Coming up on today's Daily Clone, the importance of Iowa State's upcoming four-game stretch.

And then looking around the rest of college basketball, who's Iowa State going to be competing with for seating?

Once selection Sunday rolls around, all of that after a word from Fairway.

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Meat and Grocery. I've got a lot of college basketball that I'm going to get into,

and it all starts with tonight as number one undefeated Arizona hits the road for BYU,

a team that's surging and a very tough place to play with maybe the best player in the country.

I cannot wait to watch it. Jackson Pence and I are going to go live on YouTube with the double bonus right

after the games. We'll break that down, talk Big 12 and Cyclone Hoops, all of that right here on

Cyclone Fanatic YouTube. And that game is a microcosm of what I'm going to talk about today.

And I want to break down just how strong the top of college basketball is right now. So on Ken Palm, they rank it by the net

ranking. So the net ranking is essentially your efficiency against what is expected of the

computers to put it into very simple terms. So most years, the national champion has a net ranking

of 30 or better, not every single year, but for the most years, the national champion has a net ranking of 30 or better, not every single year,

but for the most part, that is almost a requirement.

So right now, in Kenpom, there are 12 teams with a net rating of 28 or better.

28 is elite.

12 is a lot.

And last year, there was eight. It was thought of as one of the strongest

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