Iowa State players showed plenty of gratitude for being in the NCAA Tournament a year after going 2-22. The Cyclones will be going up against a team with an elite defense, but also plenty of turmoil.
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Iowa State players showed plenty of gratitude for being in the NCAA Tournament a year after going 2-22. The Cyclones will be going up against a team with an elite defense, but also plenty of turmoil.
Iowa State’s roster and coaching staff have some roots with the site for their NCAA men’s basketball tournament game Friday against No. 6-seed LSU.
Iowa State narrowly missed advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2010 a year ago, but now embarks on a new postseason quest beginning with Friday’s first-round tournament game against UT-Arlington at Hilton Coliseum.
Some Iowa State players aren’t completely new to March Madness, but they have traveled circuitous paths to return to it.
Associated Press unanimously tabbed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark as a first-team All-American. Iowa State’s Ashley Joens is a second-teamer; Iowa’s Monika Czinano earned honorable mention.
LSU fired head coach Will Wade just before the NCAA Tournament. Iowa State’s Izaiah Brockington has personal experience with tumultuous times within a program.
Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly has taken 20 Cyclones teams to the NCAA Tournament and he said it’s like Christmas every time.
How to watch the Iowa State women’s basketball team against UT Arlington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Iowa State is a No. 3-seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament and will host UT-Arlington in the first round.
Iowa State men’s basketball is dancing for the first time in three years. The Cyclones, a No. 11 seed, will open tournament play Friday against sixth-seeded LSU in Milwaukee.
Ashley Joens scored 33 points, but Iowa State fell to Texas, 82-73 in overtime, in the semifinals of the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament.
Tenth-ranked Iowa State led by as many as 21 points, but had to fend off a spirited West Virginia rally to prevail, 66-60, in Friday night’s Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
Iowa State has lost three straight games, including a 72-41 Big 12 tournament quarterfinal loss to Texas Tech, and sloppy play on both ends of the floor is the primary reason why.
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