Putting too much stock into Iowa State’s opening day victory over an inferior Kennesaw State team would be similar to saying the Beavers are bound for glory after knocking off Portland State, in a contest that wasn’t overly dominating or one-sided at any given moment. Yet to give credit where credit is due, the Cyclones did take care of business versus the Owls at the start of a hot-seat campaign for head coach Steve Prohm, whose team limped to just two wins last year and have a ton of work ahead to rise from the Big 12 cellar.
If there’s one thing Prohm has built the culture of this Cyclones program around since arriving from Murray State, it’s that the boys from Ames will always be a guard-heavy group and this time around, a trio of transfers in Gabe Kalscheur (Minnesota), Izaiah Brockington (Penn State) and Caleb Grill (UNLV) look to be the ones that may lead this squad, especially on the offensive end.