Monday, February 25th, 2019

Well, I'm happy to say that Iowa State is back in the win column after having a rough week or two recently.  Tonight Jeremy Seago went with me to witness Iowa State's convincing win over Oklahoma, 78-61. 

It's not just the Cyclones who've had a rough month of February.  It's been awfully cold and snowy this month, and there have been quite a few snow days for Nolan's kindergarten class (today being one of them).  Earlier this month, Nolan missed a week of class due to Influenza A.  Then this past weekend Maxwell broke our 50-inch TV by smashing it with a long Lincoln Log.  To top it off, he pulled the chandelier down from above our dining room table this weekend as well.  So yeah, I'm READY FOR MARCH.

As for the game, it was close all of the first half, but the Cyclones ended up pulling away in the second thanks to a good defensive effort.  Iowa State was led by Marial Shayok, who dropped in 21 points.  The only other Cyclone in double figures scoring was Talen Horton-Tucker, who had 18 points. 

Tonight marks the sixth time that I have attended an ISU-Oklahoma basketball game.  The Cyclones have won five of those six meetings (tonight, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013), while the Sooners won back in 2003.  That 2016 game against Oklahoma was quite the memorable one, as the Sooners came into the game being ranked #1 in the country.

Iowa State won the opening tip.

Iowa State 78, Oklahoma 61.

Saturday, February 9th, 2019

This afternoon I took Nolan with me to Hilton Coliseum to watch the ISU basketball game vs TCU. Other than the game itself, we had a good time.  Nolan enjoyed the atmosphere and seemed to actually pay attention to the game itself.  He would ask me what the score was often, and was actually cheering on the Cyclones.  Unfortunately, there was not much to cheer for today.  The #17 ranked Cyclones played like garbage for most of the game and ended up falling to TCU 83-92.  Michael Jacobson was about the only player for Iowa State that I thought played well.  He scored 16 points on 8 of 10 shooting.  Nolan and myself split a clone cone though, so we had that going for us, which was nice...

I believe that this was Nolan's 16th basketball game that I have taken him to.  The last time I took him to a game was vs the Missouri Tigers earlier this season.  Today's game was Nolan's 6th conference game.  He's also seen games vs Baylor in 2018, Texas in 2018, Texas Tech in 2017, Kansas State in 2016, and TCU in 2014.  That 2014 game vs TCU was much more entertaining than today's. 

As for myself, this was the 5th time that I have seen ISU play TCU (and the first time that the Cyclones have lost).  The previous games were 2017, 2015, 2014, and 2013. 

Nolan insists that the red ice cream tastes better than the yellow...