AMES, Iowa — A living room has broken out along the east sideline in the Sukup Basketball Complex. One massive gray sectional couch, with various pieces of gear draped upon it, occupies a conspicuous spot near the nutritional snacks and the table with the scoreboard controls. Usually, it’s stationed behind locker room walls. But that space is undergoing major renovations in mid-June, so the sofa is now an accent piece in a practice gym.
For most of the last 28 years, Iowa State women’s basketball has traded in reliability. Known quantities and personalities. Now newness has washed into just about every cranny of the operation and nothing — especially not furniture — can stand against it. “When you have this many new pieces coming in, it’s hard to get everyone on the same page,” says All-Big 12 guard Emily Ryan, one of the few same-olds left. “But I like the saying: It doesn’t matter what page you’re on, as long as you’re on the same page.”
It’s a summer and a season that are absolute page-turners in every way, particularly the one where you don’t know what’s coming next.
In the lab 🌪️ pic.twitter.com/Ohcg9pepGy
— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) June 29, 2023
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