Taylor Mouser started his coaching journey “from the ground up,” becoming an integral part of the Iowa State’s recruiting efforts early on. Now, as offensive coordinator, he’ll get to serve as a general manger of sorts himself, helping to shape and guide the Cyclones’ roster through spring ball (which begins Thursday), then fall camp, and finally, game days in 2024.
Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly chuckled slightly when he saw who his team would play to begin the NCAA tournament. That’s because the seventh-seeded Cyclones will face No. 10 seed Maryland, coached by one of his former assistants, Brenda Frese.
Iowa State will face the program that gave T.J. Otzelberger his first college head coaching job — South Dakota State — in Thursday’s first-round NCAA tournament game in Omaha. And suffice it to say, Otzelberger’s ties to the 15th-seeded Jackrabbits and head coach Eric Henderson still run deep.
Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and former Iowa preps have compelling stories that could play out at the NCAA Division I Wrestlin Championships this week at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
At least four of the state of Iowa’s Division I basketball teams head to the NCAA tournament, and there isn’t a one of them that hasn’t already done big things
The seventh-ranked Iowa State Cyclones steamrolled the shell-shocked Houston Cougars, 69-41, for the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament championship Saturday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, a.k.a “Hilton South.”
Keshon Gilbert complied a sterling stat line of 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as seventh-ranked Iowa State beat No. 14 Baylor, 76-62, Friday night in a Big 12 Tournament semifinal game to reach the conference title game for the first time since the 2018-19 season
Robert Jones erupted for a conference career-high 18 points as second-seeded Iowa State surged past Kansas State, 76-57, in a Big 12 men’s basketball quarterfinal game at T-Mobile Center
Iowa State begins the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament Thursday as rested and recuperated as possible in the thick of March. And once that bell rings for the first of potentially three straight games in as many days, the Cyclones will lean on what got them here: A grit-based, no-surrender approach that serves as their competitive foundation.
Iowa State followed last season’s Big 12 women’s basketball tournament winning script perfectly. First, upset Baylor. Second, do the same to regular-season league champion Oklahoma. Third? Well, fourth-ranked Texas conjured up a cruel plot twist — and instead of falling to the Cyclones in the title game like last season, the Longhorns cruised to a 70-53 triumph Tuesday night at T-Mobile Center.
After a foot injury slowed him late in the XFL season and carried over into his time with the Dolphins, former Iowa State standout Mike Rose is elated to be healthy and back with St. Louis, which now plays in the United Football League (UFL), a league created when the XFL and United States Football League (USFL) merged.
Iowa State whips top-seeded Oklahoma in semifinals and will battle Texas in championship Tuesday night
Iowa State won first league title since 2009 with 2 champions and UNI placed fifth in 2 champs
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