Alert Top Story COLLEGE BASKETBALL | IOWA STATE Shooting struggles at Kansas extend Iowa State's losing streak to three BEN HUTCHENS Iowa State University beat reporter Feb 4, 2025 Feb 4, 2025 Updated Aug 10, 2025 0 × Iowa State basketball coach TJ Otzelberger discusses No. 3 Iowa State's 80-61 loss to Kansas State. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAWRENCE, Kansas — Trailing by 14 points with just under a minute remaining in the first half, the Cyclones needed something, anything, to go in. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmuC@> E96 =67E 4@C?6C[ A@:?E 8F2C5 %2>:? {:AD6J D9@E 2 b\A@:?E6C 2?5 9:E E96 D:56 @7 E96 324<3@2C5] $9@@E:?8 DECF88=6D 277=:4E65 }@] g x$& @? |@?52J ?:89E :? 2 eh\da =@DD 2E }@] `e z2?D2D]k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmxE :D E96 76H6DE A@:?ED x$& 92D D4@C65 E9:D D62D@? 2?5 =62DE D:?46 D4@C:?8 c` 282:?DE !:EED3FC89 :? E96 a_ab }rpp %@FC?2>6?E]k^Am kA 5:ClQ=ECQmx? 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Iowa State basketball tumbles in week 14 AP Poll after losses to Arizona, Kansas State Iowa State lost two games this week, as many as it had lost in the first 12 months of the season.
3 burning questions facing Iowa State basketball after loss to Kansas State: What is wrong with the Cyclones' offense? What is wrong with Iowa State's offense?
ESPN's 'College Gameday' returning to Hilton Coliseum for first time since 2015 ESPN's College Gameday is returning to Iowa State for the first time since 2015.
Analyzing Iowa State’s 2025 football schedule: Deion Sanders, a brutal October and a Big 12 Championship rematch "I think they have the absolute toughest schedule in the Big 12." Iowa State faces landmines every step of its 2025 football schedule.
Where Iowa State basketball stands in NCAA Tournament bracket projections after 3-game skid Last week's losses to Arizona and Kansas State and Monday's 69-52 defeat at Kansas have thrown the Cyclones march to a No. 1 seed off course.Â
Why Kansas coach Bill Self thinks Iowa State basketball can still go to the Final Four The Cyclones are tied with Kansas for fourth in the Big 12 Standings at 7-4 and projected as a two or three seed in the NCAA Tournament.Â
