Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger discusses the Cyclones' 19-3 run to end the game against Arizona State

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger on Curtis Jones' 33-point game against Arizona State. Iowa State basketball: Tamin Lipsey is playing through a thumb ailment

Iowa State's 108 points are the fifth-most points ever scored on a Big 12 opponent. And as weird as it sounds, it starts with TJ Otzelberger's defense.

The attention and spotlight is growing for Iowa State men's basketball. Here's how the Cyclones are handling it.

T.J. Otzelberger inherited an Iowa State basketball program coming off a 2-22 season, including 0-18 in the Big 12.

A new power is emerging in the Big 12. For the past decade, Iowa State has been lurking as a legitimate threat to reach the elite of men's college basketball. The Cyclones have had their greatest run of success in this era, capturing five of the last 10 ...

The people who want him to succeed also want T.J. Otzelberger to enjoy that success ... s the spiritual leader of a program that he grew up worshipping. The Ames native loved Iowa State basketball so much as a kid, he’d weep when they’d lose.

When Arizona State pressed, Iowa State didn’t. That, in a nutshell, proved to be the difference as the No. 3 Cyclones’ staved off the Sun Devils’ upset bid Saturday in Tempe, Ariz. — finishing with a 19-3 flourish to cement what turned into a convincing 76-61 road win.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger on the huge contingent of Cyclone fans at the team's win over Arizona State

Following a season-high 108 points in its 25-point victory over UCF, No. 3 Iowa State is set to make a trip out west to face new Big 12 foes in Arizona State and Arizona. The Cyclones sit at an impressive 16-2 record overall and 6-1 in the Big 12,

Cyclone guard is banged up again, but won’t let that stop him from helping third-ranked team chase Big 12 title

Add a bum thumb to Tamin Lipsey's ever-growing list of nagging injuries. Not that he'd ever let it bother him, though.