Articles Tagged: Iowa State men’s basketball

Penn State transfer Izaiah Brockington’s blend of toughness, skill and tenacity has helped Iowa State men’s basketball forge a fresh identity — and form the foundation for this remarkable renaissance.

What a season for college basketball in the state of Iowa. The UNI men and Iowa women claimed conference titles this weekend, Iowa State is playing for a women’s title, and the Iowa and ISU men have 20-win seasons with league games left to play.

Iowa State’s Gabe Kalscheur and Izaiah Brockington ignited a long-burning rally as the Cyclones came back from a double-digit deficit to beat West Virginia, 84-81, on Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum.

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Iowa State has won two games in a row in Big 12 men’s basketball play for the first time since 2019. The Cyclones hope to reverse an earlier result against West Virginia to extend that to three Wednesday.

Iowa State blew a 15-point lead at home, losing 75-69 in overtime to Kansas State.

Iowa State men’s basketball has fallen out of the rankings, but still could find a road to an NCAA tournament run if it gets its “mentality” corrected.

Iowa State’s intense and in-your-face defensive mentality rattled Texas in the first win and the Cyclones will rely on it to do the same this time around.