Iowa State Cyclones NCAA Basketball News

On multiple occasions this offseason the weight lost by Iowa State junior forward Georges Niang has been a topic of conversation.

In a season that was dubbed the Year of the Freshmen before Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle and Jabari Parker even stepped foot on the floor of the United Center in Chicago for the Champions Classic, one of the Class of 2013's biggest stars was an afterthought entering Kansas State.

Fair fired his agent this week. Fair, the former Syracuse University forward, went undrafted in the NBA's draft last June.

The 6-9 power forward from Centereach, NY, has scheduled his second of likely five official visits for this fall.

The 2013-14 season was a very good one for the Iowa State Cyclones. Fred Hoiberg's program won 28 games, winning its first Big 12 tournament title since 2000 and reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since that same season.

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The first of July's three live periods ended at 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Each of our writers were at an event last week, and each will be giving you seven takeaways from those events.

Iowa State transfer Bubu Palo is no longer committed to Colorado State, according to a report from the Ames Tribune .

Kansas State rising sophomore guard Marcus Foster continues a wild off season with the Lebron James Skills Academy next up which will run from July 9th-13th in Las Vegas.

Mar 30, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kendall Marshall dribbles the ball against the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center.

Monte Morris exceeded even the highest of possible expectations for his freshman year.

Anthony Cumia went on Twitter earlier this week to tell a story of a run-in he had with a black... WEST DES MOINES - Monte Morris exceeded even the highest of possible expectations for his freshman year.

Rising sophomore Marcus Foster has earned one of 30 college invitations to the prestigious LeBron James Skills Academy, which runs July 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rising Kansas State sophomore and Hirschi grad Marcus Foster has earned one of 30 invitations to the prestigious LeBron James Skills Academy, which runs July 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sixers fans are about to get the treat they have been waiting for for over a year now.

The Philadelphia 76ers have announced their Summer League Camp invitees and there is a Canadian name on the list.

Kansas center Joel Embiid works around Iowa State forward Georges Niang, back, during the first half of a game on Jan. 29 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Transfers are a part of D-I college basketball. Every year, several hundred players change schools for a variety of reasons.

DeAndre Kane and LaQuinton Ross - two of the top undrafted players - will reportedly play for the L.A. Lakers' summer league team.

Chances are if you're a college basketball fan, you either watched the entire North Carolina vs. Iowa State game this year in the NCAA Tournament or caught the highlights on SportsCenter.