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Iowa State opens against familiar foe in South Dakota State

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OMAHA, Neb. — T.J. Otzelberger was sitting around CHI Health Center on Wednesday, just before leading Iowa State onto the court for its open practice ahead of the NCAA Tournament, still marveling at the way its fan base showed out last weekend. Buoyed by Cyclones fans filling to the ...

Dannen dumps Washington for Nebraska

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Nebraska hired Washington athletic director Troy Dannen on Wednesday to replace Trev Alberts, luring away the Midwesterner after less than six months on the job in Seattle. Alberts left Nebraska late last week to become athletic director at Texas A&M. The former star football player for ...

South Tama boys tab two second-teamers

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The South Tama boys’ basketball team had its best season in six years, and the Trojans’ players were rewarded accordingly. South Tama senior guard Cade Rosenberger and senior forward Tommy Tyynismaa both were named to the WaMaC Conference’s all-West Division second team after leading ...

MCC softball swept by Indian Hills

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OTTUMWA — The Marshalltown Community College softball team suffered a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Indian Hills on Tuesday, falling 10-1 and 30-2 in a pair of 5-inning games. In the opener, MCC (0-4) jumped out to a 1-0 lead after a solo home run by Alexia Jarrett in the top of the ...

Sandford steals the show

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IOWA CITY — Payton Sandfort scored 30 points and made seven 3-pointers to lead Iowa over Kansas State 91-82 on Tuesday night in the NIT. Sandfort added 12 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (19-14). Ben Krikke scored 24 points while going 9 of 15 and 5 of 8 from the free-throw line and added 11 ...

All systems go for Cyclones

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Iowa State will make the short trip to Nebraska for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament in a lot better frame of mind than the Cyclones team that traveled to North Carolina a year ago. This team blew out Houston in the Big 12 Tournament championship game over the weekend and ...