Welcome to another edition of the Cyclone Fanatic Podcast. I'm down in Kansas City

where I just left Municipal Auditorium from Big 12 women's basketball media days.

Had a nice conversation with Iowa State head coach Bill Finley.

You guys will hear that here in just a minute. I think you

guys will enjoy it talking about what bringing the tournament back to Kansas City

means and you know replacing Bridget Carlton and you know some other stuff looking ahead into this season and it's not very long

Coach Finneley was obviously very busy today with everything that he had going on with his media day festivities but I do

think it's a nice little conversation and something that you guys will enjoy.

So after a quick little break we will be right back with my conversation with Iowa State

women's basketball coach Bill Fenley.

Join now on the Cyclone Fanag Podcast by Irish State Women's Basketball Coach Bill Finley at the Big 12

women's tip-op event. Coach, how you doing today?

I'm doing good. Thanks for being here.

Absolutely. Obviously, you know, the kind of the big story today so far has been just the tournament returning to Kansas City. What do you think that that means for the league and then Iowa State in general?

Well, I think it's a great thing for the league to come back here.

This is a great venue.

I think it's great that the tournaments are together.

Iowa State is always always pushed for that and we've always been

the minority but I think because Jamie Pollard and Kelly Sanders just kept it on

the docket and kept telling people this is a good thing to do. Obviously the city of Kansas City runs the best the Championship week. Obviously now it's Championship week not just with men's basketball

but with women's basketball and certainly for our fans. We have a lot of

crossover fans and I think there'll be a lot of people that they go to the

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