AMES, Iowa (AP) The biggest question facing Steve Prohm this season isn't one rookie coaches generally have to address: How can the new guy get through to a group of veteran players talented enough to win a national title?
Instead of trying to come up with the answer on his own, Prohm has turned to his biggest star, Iowa State senior Georges Niang, for help.
Prohm has taken the unorthodox step of inviting Niang into his office for bi-weekly, private chats about the seventh-ranked Cyclones - some lasting as long as 90 minutes - in an effort to fully connect with the team that Fred Hoiberg left behind when he took the coaching job with the Chicago Bulls.