Alert Top Story Topical COLLEGE BASKETBALL | IOWA STATE 3 takeaways from Iowa State's exhibition win vs Northwestern: Watch out if Heise starts hot ben.hutchens Oct 26, 2025 Oct 26, 2025 Updated Dec 3, 2025 0 × Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger discusses ISU's 80-72 exhibition win against Northwestern. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AMES — ISU’s 80-72 exhibition win against Northwestern on Sunday doesn’t count in the standings, but it matters in terms of how the team is perceived.kAmp7E6C 2? k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^B4E:>6D]4@>^E?4>D^2DD6E^65:E@C:2=^`_ag_g4f\e6ab\cebe\g4d7\a4g4a5eb5h_4Qm6I9:3:E:@? =@DD 2E rC6:89E@? =2DE H66<k^2m[ E96 rJ4=@?6D 92G6 C64=2:>65 >@>6?EF> 6?E6C:?8 E96 D62D@?[ H9:49 368:?D |@?52J[ }@G] b 282:?DE us& Wt$!}ZX]k^Amk9am~EK6=36C86C\DEJ=6 5676?D6 C6EFC?Dk^9amkAmx? E96 =@DD 2E rC6:89E@?[ E96 rJ4=@?6D 5:5?’E 6I6CE 5676?D:G6 H:== @? E96 q=F6;2JD :? 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TJ Otzelberger Northwestern press conference | Iowa State basketball | Oct. 26 Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger discusses ISU's 80-72 exhibition win against Northwestern.
3 burning questions for Iowa State after BYU game: What does ISU have to play for? Rocco Becht said it after the loss to BYU: The Big 12 Championship is pretty much out of reach.
Kick time, TV info for Iowa State vs Arizona State revealed A rematch of the 2024 Big 12 Championship will be an early game at Jack Trice Stadium.
Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht explains what precision and details actually mean Precision and details are the words used to describe the Cyclones' shortcomings. But what do they actually mean?
Iowa State football vs TCU kick time, TV channel revealed ISU is 6-9 in the all-time series against TCU.
Freshmen will play bigger role for Iowa State men's basketball this season Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger relied on a freshman only 1.2% of the time last season That won’t be the case again.
