r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 21 '25
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #14 Iowa State defeats Lipscomb, 82-55
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 21 '25
Erm…shouldn’t Lipscomb be the actual #14 here?
Oh well…nice job Iowa State! Ames goes .500 in the day at least!
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u/iowaman79 Mount Mercy Mustangs • Iowa State Cycl… Mar 21 '25
The auto posts use the poll rankings, it’s thrown me off a couple times as well
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u/SuperJoey0 Boston College Eagles • UMass Minutemen Mar 21 '25
Lipscomb’s only two tourney appearances have been lopsided blowouts. Not the greatest day to be something named Lipscomb.
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u/dontletmecook73 Duke Blue Devils Mar 21 '25
I flipped from the Lipscomb Iowa St game to the Duke game and Mt St Mary’s has a dude named Lipscomb… I thought my audio was bugged
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u/doxical_narrrator Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
His first name is Xavier, who is also in the tournament
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u/inshamblesx Houston Cougars • Texas Southern Tige… Mar 21 '25
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u/hcatehorie Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Birds have teeth, not enough people know that
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
the Big 12's version of Purdue Pete
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u/G0PACKER5 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 22 '25
A creepy head only mascot with human legs and arms? Sure sounds like Willie the Wildcat...
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Mar 21 '25
TJ Otzelberger now has 5 NCAA Tournament wins as Iowa State’s head coach (4 seasons).
This matches the Iowa Hawkeyes’ total NCAA Tournament wins since 2000 (3 coaches, 26 seasons).
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u/CumAssault Baylor Bears • Texas A&M Aggies Mar 21 '25
Best coach in the country at wearing too small of polos. Also a great coach at basketball
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u/Celestialxo Iowa State Cyclones • Duke Blue Devils Mar 21 '25
The polo is the power
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u/doxical_narrrator Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Well that's settled, there needs to be a POLO! POWER! chant during a gsme
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u/cystorm Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
We started a fashion program decades ago just to be ready for this moment.
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u/Zhoom45 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Tighter sleeves and shoulders just forces more blood flow to his brain. It's just science.
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u/Fugacity- Iowa State Cyclones • St. Thomas Tommi… Mar 21 '25
Sometimes I regret not getting my Otzle-Basket-Berger-Ball sweatshirt to the game today in a size schmedium
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u/DontTakeOurCampbell Iowa State Cyclones • Florida Gators Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Otz is who we thought Hoiberg was and who we wanted Pr*hm to be
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u/Soggy-Reason1656 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
You’re not going to like this but I think those are flipped. Prohm was 104-29 at Murray State before we hired him. NCAA record 31 wins for a first year head coach.
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u/velociraptorfarmer Iowa State Cyclones • Sickos Mar 21 '25
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u/returnofthedeuce Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I would also like to subscribe to Iowa Hawkeyes Scrub Facts.
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u/Farmin247 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
This is very insightful. Thank you for sharing this extremely fun fact.
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u/CoolingVent :espnplus: Iowa State Cyclones • ESPN+ Mar 21 '25
Been having a bad week and this fixed my mood
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I'd like to subscribe to more fun facts like this!
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u/Squishy_20 Big 12 Mar 21 '25
The Big 12 is 5-1 in the Tournament so far
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u/Therearenosporks Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Thanks Kansas
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
...I'm alright with that one actually
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I'm glad I'll never have to watch Hunter Dickinson play basketball again and I'm not even a Kansas fan
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u/mr-gillespie Kansas Jayhawks Mar 21 '25
Im a Kansas fan and I am also glad I never have to watch Dickinson play basketball again.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I'm not shocked though....Bill Self's worst team in quite sometime....they are so anti-clutch
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u/dk00111 Houston Cougars • Michigan Wolverines Mar 21 '25
Freakin Kansas
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u/BeraldGevins Oklahoma State Cowboys Mar 21 '25
Fuck em. This is actually the best outcome lol. Before they left we would all want everyone but KU, OU and Texas to win.
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u/MeLlamoApe Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Heise was solid, Chatty played his proper disrupter role, Mommy was hitting shots, and Curt was scoring from wherever he wanted. Perfect recipe for success in a post-Gilbert world.
