How healthy are the Cyclones?
The Game
Iowa State vs. West Virginia, in Ames
The Time
6:00 PM Central
The Television
ESPN+ (whatever the Big 12 package is, if there is one—I don’t fully understand what’s going on there)
The Opponent
West Virginia. Of Bob Huggins/Derek Culver/ISU-came-kind-of-close-to-beating-them-in-Morgantown-in-December fame.
The Numbers
Vegas has the Cyclones an 11.5-point underdog, with the total projected at 145.5. KenPom has West Virginia favored to win 78-68, with a Cyclone win 18% likely.
What Iowa State Needs to Do
We don’t even know how many scholarship players are available. Last time, Iowa State made it close by giving Rasir Bolton the ball and getting out of the way, but Bolton hasn’t been able to recreate that success in the month and a half since. At this stage in the season, and at this stage in Iowa State’s outbreak, anything’s acceptable, and stabilizing—holding the deficit right around the spread—would represent a nice step forward, in the context of this year.
