LITTLE MORE NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE LINE WAS OUT THE DOOR AND WRAPPED ALL THE WAY AROUND HILTON COLISEUM LAST NIGHT AS STUDENTS WERE EXCITED TO WATCH THE CYCLONES TAKE ON NUMBER SEVEN TEXAS LAST NIGHT. BUT THERE IS SOME FRUSTRATION AMONG THE FAN BASE FROM THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TICKETS AND ARE FORCED TO WATCH AT HOME AND. FOURTH IN PRETTY AWESOME. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE, FIVE AND ONE RIGHT NOW? SO TIED FOR FIRST IN THE CONFERENCE. THERE WAS A LOT OF ENERGY, VERY LOUD. IOWA STATE FANS HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM'S HOT START IN BIG 12 PLAY. PLAYING ABOVE EXPECTATIONS FOR SURE. I'M GLAD WE GOT THE ONE LAST NIGHT. WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A REVENGE GAME. THE TEAM IS WITHIN REACH OF THE TOP TEN, BUT DESPITE THAT, MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR GAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF. TELEVISE ACTION AND ONLY BROADCAST IT ON ESPN. PLUS, A PAID STREAMING SERVICE. THEY KNOW THE IRISH FANS WILL PAY, WHICH KIND OF SUCKS FOR NOT GETTING THTHE NATIONAL ATTENTION WE DESERVE. I'LL BE HONEST, MY ROOMMATE HAS ESPN PLUS, SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF BELMOND OFF HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THEY THINK CYCLING FANS ARE WILLING TO PAY. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF GET A COUPLE EXTRA BUCKS OFF US. SO STREAMING IS A MUCH MORE ACCEPTABLE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET GAMES. WHAT THEY WANT TO IOWA STATE'S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SAYS. ON AVERAGE, ALL TEAMS IN THE BIG 12 HAVE FOUR CONFERENCE GAMES ON THE STREAMING PLATFORM AND THE TV SCHEDULES ARE SET BEFORE THE SEASON BEGINS. UNLIKE FOOTBALL, THOSE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS CAN'T BE CHANGED MID-SEASON. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THERE IS A WAY FOR OUR FANS TO GET THE GAMES AND CERTAINLY I THINK THEY WANT TO SEE THIS TEAM PLAY BECAUSE THEY PLAY EXCITING BASKETBALL. THE CYCLONES NEXT GAME IS IN OKLAHOMA STATE THIS SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW THAT IS SCHEDULED TO AIR ON ESPN PLUS. WE DO WANT TO DISCLOSE HERE AT KCCI, OUR PARENT COMPANY DOES OWN A STAKE IN ESPN. IN AMES, BEAU BOWMAN. KCCI 8 NEWS. IOWA'S NEWS LEADER. AND BY THE WAY, ESPN PLUS COSTS ABOUT $10 A MONTH. AND AS BO SAID, ONE MORE GAME FOR IOWA STATE SCHEDULED ON