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Assessing the Iowa State Roster Going Forward

There's a seminal moment in the film Friday Night Lights where Billy Bob Thornton, who's of course playing the role of coach Gary Gaines, starts to remove the names of his departing seniors from his depth chart. It's a powerful portrayal in the film as the iconic names "Mike Winchell", "Don Billingsley" and "Ivory Christian" see their magnetic placards stripped from the roster, one by one.

Upon his return to Ames, Steve Prohm very well might be doing something similar. With Iowa State's 84-71 loss to Virginia in the Sweet 16, no more will Prohm be able to look at his program's roster and see the names "Abdel Nader", "Jameel McKay" and of course, "Georges Niang".