Senate
Resolution
113
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
113
BY
QUIRMBACH
A
Resolution
honoring
the
Iowa
State
University
men’s
1
basketball
team.
2
WHEREAS,
the
Ides
of
March
took
on
new
meaning
when
3
the
Iowa
State
University
men’s
basketball
team,
the
4
Cyclones,
won
their
second
Big
12
Conference
Tournament
5
Championship
on
March
15,
2014;
and
6
WHEREAS,
the
16th-ranked
Cyclones
won
this
year’s
7
championship
with
wins
over
Kansas
State
University
and
8
the
University
of
Kansas
and
finally
with
a
74-65
win
9
over
Baylor
University;
and
10
WHEREAS,
in
the
championship
game
the
Cyclones
11
demonstrated
determination
and
tenacity,
winning
a
12
come-from-behind
victory
in
the
last
seven
minutes
of
13
the
game;
and
14
WHEREAS,
teammates
DeAndre
Kane,
Georges
Niang,
15
Naz
Long,
Dustin
Hogue,
and
Big
12
player
of
the
year
16
Melvin
Ejim
all
scored
in
double
digits
to
clinch
the
17
win;
and
18
WHEREAS,
fourth-year
Head
Coach
Fred
Hoiberg
19
dedicated
the
win
to
Johnny
Orr,
the
dynamic
former
20
coach
who
passed
away
in
2013;
and
21
WHEREAS,
the
Cyclones
ended
the
season
in
high
22
style,
with
a
third-straight
NCAA
tournament
appearance
23
capped
by
a
Sweet
16
appearance,
just
the
fourth
in
24
Iowa
State
history
and
the
first
since
2000,
and
losing
25
by
only
5
points
to
eventual
champion
University
of
26
Connecticut;
NOW
THEREFORE,
27
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
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congratulates
Head
Coach
Fred
Hoiberg,
the
other
1
members
of
the
Cyclones
coaching
staff,
and
the
members
2
of
the
2013-2014
Iowa
State
University
men’s
basketball
3
team
for
a
brilliant
season
that
culminated
in
the
Big
4
12
Conference
Tournament
Championship
and
a
historic
5
appearance
in
the
NCAA
tournament
as
a
member
of
the
6
Sweet
16.
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