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Iowa State mows over Houston to take Big 12 tourney title 69-41

Iowa State mows over Houston to take Big 12 tourney title 69-41
ONCE MORE. THREE STRAIGHT DAYS OF HILTON SOUTH THREE STRAIGHT BLOWOUT AND NOW 6941. THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES ARE BIG 12 CHAMPION. MAN, I’M IN SUCH A HIGH RIGHT NOW. LIKE I DON’T HAVE THE WORDS MAN. LIKE I’M TINGLING EVERYWHERE. I GOT BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH. I’M JUST HAPPY FOR ME AND FOR MY GUYS. I’M JUST REALLY HAPPY. UH, BEFORE THE GAME, I WAS ANXIOUS FOR THE GAME. LIKE, I DON’T WANT TO KNOW IF WE WAS GOING TO WIN OR LOSE. SO I HAD A PRETTY GOOD FEELING WE WAS GOING TO WIN, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO WIN WIN LIKE THAT. I’M JUST SUPER HAPPY. IT’S REALLY COOL BECAUSE WE’VE GOTTEN BETTER AS THE YEARS GOING ON. WE’VE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. HAPPY FOR OUR FANS, HAPPY FOR EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTS US. IT’S A GREAT TEAM WIN. THIS PLACE HAS GOT. I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GET DONE WITH THE GAME AND YOU’RE JUST LOOKING AROUND AND TAKING IT ALL IN. IT’S REALLY SPECIAL. I MEAN, I KNEW WE HAD A GREAT GROUP, SUPER CONNECTED GROUP FROM FROM THE DAY WE STARTED AND, UH, IN THE FALL, WE HAD A CAMPFIRE AND WE ALL WROTE DOWN SOME GOALS. AND ONE OF THE COMMON GOALS WAS TO WIN A BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP. AND, UH, JUST TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IS JUST SUPER AMAZING. LATER IN SPORTS, ALL THE TOP PLAYS FROM A COACH SAYS IS HIS TEAM’S BEST GAME OF THE SEASON AND MORE. FROM AN EMOTIONAL TAMING LIPSEY ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE KID THAT GREW UP IN AMES SCOTT REISTER vlog IOWA SPORTS LEADER YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT. CONFERENCE TITLE IS GOING TO BE HANDED OUT ONCE MORE TOMORROW. THEN AFTER THAT, TEAMS WILL FIND OUT IF AND WHERE THEY’RE GOING FOR THE BIG DANCE. JUST ONE DAY AWAY FROM SELECTION SUNDAY, YOU CAN WATCH THE MEN’S RIGHT HERE ON vlog. THAT STARTS AT 5:00 TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN. IT WILL ALSO BE THE WOMEN’S SELECTION SHOW. WE’LL FIND OUT WHERE IOWA, IOWA STATE AND POTENTIALLY DRAKE END
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Iowa State mows over Houston to take Big 12 tourney title 69-41
Keshon Gilbert wrapped up a spectacular Big 12 Tournament for Iowa State with 16 points, and the seventh-ranked Cyclones blitzed No. 1 Houston to begin the second half Saturday night, allowing them to roll to a 69-41 win and their sixth championship in six appearances in the title game.Milan Momcilovic had 18 points and Hason Ward scored 13 for the Cyclones (27-7), who have beaten five different programs to raise the trophy, including Oklahoma, which at the time was led by current Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson.He probably felt even worse than he did in 2000. Iowa State turned a 30-23 lead at halftime into the kind of blowout Sampson has rarely experienced with an 18-3 run to start the second half. That gave the thousands of Cyclones fans that paint Kansas City red and yellow every March plenty of reasons to stand on their feet and roar their approval.Doesn't seem to matter who is coaching them, either. T.J. Otzelberger is the fourth to win the tournament for Iowa State.Jamal Shead had 10 points on 3-for-17 shooting for Houston (30-4), which was outscored 39-18 in the second half. L.J. Cryer was held to seven points and Emanuel Sharp to five as the Cougars shot 4 of 22 from the 3-point arc and 15 of 56 from the field.Iowa State built its halftime lead by playing the role of Houston better than Houston.The preternaturally poised Cyclones never wavered when they fell into an early hole. They exhibited some exquisite interior ball movement for easy layups when the Cougars' guards tried to lock down the perimeter. And when they got those buckets to go, it freed up Momcilovic and and the rest of the Iowa State sharpshooters to begin draining 3-pointers.On the other end, the Cyclones forced Shead into off-balance runners and long 3s at the end of the shot clock; the Big 12 player of the year — and defensive player of the year — was 2 for 11 in the first half, and it didn't get any better in the second.Cougars big man J'Wan Roberts was largely ineffective, too, after hurting his right leg and playing sparingly in their semifinal rout of Texas Tech. He started the game and played 13 first-half minutes before sitting out the second half.He probably wouldn't have made a difference the way the Cyclones were rolling. They scored the first 10 points as part of their run to start the second half, and Momcilovic's 3 from in front of his bench pushed their lead to 48-23 with 12:40 to go.Resorting to desperation shots, the Cougars went 9 1/2 minutes without a field goal as the game got away from them.UP NEXTIowa State will likely be a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and could get a favorable landing spot in Omaha, Nebraska, for the opening weekend. It is only about a 2 1/2-hour drive from its campus in Ames, Iowa.Houston almost certainly had locked up a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tourney. The question now is whether the selection committee would put the Cougars in the same region as Iowa State to set up a potential rematch.» Download the free vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from vlog

