Iowa State Basketball

The Iowa State Cyclones are official sports teams, representing Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa). The University was founded in 1858. Iowa State University has notable sports teams, which have made their history in the NCAA championships.

The Iowa State Cyclones participate in the Big 12 Conference and represent the University in Division I of the NCAA series. The Cyclones are represented by 16 college sports teams: basketball, cross country, football, golf, track and fields, and wrestling (mens sports); and basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and fields, and volleyball (womens sports).

The Iowa State Cyclones basketball is an experienced Iowa State University sports team and it is considered to be one of its dominant athletic programs. At first the team was known as the Cardinals. Now all that reminds us of that name is the teams mascot Cy the Cardinal. The current teams name the Cyclones appeared in 1895. That period remained in the memory as the period full of cyclones and tornados. So when the Iowa State footballers won over the Northwestern University team by a lopsided score, it was said that "Iowa cyclone devastates Evanstontown." So that is how the Iowa State teams got their name. Cardinal and gold are considered to be the official Cyclones colors.

The Iowa State Cyclones team is also notable for its rivalry with other athletes from Iowa the Iowa Hawkeyes. They compete for the rivalry prize the Cy-Hawk Trophy. The Iowa Hawkeyes are leading in this rivalry at the moment. Nevertheless, the Iowa State Cyclones won the Cy-Hawk Trophy 5 years in succession (1998 -2002) and the most recent their victory was in 2005.

The Iowa State Cyclones of today are proved to be a serious opponent to other college basketball teams. In 2002 the team advanced in the regular championships and scored the Big 12 title. The Cyclones showed remarkable results, although, they lost to the Hampton in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The last period the team got into the NIT semi-final game, where, unfortunately, it was defeated by the Rutgers (2004); the following season the Cyclones reached the NCAA tournament final games: they defeated the Minnesota, but in the next round were swept by North Carolina.

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