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AMES, Iowa -- For perhaps the first time since coach Greg McDermott left Northern Iowa for Iowa State, the teams will face each other while for the first time sharing realistic NCAA tournament aspirations.

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.

After overcoming a physical first half, Iowa State gained control of the second half by playing its up-tempo brand of basketball.

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

Tennessee State's Erick Peguero looks to get past Iowa State's Marquis Gilstrap during the first half of their game Tuesday in Ames.

Who's the man most bothered by what happened at Madison Square Garden late Friday? It has to be North Carolina coach Roy Williams, right? I mean, Syracuse just ran his team off the court.

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.

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State's day got off to a bad start as hometown high school star Harrison Barnes announced he was signing with North Carolina.

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

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.

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.

Ames, Ia. - It took a while, but Iowa State's Marquis Gilstrap showed Sunday why coaches picked him to be the Big 12 Conference's preseason newcomer of the year.

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

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

The NCAA's decision to issue a 20-game suspension to West Virginia F Deniz Kilicli has had the impact one might expect on the freshman from Turkey.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Injuries have created a checkered college path for F Marquis Gilstrap, and leave the transfer with only one season of eligibility.

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

Iowa State basketball team dealing with deep roster. By JOHN BOHNENKAMP jbohnenkamp@thehawkeye.com AMES -- Greg McDermott has a good problem that could become a big problem.

Thousands of students workout every day at Iowa State's different facilities in an effort to get stronger, get into shape or just maintain activity, but not all of those students have an access code to a brand new $8 million facility or play basketball in front of 15,000 fans at Hilton Coliseum.With the construction of Iowa State's basketball's ...

BASKETBALL: Iowa State junior guard Lucca Staiger led Germany in its 86-75 loss to F.Y.R. of Macedonia in the qualifying round of the 2009 European Championships on Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland.