Iowa State at TCU

“Many of them were silly – we’d throw it out of bounds”, Brodizanksy said. “It got a little ugly at the end of the game obviously but we’ll fix that up”.

“When he gets to that left shoulder, he’s hard to stop”.

Matt Thomas scored 15 points in Iowa State’s only game in a stretch of five against a team not now in the Top 10.

Monte Morris scored 21 points, Georges Niang had 15 of his 19 in the second half and No. 14 Iowa State blew past No. 4 Kansas 85-72 on Monday in Ames, Iowa, for its fourth straight win.

Mar 14, 2015; Kansas City, MO, USA; Iowa State Cyclones forward Georges Niang (31) shoots as Jayhawks forward Landen Lucas (33) tries to block the shot during the championship game of the Big 12 tournament at Sprint Center.

Both games should go the Big 12’s way as Kentucky has fallen apart and I mean worse than Kansas.

If Iowa State battles foul issues in this game, it’s going to be tough to win. Naismith National Player of the Week Monte Morris took over with 21 points and 9 assist. The 21st-ranked Cyclones upset No. 1 Oklahoma, 82-77, on Monday night at Hilton Coliseum, the team’s first win over a top-ranked opponent since a 1957 victory over Wilt Chamberlain-led Kansas.

Iowa State improved to 7-0 in Big 12 games against TCU despite Niang going just 4 of 12 from the field without a 3-pointer for the first time in a game where he attempted one this season.

TCU has been a home underdog four times this season, covering the spread on three of those occasions. “I like it”, Prohm told the Ames Tribune. Brandon Ingram led Duke (15-6, 4-4) with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Grayson Allen added 17 points.

Malique Trent also made his first appearance after serving a four game suspension for a violation of team rules, and he scored seven points, to go with five assists and five steals.

Iowa State outscored Kansas 49-29 in what was the best half of basketball this team has played all year.

TCU shot just 39.1% from the field and an abysmal 23.5% from deep, while turning the ball over 18 times.

Brodziansky scored 12 points in the second half, but it was too late to keep the Horned Frogs from dropping to 7-54 since joining the Big 12, all four of the seasons under Johnson.

“He is a top-5 point guard”, ESPN college analyst Jay Bilas lauded Morris after the win. When they last met the Cyclones were winners, bringing their SU record in their most recent games to 6-0. It was the fifth straight empty possession and Iowa State was on its way to a 85-72 victory in a game that the Jayhawks controlled early on. “We’re only eight games into the conference, and now we’ve got to go face a top-five team in the country on Saturday (Texas A&M)”.