All right, welcome back to fanatics here on 1460 cakes.

I know it's our weekly conversation with Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell,

the biggest cyclone basketball fan that I know.

Tip-off is tonight, coach, the Delta Devils from Mississippi Valley State is in town

If you had a chance to sneak over and watch any practice yet if so give our audience some insight on what to expect.

No, well I haven't been able to do that, but here's what I can tell our audience here is this.

Number one, the core and the heart of this team I already love, and you anytime you know Halliburton is leading the way now

That's my guy and I'm ready to ride with him and so you know I think this is going to be a really fun team you know one of the great things about

Coach Prom I think everybody knows his heart his passion his love of his players I think

this is a group that really reciprocates who Coach Prom is and anytime that comes

together I think he's got a chance to be

really special and I think this group's got a chance to be really special and

being around these guys a little bit this summer guys that you can tell really

care about each other and it seems like a really good team and it's

could be fun to watch them grow.

Yeah, I kind of feel like with this group that they may not be like the recruiting stars and like the raw talent all that stuff

I do feel like regardless of what happens in the season and who knows it could go a million different ways

I feel like in March Iowa State fans will be like

we really liked watching them play. Like I think that they're going to be really gritty.

It may not be as up and down of a style as that they're used to but I you know how Iowa State

fans are I just think that they appreciate a certain way of doing things I think this

group will probably be that time yeah there's no question you know I think

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