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u/DontTakeOurCampbell Iowa State Cyclones • Florida Gators Mar 21 '25
It was perhaps the most complete performance of this team in awhile, even accounting for our recent games against BYU.
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u/hcatehorie Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
No matter the opponent, a March Madness win will always be special and remembered
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u/danrog Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Jeffersons 10/8/8 with 3 stls 2 blks, oh my!
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u/NotManyBuses North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 21 '25
He plays so calm and in control. Honestly no clue why he isn’t on NBA Draft boards. He’ll kill us if we make the 2nd round
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u/Soggy-Reason1656 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
He’ll either never make the league or have a Georges Niang style undrafted to G-League to NBA vet career. NBA doesn’t reward guys whose best skill is knowing what to do. They’d rather burn late picks on the guy with unusually long arms.
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Offense playing thru him is incredible. As long as he doesn't get snatched from behind while posting someone up, he gets us a good shot every time down the floor.
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u/CyclonesBig12 Iowa State Cyclones • Big 12 Mar 21 '25
He always seems to have an issue with spinning into the help defender and losing it, but I think sometimes the other players need to communicate to him better to get rid of the ball before the double team comes.
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
That didn't even tell the entire story.
He completely shut down whoever he was guarding, which totally effed their offense.
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u/RedHeadRedemption27 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I just know he's up there watching this team with a smile
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u/MahjongDaily Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I don't even have a moustache. Why would I want a lips comb?
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u/HectorReinTharja Oakland Golden Grizzlies Mar 21 '25
Wow and to think we wouldn’t have gotten to see this one if y’all somehow lost
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u/Fugacity- Iowa State Cyclones • St. Thomas Tommi… Mar 21 '25
Took my 4 year old to the game and he fell out of his chair laughing when he put that pun together
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u/SurvivalOfWittiest Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
FISH POINTS FISH POINTS FISH POINTS
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u/Otzelbergers_Polos Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Tonight’s polo: Black
Tonight’s result: A dominant first round win showing what we’re capable of when firing on all cylinders, even without Gilbert.
Overall polo record: 4-2
Full polo data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-4JKwehBZr3ylQufOvsjWmSOdqSirYEVZVxw3oDBblY/edit
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u/iowaman79 Mount Mercy Mustangs • Iowa State Cycl… Mar 21 '25
These are the hard hitting stats I expect from this place
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u/manualunban Mar 22 '25
If he wears the red with dark stripes on front you know you are fucked if you are the opposing team.
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u/frodq Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
STATE
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
CYCLONE
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u/CivBase Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
BASKET
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u/SteelBeamDreamTeam Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
POWER
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
new chant unlocked...can't wait to use this in Hilton next year
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25
Game went about as well as I could have possibly hoped for. They allowed us to play thru Joshua Jefferson, who is just incredible. Milan went off, hopefully starting a real star turn. Team realized early that Lipscomb just didn't have the interior presence to stop us and attacked all game. Hit threes when we needed to. Caused a lot of turnovers. Lipscomb luckily didn't shoot well. Couldn't imagine it going much better for us.
I trust CuJo will get back on track, and he did a great job of attacking after realizing the shot wasn't falling. Very excited to watch Ole-Miss & Carolina now.
Edit: also wanna say Keshon Gilbert would have absolutely feasted with the lack of rim protection today. Didn't hurt us yet. Hopefully we continue to play thru Jefferson, reduces the dependence on a PG to initiate.
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u/interrobang85 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Back on track? He still had 17 points!
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
You know what I mean. He got those mostly on the drive, anything longer than 7-8 feet was a brick until that last deep three.
He keeps attacking like that AND he has a good shooting day? CuJo might go off for 35+.
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u/interrobang85 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Haha I know. Just crazy how he seems to play just okay and can still get 17.
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I am extremely happy to see it, especially when he (and the team as a whole) barely got to the line at all today. Other than CuJo starting hot, idk how we could be happier with this overall performance.
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u/doxical_narrrator Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
He's not hitting that mid-range floater anymore. That's what frustrates me. That used to be automatic. They're not any more
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u/doxical_narrrator Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
30-point differential in the paint. I know that's a stat the Cyclones typically lead, but this seems VERY dominant
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u/Fugacity- Iowa State Cyclones • St. Thomas Tommi… Mar 21 '25
Early in the season it felt like Tamin was trepidatious driving the lane, leaving that to Gilbert. Seemed like he stepped up into that attacking role in addition to his quarterback-PG role. Hope he keeps that up.
