Iowa State came up short against Illinois, 72-69, in the Sweet 16 Thursday night. Say what you want about this Cyclone team, but maximum “effort” and “fight” defined a season that included a second-place finish in the Big 12, a sixth conference tournament title.
Tre King and Robert Jones were on the Iowa State men’s basketball roster when the team reached the Sweet 16 two years ago before falling, 70-56, to Miami, but Jones is the only returner who actually played. Both will start Thursday night against Illinois.
T.J. Otzelberger constantly stresses the importance of strictly adhering to daily habits. That includes no yawning in the weight room
Iowa State eventually flipped the script against Washington State by ramping up its disruptive defense, which is ranked No. 1 nationally according to KenPom. Then Ward skied for one of his patented alley-pop dunks to help set up a high-level, late-night Sweet 16 confrontation with Illinois.
A 9-0 run that helped propel Iowa State to a 67-56 second-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament victory over the Cougars at CHI Health Center Arena.
Keshon Gilbert and Tamin Lipsey — along with sixth man Curtis Jones — are adept at speeding opponents up and forcing live ball turnovers. Showcasing those qualities will be key for Iowa State in Saturday’s NCAA tournament second-round game against Washington State.
The head coach and a starting guard for South Dakota State used the same two words as a possibility for the Cyclones after ISU’s 82-65 first-round NCAA tourney win over the Jackrabbits: National championship
A 12-0 run essentially sealed second-seeded Iowa State’s 82-65 first-round NCAA tournament win Thursday over 15th-seeded South Dakota State. ISU shot a torrid 58 percent overall and 47.3 percent from 3-point range.
Hason Ward’s journey to Iowa State included a stop at Virginia Commonwealth as well as a visa-related ordeal. But now that he’s in his second and final season with the Cyclones, he’s become one of the team’s major X-factors off the bench.
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.
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.
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