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Iowa State Basketball

MORE ACCOLADES. Monte Morris and Georges Niang were both named to the USBWA District VI All-American team.

TOURNEY TICKETS! If you're looking to head to the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament, be sure to read this article from the AD about getting tickets.

BE PREPARED. Brent Blum penned a nice article getting you up to speed on 12 things to know heading into the Big 12 Tournament.

MUCH TO GAIN. ESPN's Joe Lunardi claims ISU likely won't drop below a 5-seed in the NCAA Tourney even if they lose to Oklahoma on Thursday night, but they can improve their seed if they win a game or two (or three).

THREE STRAIGHT? The Cyclones are preparing for Oklahoma, but have their eyes set on a three-peat.

Iowa State Football

SPRING UPDATE. Jake Campos is working back from surgery, Jay Jones has moved to cornerback, and a few ISU football players have received medical hardships.

HOLD ONTO YOUR BALLS. According to Matt Campbell, turning around the Cyclone program begins with ball security.

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH. The Cedar Rapids Gazette points out five things to watch as Iowa State opens the Campbell era.

TAKEAWAYS. Among the notable aspects of Iowa State's first spring football practice: they played music during the whole thing.

Around the Country

SOMEONE GIVE HIM A HUG! After going winless in conference play, this Boston College player gives the saddest answer ever to the question of what his best memory of playing basketball in college was.

WINDMILL THROWDOWN. Aaron Gordon pulled off a sick in-game windmill dunk against the Lakers.

BOGUT GONNA BOGUT? Andrew Bogut started celebrating before Steph Curry had even shot the ball. Spoiler: Steph made it.

SAD T-WOLVES SHIRT. All the regret.

My boy @JohnSharkman with the shirt to end all shirts pic.twitter.com/5IUhgYXbCd

— Jim Souhan (@SouhanStrib) March 9, 2016

LIVE ELECTRIC GUITAR. Besides the whole 100+ years World Series drought thing, who wouldn't want to play for the Cubs when they do stuff like bring a live electric guitarist to a spring practice?

GAME OF THRONES SEASON 6. Here's the latest trailer (some brief NSFW imagery).