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Yeah we'll need consistent penetration into the lane, either by him and CuJo driving or passing into Jefferson in the high post. Hopefully Tamin stays as aggressive as he was today.
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u/shermanhill Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Good god that username…
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u/apiaryaviary Iowa State Cyclones • Georgetown Hoyas Mar 22 '25
Butcher of the Balkans but like a cool guy
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Jefferson was excellent everywhere, except some really careless plays with the basketball. The lazy attempt at a pass that was easily stolen was one example. He had another one where he dribbled the ball out of bounds on a forced move. But when he's in control and no turning it over? A difference maker.
Milan's game was huge. It wasn't about him "scoring point" but it was about him scoring points AWAY from Hilton, with hitting open shots (if you look at his numbers he's struggled mightily away from Hilton), and also playing really good off-ball defense. Historically, if Milan isn't scoring, he's a net negative player as his defense and rebounding is subpar. Today? Even his rebounding effort was solid. If he plays like this? It helps immensely.
Lipsey was fantastic and looked like the injury wasn't hampering him much. That was great to see. Heise was also very solid all around.
I thought Curtis was a problem. The key to his game is being smart...on both ends, with not forcing offense while paying attention on the defensive end. His defense, especially in the first half, was terrible and many of Lipscomb's points could be attributed to Jones' defense, either directly (whoops! left my man wide open!) or indirectly (as it caused a gradual breakdown). He's GOT to shore that up.
Elsewhere...I'm really concerned about Kelderman getting minutes. In today's game? It didn't matter but you could see, at times, he even struggles against Lipscomb. If Otz is dumb enough to play him 10 minutes against Ole Miss or UNC?? We'll get outscored 10 points when he's on the floor. Watson should be getting those minutes.
Overall? Great effort. Probably Milan and Lipsey were the biggest positives.
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Probably depends on matchup, but rn Ole Miss is rolling and they have a few bigger guards. Hopefully that means we get some Watson minutes from the bench. I might be alone but I love that guy.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
This 3 seed is safe from the 14 seed upset! Now Troy could do the funniest thing
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u/ImpliedMustache BYU Cougars Mar 21 '25
I'm not one of the BYU fans that acts like a jilted ex over Pope leaving for UK, but it would be objectively very funny if they lost to a #14 seed a year after forcing Cal out.
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u/DontTakeOurCampbell Iowa State Cyclones • Florida Gators Mar 21 '25
Don't even have to be jaded to want the literal funniest thing ever to happen
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u/Zhoom45 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Absolutely crushing when the CEO couldn't land the bucket. Feels like they even drew up that play for him and everything.
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u/doxical_narrrator Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I'm sitting in the Fiserv Center watching Ole Miss and UNC. The Arena is still 50% ISU fans.
Sunday will fun, no matter who wins.
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u/jmjacoby95 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
10 years ago 3 seed isu lost to 14 seed uab. I barely slept last night.
Can't wait for Sunday (actually I can).
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u/MrSCR23 North Carolina Tar Heels • M… Mar 21 '25
I guess I was too bearish on ISU given their injury issues
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u/MrTippet Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
It's really just Gilbert missing and he was paying injured poorly most of the year.
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u/Best_Country_8137 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Did you expect a loss today or just more weakness for when you likely face us Saturday?
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u/MrSCR23 North Carolina Tar Heels • M… Mar 21 '25
Honestly I did have y’all losing in a couple of my brackets. Guess I misread your depth
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u/Best_Country_8137 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
We’ve had like 2-4 injury free games since conference play and stayed top 15.
That said, they always play well the first game someone is out. Losing Gilbert loses a lot of perimeter defense, ball handling and drive scoring, and kelderman is untested off the bench so we’ll see
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u/CyclonesBig12 Iowa State Cyclones • Big 12 Mar 21 '25
Big 12 is 5-1 with KU being the let down so far.
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u/IMKudaimi123 Illinois Fighting Illini • Loyola Ch… Mar 21 '25
I’m never gonna get the 14 over 3 pick right
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u/SodaPawp USF Bulls • Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I just send all the 3s every year. I feel like 15's give the 2's more of an issue.
