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Cyclonenation
Making a play based solely on hoping for a letdown is risky. Martin is the better coach but he is overpowered player wise. Spradling will hae to try and get out of his slump for Kansas State to pull this one off which I think would be a stretch anyway. Royce White has proven to be almost unguardable as he has so many different weapons ( scoring, passing, rebounding, balll handling). Melvin Ejim is just starting to come on in the last two games vs texas and kansas averaging 14pts along with 8 rebounds. He is the main difference between the isu team that lost to uni and drake, and the team that beat kansas. He is finally getting inside the paint pulling down rebounds and getting putbacks which is his game, not shooting 3s like he was doing at the beginning of the year when iowa state has 5 other players with better ( Babb, Allen,Christopherson,Booker, and McGhee.) Chris Babb has proven to be a lock down defeder in the Big 12 shutting down both Denmon and Ja'covan brown. And Rodney McGruder will struggle to score with that matchup. Iowa State shoots alot better at home and have really been pretty cold from outside the last few games. I think the cyclones will come out firing and get a big first half lead and win by 5 or 6 in the end.
ISU- PICKEM