Alert Top Story COLLEGE BASKETBALL | IOWA STATE MEN Where Iowa State basketball stands in NCAA Tournament bracket projections after 3-game skid BEN HUTCHENS Iowa State University beat reporter Feb 4, 2025 Feb 4, 2025 Updated Jan 19, 2026 0 × Iowa State basketball coach TJ Otzelberger and guard Curtis Jones discuss Iowa State's 69-52 loss at Kansas. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AMES — Iowa State is on its first three-game losing streak since the end of the 2023 season.kA 5:ClQ=ECQmp7E6C @A6?:?8 E96 D62D@? C2?<65 }@] d :? E96 AC6D62D@? p! !@==[ E96 rJ4=@?6D 92G6 366? 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Shooting struggles at Kansas extend Iowa State's losing streak to three Trailing by 14 points with just under a minute remaining in the first half the Cyclones needed something, anything, to go in.
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.
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
Everything Iowa State fans attending ESPN College Gameday Saturday need to know ESPN's College Gameday is coming to Hilton Coliseum Saturday morning ahead of ISU's game against TCU (11 a.m. ESPN+)
3 takeaways from Iowa State women's basketball's win at Cincinnati The Cyclones got what they desperately needed: Offensive production outside of center Audi Crooks and forward Addy Brown.Â