Craig Brackins News

Iowa State forward Craig Brackins is the Big 12's Player of the Week and teammate Marquis Gilstrap is the league's rookie of the week.

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.

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.

Iowa State thumps Drake 90-70 Eds: APNewsNow. Iowa State 90, Drake 70. By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa Lucca Staiger scored a career-high 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting from 3-point range and Iowa State defeated Drake 90-70 Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.

Iowa State started its men's basketball season off on the right note with wins over Idaho State and Chicago State this past weekend.

Players come and go every season. What will separate Big 12 men's basketball in 2009-10 are those who came and didn't go.

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.

Ames, Ia. - Three games. Five days. 'Can't wait,' Iowa State point guard Diante Garrett said.

By DREW DAVISON All signs point to the Big 12 taking home a lot of hardware at the end of the men's college basketball season.

Editor`s note: This is the eighth of the Big 12 capsule previews, which will run in order of predicted finish .

It was equal parts Iowa State men's exhibition basketball and Harrison Barnes love fest Friday night at Hilton Coliseum.

Ames, Ia. - Iowa State men's basketball coach Greg McDermott played for Eldon Miller.

Eight Big 12 men's basketball players from five different schools are part of the preseason watch list for the 2010 Naismith Trophy, it was announced.

BAYLOR Last year: 24-15 overall, 5-11 Big 12 , NIT finalistKey story line: Coaches have philosophies and teams have styles, and Baylor under Scott Drew has been about perimeter play and shooting.

The greatest Big 12 men's basketball season ever? It could be the one about to start, considering the talent returning and the potential stars added through recruiting.

Kansas CITY, MO. - What does it say about Big 12 men's basketball when it can lose the nation's best player - former Oklahoma star Blake Griffin - and still expect the upcoming season to be its strongest ever? What does it say about a conference that has a team such as Iowa State that features a unanimous preseason all-league player and the Big 12 ...

Kansas has those two stars, that loaded recruiting class, five straight conference titles, won a national championship two years ago, will likely be the preseason No.