The No. 6 Iowa State Cyclones (23-11, 9-9) come into their NCAA Tournament matchup on Friday with the No. 11 Ohio State Buckeyes fresh off of their fifth Big XII Tournament Championship. Senior guard Marial Shayok was named the tourney’s Most Valuable Player. Coming into the conference tournament, the Cyclones had lost three-straight games to close out the regular season, losing to Texas, West Virginia, and No. 8 Texas Tech by an average of 15 points per game. However, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., head coach Steve Prohm’s team turned it on and knocked off Baylor, No. 15 Kansas State, and No. 17 Kansas to secure their fourth conference tournament title in six years.
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