KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Iowa State basketball masses made their annual swallows-to-Capistrano pilgrimage for the Big 12 tournament, and bars near the Sprint Center were ready and welcoming.
Not even an 11:30 a.m. tip time in Thursday’s quarterfinal could put a dent in the “pregaming” as several restaurants opened around sunrise to accommodate Cyclone Nation. A bartender at McFadden’s told me they opened at 7:30 a.m. with a wwaiting list of fans calling to reserve tables.
“Hilton South” lived up to its billing when the fourth-seeded Cyclones outgunned fifth-seeded Oklahoma State 92-83.
And that happened because …
