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TO THEM. THE 2023 IOWA STATE TEAM CAN’T BE FORGOTTEN. THEY’RE LITERALLY WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS BEING BIG 12 CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001. BUT THE PAST IS THE PAST. AND THIS BEHIND ME, THAT’S THE FUTURE. SHE’S IN HIGH SCHOOL ANYMORE. THIS IS THE BIG LEAGUES. THERE WON’T BE VERY MANY TEAMS WITH FEWER YEARS OF DIVISION ONE EXPERIENCE IN OUR TEAM. TEN OF THE 12 ACTIVE CYCLONES HAVE NEVER OR BARELY PLAYED AT THIS LEVEL. FIVE ARE FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THEY’RE FRESHMEN. THEY JUST LIKE RUN AROUND AND HAVE FUN. THAT’S WHAT THEY DO. WE CALL OURSELVES THE SWAG WAG FIVE, WAG, WAG FIVE. Y’ALL SWAG ON THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. SWAG, SWAG, WAG FIVE. YOU KNOW, ON OUR OFFICIAL VISIT, THERE WAS THIS BIG OLD BUS AND WE’RE LIKE, WE’RE ALL GETTING IN IT. AND THEN WE WERE LIKE, IT’S THE SWAG WAG FIVE. THERE’S THIS FIVE OF US. OH, WE KNOW ABOUT THE SWAG. SWAG. YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT JUST KIND OF ENCAPSULATE HOW GOOFY THE FRESHMAN SQUAD IS AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE BEING AROUND EACH OTHER. GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN ALL FIVE OF THEM. LIKE WE’RE WORKING ON SPECIAL SITUATIONS LAST NIGHT AND WE’RE CALLING PLAYS EIGHT SECONDS TO GO DOWN ONE. AND YOU LOOK OUT THERE AND THERE’S FOUR FRESHMEN AND A TRANSFER. SO YOU DON’T DO THAT IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE A KID CAN MAKE A PLAY. GREATNESS IS NOT AN AGE. EVEN IF THEY WERE SENIORS AND JUNIORS, THEY STILL WOULD BE SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AS A NEW COLLECTIVE, YOU FIND A WAY OR YOU FIND AN EXCUSE AND WE HAVE AN EXCUSE THAT WE’RE YOUNG IF YOU WANT TO USE IT. NO ONE THAT WE PLAY CARES. NEITHER DOES IOWA STATE. NOT GONNA LIE. TEAMS ARE GOING PROBABLY BE LIKE, OH, I DON’T WANT TO PLAY IOWA STATE ANYMORE. LIKE THEY’RE WAY TOO AGGRESSIVE. THEY’RE LIKE ALL LIKE SCRAPPY AND STUFF. AND THAT IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BRING TO EVERY SINGL