Iowa State Cyclones NCAA Basketball News

The education of the St. Louis University basketball team moves up a notch today, from entry level classes to more advanced work.

John Shurna scored 23 points and Michael Thompson added 16 as Northwestern defeated Iowa State 67-65 Saturday night in the championship game of Chicago Invitational Tournament.

Only one Iowa State men's basketball player has scored in double figures in all five games this season.

St. Louis University not only hung with a far more experienced Iowa State for the first 20 minutes on Friday, but outplayed them in many ways and early in the second half held on to a one-point lead.

Craig Brackins and Diante Garrett each scored 16 points to lead Iowa State to a 65-54 victory over Saint Louis in the Chicago Invitational Challenge on Friday night.

Sure he's quirky. And sure he's shrewd. But Rick Majerus without question is one of the most consistently successful trench warriors in college basketball.

Chicago, Ill. - No one needs to tell Iowa State basketball star Craig Brackins what players made the Associated Press' preseason all-America team.

Marquis Gilstrap had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Iowa State never trailed in cruising past Tennessee State 84-53 Tuesday night.

Iowa State swept the Big 12 Conference's weekly basketball awards today. Craig Brackins was player of the week and Marquis Gilstrap was named rookie of the week.

Craig Brackins scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Iowa State got its game together after a sluggish start to rout Mississippi Valley State 96-55 on Sunday.

Iowa State forward LaRon Dendy will miss at least the next four games after spraining his right knee in practice Saturday.

They'll see the Atlantic Ocean, Michael Jordan's son and LeBron James' high school coach.

It was men versus boys. A heavyweight with reach against a welterweight with doubts.

Lucca Staiger tallied a career-high 32 points and established a new Iowa State single-game standard for 3-pointers in a game with 10, as the Cyclones cruised to a 90-70 victory at Drake Tuesday night at the Knapp Center.

Lucca Staiger paid Diante Garrett the highest compliment after Iowa State's 20-point men's basketball win against Drake at the Knapp Center Tuesday.

He's seen the small-screen version. Tonight, Drake freshman Ben Simons will get an up-close look at Iowa State all-American candidate Craig Brackins.

Doug McDermott will play college basketball for the Godfather. "That is correct," said Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson, the godfather of Doug's younger sister, Sydney.

WHO: Chicago State at Iowa State WHERE: Hilton Coliseum TIPOFF: 6 p.m. TICKETS: $10, $16 TV/RADIO: No TV.

Ames, Ia. - They're like a track team, this Iowa State men's basketball outfit that Greg McDermott coaches.

Craig Brackins led four players in double figures with 17 points and Iowa State pounded Idaho State 88-68 in the season opener for both teams Friday night.