Jamie Vanderbeken News

No more excuses for Iowa State. This is when the season really starts. During the next 10 games, the Cyclones will find out whether they're real players or pretenders this season.

Ali Farokhmanesh buried a 3-pointer with 36 seconds left and Northern Iowa rallied to beat host Iowa State 63-60 Wednesday night for its third win in four tries against former Panthers coach Greg McDermott.

ISU Sports Information -- Iowa State shot 28.0 percent from the field in the second half in a 67-65 loss to Northwestern in the championship game of the Chicago Invitational Saturday night.

Iowa State's Marquis Gilstrap has played enough basketball to know when it's time to pick his game up.

Is it possible for expectations to be high for Iowa State basketball? Yes, based on one startling decision over the offseason.

Coach Greg McDermott can count on no subtraction in the middle and a big addition on the wing.

Eikmeier said the competitive level of the Mountain West was more suitable for his game.

Eikmeier said the competitive level of the Mountain West was more suitable for his game.

Eikmeier said the competitive level of the Mountain West was more suitable for his game.

The injured Luol Deng may be missing and Ben Gordon has opted for a pre-season with new team Detroit Pistons, but Great Britain coach Chris Finch insists his squad to contest the European Championship finals in Poland next month will but the strongest ever to represent Britain in international competition.

Team Britain may not be playing EuroBasket 2009 with Luol Deng and Ben Gordon, but at least they've got Jamie Vanderbeken.

Iowa State's Jamie Vanderbeken has been invited to try out for the Great Britain team for the European Senior Championships in September.

Iowa State forward Jamie Vanderbeken has been invited to try out for the Great Britain team set to compete in the European Senior Championships in September.

Three schools in four years caught up with Malcolm Moore at the wrong time. Days before Iowa City High played Iowa City West in a Class 4A substate final, Moore was declared ineligible by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.