The Beat Reporters: Young guns boosting Cyclones, Addy Brown returns, gymnastics update, and more

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4.7 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Beat Reporters break down Iowa State men’s basketball coming off back-to-back Top 10 wins at Hilton Coliseum and what’s ahead as T.J. Otzelberger’s team heads west to face BYU in a critical Big 12 matchup. The guys discuss the emergence of Iowa State’s young players, Hilton Magic, and what the Cyclones need to do on the road to stay in the race for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Plus, Addy Brown returns for Iowa State women’s basketball as the Cyclones dominate Arizona State, how her return impacts postseason seeding, and what lies ahead in the Big 12. Also: • NCAA Tournament outlook for Iowa State • BYU preview • Big 12 seeding implications • Latest on the Iowa State gymnastics situation Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing. Subscribe for more Iowa State Cyclones coverage from Cyclone Fanatic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:08.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a Coke to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh.
0:21.6	Time for a Coke.
0:23.6	Coca-Cola, official partner of the Premier League. Hello and welcome into the Northwest Bank studios for the beat reporters and
0:51.6	I'm drinking a glass of electrolyte water and pouring one out for Rob Gray
0:59.1	as he is at the Casey Center for State Wrestling. So it's just Ben Hutchins and I coming to you on
1:05.7	Thursday the 19th of February. Ben, how you doing, man? I thought for sure you were going to say a white monster,
1:12.8	you know, because it's just been that kind of week around James. No, it's been one of those weeks
1:17.8	where on a day like today, I've got to limit myself to two cups of coffee to make up for the
1:22.4	amount of caffeine that I had over the weekend. So it's a bit of a detox before my trip out to Utah where I'm not,
1:29.1	I think I can drink coffee out there, but I don't know the rules on that.
1:34.7	Hey, speaking of, speaking of Monster, I'll throw out a tease for a future Beat Reporters episode.
1:39.8	I'm doing some calling around for a story about Jimmy Rogers and I talked with Clark Lee,
1:46.1	the Vanderbilt coach, who was Jimmy's position coach at STSU.
1:51.9	And Clark Lee told me a fantastic Jimmy Rogers story with kind of the punchline being a monster
1:58.5	energy drink.
1:59.2	So I don't know if I'll, you know,
2:01.2	rev out that story yet, but stay tuned. I'll definitely share it on this show. And just,
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