Sports Xchange: Iowa State-Syracuse Preview

By Gethin Coolbaugh, The Sports Xchange

Christmas came early for Bill Fennelly and the Iowa State women's basketball team.

After a 74-67 loss to then-24th-ranked Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament on March 4 left the Cyclones with an 18-12 record (9-9 Big 12), the Iowa State coach didn't know if his team's body of work would be enough to make the NCAA Tournament.

Be he felt a huge weight lifted when the Cyclones were announced as a ninth seed in the Bridgeport region in the early moments of the selection show on Monday night.

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