LET'S PREVIEW OKLAHOMA PART DEUX. Kirk Haaland previews Oklahoma's visit to another Hilton sell out tomorrow at 12:45.

BUBU'S BACK! Palo returns from his broken wrist on Saturday. This is great news for a Cyclone team that always needs more unselfish ball handlers. (giggle)

JUST IN CASE YOU STILL HAVEN'T BOUGHT IN TO FRED HOIBERG YET... I'll go ahead and remind you we have a great recruiting class coming in next year, and Korie Lucious and Will Clyburn will be eligible. The pair have developed a close bond on the court.

WE'RE SMART! Iowa State leads the Big 12 with 4 Academic All-Conference Selections. Melvin Ejim, Scott Christopherson, and Bubu Palo made the first team, while Chris Allen made second team.

BUBBLE WATCHING. SBN's Chris Dobbertean looks at the current bubble teams. Iowa State is wedged in at a 10 seed, #37 overall.

A TRUE SUCCESS STORY. Another Cyclones.com Black History Month article, this time on Ike Harris, who went on to play in the NFL and became the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Inspiring stuff.

ROVELL IS TERRIBLE. Little did you all know, but Darren Rovell's been tweeting his own brand of douchey arrogance for 100 years!

DOES ANYBODY GET RECRUITING RULES? Oregon had to report a minor violation because Mike Belotti mentioned a conversation he had with Chip Kelly on a current Duck, Arik Armstead, while Alabama is free to spam a recruit with 105 letters... on the same day.