🏀 Monday - Nate Heise scores go-ahead three-pointer for No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 2 Houston
🏒 Thursday - Taylor Heise assist on Team USA's goal to win gold
CLUTCH GENE RUNS IN THE HEISE FAMILY 🧬
As I head home just want to say
THANK YOU AMES!❤️💛
Truly an awesome place & community. Appreciate everyone being so welcoming & kind to me (& Jess), including the program.
The Magic is real in Hilton, the program culture is next level, the fans love the Clones more than life.
& this team is special - perhaps the best 3 day stretch in Ames history this week. Can only imagine what a Final Four run would do to this place.
Feels like a home away from home with how I was treated this week.
The Heise family had themselves a DAY 😤
Taylor Heise today: Goal against Sweden in Team USA's semifinal win
Nate Heise today: Go-ahead three with just over a minute to play against Houston
There have only been 2 teams since 2000 to have 3 All Americans in one season...
2002 Duke - Jay Will, Dunleavy, Boozer
2021 Zags - Suggs, Kispert, Timme
Iowa State is firmly on that track. If the season ended today... Tamin, Milan & Josh would all be All Americans🌪️
Final: Iowa State 81, Purdue 58
I'm at a loss for words. Stunning performance by Iowa State in arguably the best home court environment in the nation.
I can't pick just one thing to focus on, the Cyclones outclassed Purdue in every area. ISU is a serious title threat.
Another insane note from @CBSSports research. Only 1 program in history has multiple wins over #1 teams by 20+ points. It’s Iowa State. And it happened in a span of 21 months.
March of 2024: Beat #1 Houston by 28
Dec of 2025: Beat #1 Purdue by 23
Keshon bled and sweat for this team and if he can’t play through his injury I believe him. Love this guy and what he has given to the team and I wish him the absolute best in life moving forwards! Thanks for being a Cyclone, Keshon!!
Big12 gets NCAA Selection Committee’s “first team out” honor 3 years running:
2025 WVU
2024 OU
2023 OkSt
(Plus 2022 honorable mention to OU as 2nd team left out)
Now OU is in the SEC, so going 6-12 in conf = a 9 seed
I believe this is what they call “moving the goalposts”
I don’t think the powers that be are even trying to hide their disdain of the Big12 & bias towards the SEC/Big10 anymore
Love the committee’s 2023 quote of OkSt “only going 6-12 in Quad1 games” as a reason for exclusion in light of them just letting in UNC (SEC/Big10 member-in-waiting) who is 1-12 in Quad 1 games