Keshon Gilbert wrapped up a spectacular Big 12 Tournament for Iowa State with 16 points, and the seventh-ranked Cyclones blitzed No. 1 Houston to begin the second half Saturday night, allowing them to roll to a 69-41 win and their sixth championship in six appearances in the title game.

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Milan Momcilovic had 18 points and Hason Ward scored 13 for the Cyclones (27-7), who have beaten five different programs to raise the trophy, including Oklahoma, which at the time was led by current Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson.

He probably felt even worse than he did in 2000. Iowa State turned a 30-23 lead at halftime into the kind of blowout Sampson has rarely experienced with an 18-3 run to start the second half. That gave the thousands of Cyclones fans that paint Kansas City red and yellow every March plenty of reasons to stand on their feet and roar their approval.

Doesn't seem to matter who is coaching them, either. T.J. Otzelberger is the fourth to win the tournament for Iowa State.

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Jamal Shead had 10 points on 3-for-17 shooting for Houston (30-4), which was outscored 39-18 in the second half. L.J. Cryer was held to seven points and Emanuel Sharp to five as the Cougars shot 4 of 22 from the 3-point arc and 15 of 56 from the field.

Iowa State built its halftime lead by playing the role of Houston better than Houston.

The preternaturally poised Cyclones never wavered when they fell into an early hole. They exhibited some exquisite interior ball movement for easy layups when the Cougars' guards tried to lock down the perimeter. And when they got those buckets to go, it freed up Momcilovic and and the rest of the Iowa State sharpshooters to begin draining 3-pointers.

On the other end, the Cyclones forced Shead into off-balance runners and long 3s at the end of the shot clock; the Big 12 player of the year — and defensive player of the year — was 2 for 11 in the first half, and it didn't get any better in the second.

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Cougars big man J'Wan Roberts was largely ineffective, too, after hurting his right leg and playing sparingly in their semifinal rout of Texas Tech. He started the game and played 13 first-half minutes before sitting out the second half.

He probably wouldn't have made a difference the way the Cyclones were rolling. They scored the first 10 points as part of their run to start the second half, and Momcilovic's 3 from in front of his bench pushed their lead to 48-23 with 12:40 to go.

Resorting to desperation shots, the Cougars went 9 1/2 minutes without a field goal as the game got away from them.

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Iowa State will likely be a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and could get a favorable landing spot in Omaha, Nebraska, for the opening weekend. It is only about a 2 1/2-hour drive from its campus in Ames, Iowa.

Houston almost certainly had locked up a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tourney. The question now is whether the selection committee would put the Cougars in the same region as Iowa State to set up a potential rematch.

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