Iowa State's Basketball Dream on Hold as They Meet Tennessee State in NCAA Final!
Tamin Lipsey (3) of Iowa State stands at half court during the second half of Saturday’s game against Baylor. | Jared Larson For the fifth time in his time at the helm of Iowa State, T. J.
Otzelberger and his Cyclones are going dancing in the NCAA Tournament. This is Iowa State’s 25th appearance in March Madness. It was revealed Sunday on CBS’s selection show that the NCAA tournament committee awarded the Cyclones a No.
2 seed. Iowa State (27-7, 12-6 Big 12) will take on No. 15 seeded Tennessee State (23-9, 15-5 OVC).
The matchup is slated for Friday in St. Louis at the Enterprise Center. The Cyclones made it to the Big 12 Conference tournament semifinal, and the Tigers won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship for the first time since 1994.
Iowa State leads the all time series against Tennessee State 4-0, with the most recent game – 84-53 on Nov. 24, 2009 – also being the largest margin of victory in series history. Tracking the Tigers’ averages and comparing to the Cyclones’ averages Tennessee State makes 46% of their field goals, Iowa State makes 48.