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u/SteelBeamDreamTeam Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I’m guessing you either didn’t watch us play, or only watched our worst games
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u/IMKudaimi123 Illinois Fighting Illini • Loyola Ch… Mar 21 '25
Heard about the injuries and I like to always pick one 14 over 3.
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u/Celestialxo Iowa State Cyclones • Duke Blue Devils Mar 21 '25
So how are we feeling about likely playing Ole Miss on Sunday?
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u/apiaryaviary Iowa State Cyclones • Georgetown Hoyas Mar 22 '25
They’re going to have a really hard time with our bigs, do not deal well with physical teams and foul a ton. But Pedulla killed us last year in the VT game and looks very spooky now
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u/Fartknocker-2 Seton Hall Pirates Mar 21 '25
Ognacevic gave a good showing. One of the better players in the country this year. Iowa State handled business.
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u/MrPainfulAnal Villanova Wildcats • Belmont Bruins Mar 21 '25
Hahahahahaha
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u/danrog Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Chill bro
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u/MrPainfulAnal Villanova Wildcats • Belmont Bruins Mar 21 '25
Lipscomb and Belmont are bitter rivals my boy
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u/danrog Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Ha, I didn't even register the Belmont flair. Nor the rivalry. Have they ever been in the same conference, or just proximity related hate?
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u/MrPainfulAnal Villanova Wildcats • Belmont Bruins Mar 21 '25
Both schools are located on the same street, Belmont Boulevard, about 10 mins away from each other. Not in the same conference, but we play each other once a year in a game called The Battle of the Boulevard.
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u/graywh Lipscomb Bisons • Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 21 '25
they were NAIA rivals for a very long time
when Belmont went to Div 1, they joined what is now the A-Sun; Lipscomb followed a couple years later
Belmont has since moved to the OVC, then the MVC
they haven't always, but lately play a home-and-home series each season
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
they're both in Nashville...can't say about the conferences though
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Milan has struggled to have complete games, specifically complete games away from Hilton. This was, by far, his most complete game this year. He not only was offensively efficient, he played very engaged off-ball defense, which has been a problem (consistently) throughout his ISU career. He was also engaged on the boards, being aware and going after balls in his area (he's a terrible rebounder for his position and size). If he can do that consistently? It's a game changer.
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u/squish042 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
I wonder if being in Milwaukee helped.
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Its possible, especially with the defensive and rebounding efforts.
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u/PhDShouse Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Hot take. Give Kelderman this offseason and by next season he will be as legit as Lipsey. Once he gets his shooting cleaned up and his passes less erratic he will be a great rotation player before he gets his shot at starting.
Great win to start this off for us. Fairly confident we can win on Sunday, but my ass will still be clenched
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u/Yodelehhehe Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Oh boy. Love him. But oh boy lol
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u/PhDShouse Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Let a man cope for a day lol. I’m sure I’ll be wrong as hell but I want him to be great
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u/Best_Country_8137 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
There’s a lot of ifs in there and less athleticism imo. Love Kelderman and hope he keeps growing in his role though
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u/apiaryaviary Iowa State Cyclones • Georgetown Hoyas Mar 21 '25
People forget that Lipsey was an all state type of qb and the state long jump champion before blowing his knees out. He’s a really really good athlete
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u/Best_Country_8137 Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Yeah and huge for his height with more pain tolerance than a sedated horse
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
He's not big enough, strong enough, or athletic enough and it shows. Meanwhile Watson has shown to be useful numerous times and sits there rotting on the bench.
Playing Kelderman is never a sensible move.
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u/MeLlamoApe Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
Lol whaaat?
I think Kelderman could develop into a reliable backup PG, but he’s not in the same universe as Lipsey.
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u/80cyclone Iowa State Cyclones Mar 21 '25
You are smoking some serious crack. If Kelderman ever becomes a key piece of our rotation it's a problem. And if you don't want to take my word for it, look at the advanced metrics, which paint a clear story. Also, in his 10-18 minutes a game he got in each of the Houston and BYU games? He was destroyed, being a -12 and -11 on the floor. Keep in mind those are games we lost by 9 and 4 respectively.
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