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College Football: Iowa State Cyclones to hold team showcase on April 25

AMES – The Iowa State football program will hold its Cyclone Football Spring Showcase, the first under head coach Jimmy Rogers, on Saturday, April 25.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will take the form of a traditional practice and is slated to start at 10:30 a.m. at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium.

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College Basketball: Iowa State bounced by Tennessee in Sweet 16, 76-62

CHICAGO – The 2025-26 Iowa State men’s basketball season reached its conclusion on the evening of Friday, March 27, 2026, as the sixth-ranked Cyclones fell to No. 23 Tennessee in a 76-62 Sweet 16 battle. Playing in front of a packed crowd in Chicago, Iowa State finishes a remarkable campaign with a 29-8 overall record.

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College Basketball: Iowa Hawkeyes stun Nebraska Cornhuskers, 77-71, to reach Elite 8

HOUSTON — For the first time in nearly four decades, the Iowa Hawkeyes are heading to the Elite Eight.
In a gritty comeback at the Toyota Center on Thursday night, the ninth-seeded Hawkeyes erased a double-digit deficit to stun fourth-seeded Nebraska, 77-71. The victory marks Iowa’s first trip to the regional finals since 1987 and continues a historic “giant-killer” run that has seen them topple No. 8 Clemson, No. 1 Florida, and now the Huskers in just seven days.

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