (3) California
South Region
Sweet 16
(1) Duke defeats (4) Minnesota
(2) Tennessee defeats (3) Georgetown
Elite 8
(1) Duke vs. (2) Tennessee
(1) Kansas vs. (8) Northern Iowa
(4) Georgia Tech vs. (5) Washington
(3) Iowa State vs. (6) Butler
(2) Syracuse vs. (7) NC State
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
They face Oakland University of the Summit League in the First Round.
| Kansas Jayhawks at Iowa State Cyclones | ||||
| Mar 13, 2010 | 1ST | 2ND | OT | SCORE |
| #2 Kansas () | 32 | 38 | - | 70 |
| #13 Iowa State () | 31 | 37 | - | 68 |
(1) Iowa State defeats (4) Oklahoma State
(2) Kansas defeats (3) Texas
Finals
(1) Iowa State vs. (2) Kansas
(9) Oklahoma defeats (8) Texas Tech
(5) Texas A&M defeats (12) Nebraska
(7) Kansas State defeats (10) Missouri
(6) Baylor defeats (11) Colorado
Second Round
(1) Iowa State defeats (9) Oklahoma
(4) Oklahoma State defeats (5) Texas A&M
(2) Kansas defeats (7) Kansas State
(3) Texas defeats (6) Baylor
Semi-Finals
(1) Iowa State vs. (4) Oklahoma State
(2) Kansas vs. (3) Texas
Due to their #1 seeding in the conference tournament, Iowa State will sit out the first round (along with Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma State). Their first matchup will come against the winner of Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Ever have a game where you felt every emotion known to man? Tonight's certainly did just that for the Tigers.
There was a sense of trouble from the outset. Cole Hamels' first batter, Jemile Weeks, saw 12 pitches. To continue, he reached on an error. This first inning saw a double, then another error. When the dust cleared, it was 2-0 A's. Cole Hamels had already thrown 33 pitches.
The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the 2nd, after notching only a single off Brett Anderson in the 1st. Kurt Suzuki homered to lead off the second. And, the game went quiet after that...
There were 3 total hits from innings 3 through 6. But, there was a little hope in the top of the 7th. David Freese singled, then Adam Jones doubled to follow. But, Freese was thrown out at home to end the inning.
The outlook was bleak. The Tigers had squandered their only scoring opportunity of the game, but in the 8th, the Tigers re-learned that Brett Anderson wasn't invincible.
Over the course of three at-bats, the game re-tied itself. Jerry Sands homered; Wellington Castillo singled; and Ryan Braun homered to tie.
We saw no meaningful offense until the bottom of the 10th. Scott Sizemore singled and advanced on a bunt. Following an IBB to Brandon Allen, the pinch-running Thomas Francona was picked off at 2nd. Cliff Pennington flew out to end the threat.
Brett Anderson found himself out of the game after recording two outs in the 11th. His replacement, Brad Peacock surrendered what looked like a go-ahead and potential game-winning home run to Wellington Castillo. But, the bottom of the 15th came.
Thomas Francona redeemed himself, launching a bomb to right-center off of new Tigers closer Craig Kimbrel.
Thankfully, for the Tigers, the wheels of the Athletics' bullpen fell off in the 16th. There were six consecutive hits, including a home run. The last scoring play of the game, an RBI double, left the final score at 10-4.
Jordan Walden, the last reliever left in the Tigers' bullpen, closed the game in the 16th.
| Tigers at Athletics | | |||||||||||||
| May 15, 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Extras | R | H | E |
| Detroit (36-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0000016 | 10 | 19 | 2 |
| Oakland (23-18) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0000010 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Craig Kimbrel (2-0) L: Brad Peacock (5-1) | |||||||||||||
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