Welcome back Rory, we all missed you during your formidable attempt of trying to capture the GSB presidency. Better luck in your sports writing.

However, Rory and many others are truly paying way too much attention to last weekend’s loss to the Cowboys. That’s right folks, a Daily columnist is going to talk about our beloved Cyclone basketball team.

Things were much worse after we lost to Nebraska. The game was at home, we were schooled by one player, Tyronn Lue, and we had all five starters at our disposal.

Against Oklahoma State, we were on the road, stopped their offense for over half the game and there was no Kelvin Cato. This was also our arch-nemesis Oklahoma State who always gives us problems no matter how bad they seem to be heading into the game.

The game truly should not have mattered to us. We already knew we would be the fourth seed in the Big 12 tournament and receive a bye. The rankings aren’t that important, and we even let Cato rest for later ventures.

I know, most people weren’t as disappointed in the loss, as they were concerned about what may happen to our NCAA tournament seeding. To this I ask once again, who cares?

A high seed would be nice, but then we become a giant and everyone would be taking swings at us. The Cyclones have proved time and time again that we play the role of giant killers better than the role of the giant. Maybe a low seed would help us sharpen our attitude towards the tournament.

How will the Cyclones fare against tougher competition? How much tougher is it? As long as the Cyclones get above an eight seed, things could be very beautiful.

Could you imagine the Cyclones getting a six seed and being placed in the same bracket as a three seed Wake Forest?

This team keeps on losing and remains ranked high for Tim Duncan alone. It sure would be nice to see a healthy Cato hold Duncan and then see the teams’ other players decide the game.

The worst thing that could happen to our basketball team would be to receive an eight or nine seed, where we would have to take on a quality number one seed like Minnesota or Kansas.

However, our team isn’t going to slip that low. Very few teams stand out in the field, and those who do stand out, seem to be having trouble putting together both halves of the season.

As a matter of fact, South Carolina and North Carolina just reached the top five this week for the first time. Both teams had mediocre seasons when the year began , but both are really turning it on now.

On the other hand teams like Clemson and Cincinnati came out on fire, but have struggled as of late. There is definitely much more parity in the NCAA today, and it will probably show in this tournament.

If the Cyclones get a lower seed in a weak bracket, the sweet 16 is easily attainable, and we won’t have to play Utah this time around either.

So come on Cyclone fans, don’t worry so much about insignificant losses and get your head up. Things will be brighter come March Madness.

Cade Remsburg is a senior in journalism and mass communication from Ames.