2-22 To The Sweet 16: Iowa State's Whirlwind Turnaround
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🗓️ 25 March 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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It has already been an unbelievable ride for the Iowa State Cyclones, a No. 11 seed that has made a run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Today, The Athletic’s Jesse Temple tells us how this team — led by first-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger — has pulled off an unthinkable turnaround, going from 2-22 a year ago to now sitting on the verge of the Elite Eight. Plus, the role that the transfer portal has played in Iowa State’s surprise success, and whether they can keep it going against Miami on Friday night.
Read Jesse Temple’s full story about the Cyclones: https://theathletic.com/3203762/2022/03/23/how-iowa-state-went-from-2-22-afterthought-to-sweet-16-darling-im-pretty-sure-everybody-had-us-last-in-everything/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:39.4 | It has already been an unbelievable ride for the Iowa State Cyclones, a number 11 seed that |
| 0:44.7 | has made a surprise run to the sweet 16. |
| 0:47.6 | And it is over from two wins a year ago to the second weekend of the day. |
| 0:57.3 | Today, the Athletics Jesse Temple tells us how Iowa State has pulled off this unthinkable |
| 1:02.0 | turnaround from two in 22 to the sweet 16. |
| 1:06.2 | And whether they can keep the magic going in the NCAA tournament this weekend. |
| 1:10.9 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:13.7 | That's Friday, March 25th, and this is Belied. |
| 1:20.5 | Jesse, your main job for the Athletic is covering the Wisconsin Badgers. |
| 1:24.7 | So did you ever imagine you'd be telling the story of the Iowa State basketball team this |
| 1:29.8 | year? |
| 1:30.8 | I mean, are you living in a bizarre world right now? |
| 1:33.6 | Well, Iowa State wasn't really on my radar at the start of the season. |
| 1:36.8 | And I don't think that the Cyclones were on many people's radars. |
| 1:40.0 | But certainly when the NCAA tournament draw came out and Iowa State beat LSU and was going |
| 1:44.4 | to play Wisconsin in the second round, they very quickly became on my radar and have just |
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