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Cyclone coaches say new schools will make things tougher in the conference

May 21, 2012 By Todd Kimm

Iowa State coaches are excited about adding West Virginia and TCU to the Big 12. Cyclone football coach Paul Rhoads says the Mountaineers and Horned Frogs make a very tough conference schedule even more difficult.

Rhoads says they are two programs his players have watched, but never played against. “It adds, I think to the strength of the Big 12. I think this will be the most challenging Big 12 schedule that we face, because it’s the second year in a row that you have 9 games, different than when we started, and the two teams that are coming into are both going to be top 25 programs, I believe,” Rhoads says.

From a basketball standpoint, Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg says that the Big 12 schedule doesn’t get any easier for his program either. “It’ll still be a tremendous challenge,” Hoiberg says. He says you have great coaching and some talented teams coming in.

It’s even a good move for women’s basketball, according to Cyclone coach Bill Fennelly. “They added two good teams, West Virginia is a top 15 top 25 team, TCU has always been a good program,” Fennelly says. He says TCU will be helped in recruiting by joining the conference.

West Virginia and TCU take the place of Missouri and Texas A&M, who left the Big 12 for the SEC.

By Jesse Gavin, KCNZ, Cedar Falls

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