Shooting From the Corner: Iowa State 79, Texas 70

I was fortunate enough to land a really great seat at the Texas Longhorns/Iowa State Cyclones game due to a UT benefactor who will remain nameless (but not faceless, we’ll get to that). In the space of an evening, I went from watching Stubhub prices on upper deck seats to a row behind the officiating armada, and I enjoyed the rare opportunity to watch the team up close. I spent the first 5 minutes of the game just watching Shaka & the coaches, I spent a large portion of the first half seeing which players were into the game (nearly all of them), which players were calling out screens and dissecting plays as they happened (mostly guards), and which players were hyping up their teammates the most (definitely James Banks). I got to see a number of interesting aspects of the players and staff, all of which were enlightening data points for a guy who usually watches on TV. But you know what I heard about more than anything?

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