Why this year? Why this team?
Chances are, you've probably asked those very questions since the news broke. With possibly the best Iowa State team of our collective lifetimes destined for great things, why of all years did this have to be the season that the Cyclones lose such a pivotal player and leader?
Naz Mitrou-Long, or as we affectionately call him, "3SUS", missed Sunday's game against Arkansas Pine Bluff, but on Tuesday afternoon, Steve Prohm announced that given the lingering pain that Mitrou-Long continues to suffer through following off season hip surgery, he'll sit out the rest of this season and will seek a medical hardship.