It's a race to the finish

The Cyclone women took it on the chin in the second half in Lubbock Tuesday.

The 50-26 margin in the sealed their fate, and the last six games are now almost must-wins.

Since ISU now loses a tiebreaker to Tech, and may also to KSU (I'm not current on the details of the system), they will almost need to win out, plus get some help with Tech to win the title. Fortunately, Tech must still visit UT, OU and Baylor to finish up. They won't earn that hat trick.

ISU must bounce back in Lincoln against surprising Nebraska. They Huskers limped out of Hilton with a January thumping, but are certainly good enough to win Saturday.

By the call on the radio, Katie Robinette, frustrated by swarming physical D, tried to push the issue by forced up plenty of bad shots and earning travelling calls. So it goes.

The Cyclones are certainly good enough to run the table from here on out, and with help, don't need to be perfect. But controlling your own destiny is preferable to having to watch the scoreboard, crossing your fingers.

Peterclone