Cyclone fans, I’m giving you the go ahead. Go ahead and buy tickets to Vegas for spring break. Go ahead and plan a road trip to Florida. There will be no ISU men’s basketball to hold you back.

You heard it here first — this Cyclone basketball team that was highly touted in the preseason, the team that was supposed to challenge for an NCAA Tournament bid, is done.

Their season is over.

Believe me, I’m not just another one of the countless fair-weather fans who jump ship at the first sign of trouble, either. I bleed cardinal and gold.

I didn’t care that Larry Eustachy was partying with Missouri students. He could win ball games — even though his last two seasons don’t show it — and that was good enough for me.

I was the only person on campus who, after the football team’s 2-4 start, was still convinced that a bowl game was in the cards.

But my brain has finally gotten in the way of my heart. After watching this team all season, I’m not convinced we can finish the year at .500.

The problem? There are too many to count.

Offensively, this Iowa State team looks more lost than Steve Alford at the NCAA tournament. Aside from Curtis Stinson and Will Blalock creating shots for themselves, there is no appearance of a set offense.

Stinson leads the team with a 17.5 point per game average, with Blalock and Homan adding 13.9 and 13.5, respectively.

Iowa State’s next highest scorers can’t even add five a game.

There is also no one ready to come off the bench, meaning Homan, Stinson and Blalock are forced to play nearly the entire game. This was highlighted in Iowa State’s embarrassing 54-52 overtime loss to Colorado. The Cyclone’s three reserves — John Neal, Anthony Davis and Tasheed Carr — couldn’t manage one basket and were outscored by Colorado 22-0.

Part of the blame must be placed on the shoulders of Neal.

The junior was supposed to be an outside threat, replacing Sullivan as the Cyclone 3-point bomber. Neal instead has come up broke, hitting just 11 of 39 shots from long range, with five of those coming in one game.

With no credible outside threat, opposing defenses are free to clog the lane, making it extremely difficult for Stinson to slash for a layup. No Stinson means no points, and no points means no wins.

Though all these technical problems are bad enough, the Cyclone killer isn’t something that can be worked on during practice.

This ISU team has no heart, no desire. When things weren’t going right against Colorado, Cyclone players could be seen giving up. A set offense was never run during the second half, and no ISU player crashed the boards.

While their laundry list of transgressions is long, I have just one plea for my beloved Cyclones.

Make me eat my words.