Iowa State ran into a Miami team rippling with speed, length and athleticism in the Sweet 16 late Friday, and saw its remarkable season end in a 70-56 setback.
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Iowa State ran into a Miami team rippling with speed, length and athleticism in the Sweet 16 late Friday, and saw its remarkable season end in a 70-56 setback.
T.J. Otzelberger and Tyrese Hunter are just getting started at Iowa State
Third-seeded Iowa State never could get a grasp on No. 10-seed Creighton in a 76-68 loss in the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16.
At least until late Friday night against Miami in the Sweet 16, the 11th-seeded Iowa State men’s basketball team keeps making memories, not savoring them.
Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly already has taken great joy in the Cyclones’ trip to the Sweet 16. He said he’ll embrace every part of this experience.
Iowa State men’s basketball notes: First-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger was an assistant coach for the 2016 Sweet 16 run to Chicago — and the irony of being back in a program-leading role, albeit with a very different team, isn’t lost on him.
Former routine nonconference foes Iowa State and Creighton meet in regionals
At his third college basketball stop, Izaiah Brockington is a leader and standard-bearer for an Iowa State program that is in the midst of the biggest turnaround in school history.
Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger says he didn’t sell ISU to transfers, he challenged them.
Some Iowa State women’s basketball players are dealing with injuries, but the Cyclones are excited to head to Greensboro, N.C., for a Sweet 16 matchup with Creighton.
Iowa State has turned scoffs and slights into this turnaround season’s lifeblood. Now the Cyclones are one win from reaching the Elite Eight for just the second time in the modern era.
Nathan Ford and Mike Hlas discuss how Iowa’s basketball teams were upset by Richmond and Creighton, how the ISU men's program turned around after a 2-22 season and what's next for both Cyclone teams.
How to watch the NCAA men’s basketball Sweet 16 game between Iowa State and Miami, as the Cyclones seek their first Elite Eight berth since 2000.
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