Tom Latham: “as everyone knows, we are starting March Madness, and there is something exceptional happening in the State of Iowa. I…”

“as everyone knows, we are starting March Madness, and there is something exceptional happening in the State of Iowa. I want to congratulate the Drake Women's Basketball team for making the tournament, but what is really happening in Iowa is the fact that both the Iowa State University Men's and Women's Basketball teams not only won the regular season championship in the Big 12, but each of them also won the Big 12 tournaments over the weekend. This is unprecedented in the Big 12. The Iowa State Women have had a tremendous year. They are going to host the tournament at Ames; and we wish them the very, very best. The Iowa State Men at the beginning of the season some people even rated them as being at the bottom of the Big 12 this year. In fact, they came through with an outstanding phenomenon performance and not only won, as I said before, the regular season but won the tournament; and I want to congratulate Marcus Fizer as the Most Valuable Player. This is a great thing that is happening in Iowa. Minneapolis is going to look like Iowa State Cyclone country this weekend when the Iowa State Men go up there to play in the first round of the tournaments. Both coaches, Bill Fennelly and Larry Eustachy, have done a fabulous job this year. And I just want to send my congratulations to Iowa State, the great performance they have had. I wish them the best of luck in the tournaments.”