Iowa St. 2/13 7:00 ESPN2

The Cyclones come to town in what is almost a must win if we're going to make the NCAAs. ISU is 18-5 and 7-3 in conference. They've won 5 out of their last 6 and the one they lost was because a buzzer beater was waived off against Baylor.

Iowa St. defends well, team rebounds and shares the ball. They also go fairly deep on the bench and only one guy plays more than 30 minutes a game. I'm not certain but I think this is the first time we've played the Cyclones under TJ Otzelberger. They've basically been a thorn in our side in non conference and tournament play for 20 years or so and I'm just glad this is at 5/3 and not Hilton Arena.

With ISU, you get volume shooting from the guards. Keeping Keshon Gilbert off the FT line should be a priority. Keeping Momcilovic of the 3PT line should be a priority. I would expect John Newman on him.

We're the better rebounding team but it doesn't matter much if we don't box them out. I'm guessing Wes will empahasize that in practice after yesterday. UC has a height advantage in the front court and needs to use it effectively in this game. Conversely, Iowa St has a height advantage in the back court and we're going to have to play effective half court defense on mostly taller guards.

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