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2006-07 Iowa State 2006-07 Schedule/Results Cyclone Men’s Basketball 10-5 overall/1-0 in Big 12 NOVEMBER 3 EA SPORTS (Exhibition) W, 58-57 Iowa State (10-5, 1-0) vs. Nebraska (11-3, 0-0) 6 WAYNE STATE (Exhibition) W, 55-41 Jan. 10, 2007 • 7 p.m. 10 ^UC RIVERSIDE (Mediacom) W, 69-61 11 ^LOUISIANA-MONROE (Mediacom) W, 68-40 Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum (14,092) 12 ^EASTERN ILLINOIS (Mediacom) W, 56-54 19 NORFOLK STATE (Mediacom) W, 59-47 21 at Minnesota (CTN) W, 68-63 Gameday Quick Facts 25 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE (Mediacom) W, 90-61 Iowa State (10-5, 1-0), winners of three-straight games, plays its fi rst Big Cyclone Gameday 29 at Northern Iowa (Fox 28/17) L, 57-70 12 contest at home, hosting Nebraska (11-3, 0-0) Wednesday evening DECEMBER in Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones are aiming to begin the conference 3 DRAKE (CTN) L, 78-80 season at 2-0 for just the fourth time since the Big 12 formed in the vs. 8 %at Iowa (ITV/ESPNU) L, 59-77 1996-97 season (1997, 2000, 2004)...ISU has won its Big 12 home 13 SAVANNAH STATE (Mediacom) W, 70-59 opener in seven of the 10 seasons of the league’s existence. 16 &vs. Bradley (ESPN2) L, 66-76 Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfi eld 19 at No. 3 Ohio State (CTN) L, 56-75 Talent: John Walters (PXP); Eric Heft (C) 23 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (Mediacom) W, 87-71 31 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (CTN) W, 67-54 Cyclone-Husker Quick Facts Television: Cyclone Television Network JANUARY Nebraska leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 128-96...the Talent: Dave Armstrong (PXP); Paul Splittorff (C) 6 *at Missouri (CTN) W, 66-65 Cyclones own the series lead in games played in Ames at 57-48...for 10 *NEBRASKA (CTN) 7 p.m. three years (2002-2004), the home team won each game, however 13 *KANSAS (ESPN) 1 p.m. the last two seasons have proven to be quite different...ISU has won the last two meetings in Nebraska, but the 17 *at Colorado (CTN) 8 p.m. Cornhuskers have defeated ISU two consecutive times in Hilton Coliseum, including last season’s 73-63 Cornhusker 20 *KANSAS STATE (Big 12) 12:45 p.m. victory where Aleks Maric scored 37 points (13-of-15 FG) and grabbed 16 rebounds...NU has not won three-straight 27 *at Oklahoma State (Big 12) 7 p.m. games in Ames since winning six consecutive contests in Hilton Coliseum from 1976-81...no Big 12 team has won 31 *at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. three-straight games in Ames since the league formed in 1996-97...NU head coach Doc Sadler is one of six new FEBRUARY coaches in the Big 12 and will be making his Big 12 coaching debut Wednesday night...fi ve of the six new Big 12 3 *BAYLOR (CTN) 5 p.m. mentors coached in their fi rst league game on Saturday...only two (ISU’s Greg McDermott & OSU’s Sean Sutton) 6 *MISSOURI (CTN) 7 p.m. were successful...Nebraska freshman Sek Henry and Iowa State freshman Wesley Johnson went to the same 10 *at Texas (Big 12) 12:45 p.m. prep school, The Patterson [N.C.] School...Johnson did not compete for the team because he transferred to the 13 *OKLAHOMA (CTN) 7 p.m. school during the middle of the season after his other prep school (Eldon Academy [Mich.]) shut down. 17 *at Kansas State (Big 12) 5 p.m. 21 *COLORADO (CTN) 7 p.m. 2006-07 Iowa State Roster 24 *at Kansas (ESPN) 5 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) PPG RPG 28 *at Nebraska (CTN) 7 p.m. 31 Cory Johnson F 6-7 230 Fr. Duluth, Minn. (East) 5.9 2.7 MARCH 13 Rahshon Clark** F 6-6 200 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (Beach Channel/Bridgton [Maine] Academy) 8.7 7.4 3 *TEXAS TECH (Big 12) 7 p.m. 4 Wesley Johnson F 6-7 195 Fr. Corsicana, Texas (Corsicana/Patterson [N.C.] School) 12.3 8.7 8-11 #at Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament TBA 24 Mike Taylor G 6-2 165 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. (Marshall/Chipola [Fla.] JC) 16.1 4.0 *denotes Big 12 Conference game 3 Corey McIntosh G 6-0 160 Jr. West Covina, Calif. (West Covina/Fullerton [Calif.] College) 4.7 2.0 ^American Family BTI Insurance Cyclone Challenge, Ames, Iowa Reserves %Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series &Mediacom Cyclone Capital Classic, Des Moines, Iowa 33 Jiri Hubalek* C 6-11 225 Jr.# Prague, Czech Republic (Marshalltown CC) 9.1 5.9 #Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championship, Oklahoma City, Okla. 1 Dodie Dunson G 6-2 190 Fr. Bloomington, Ill. (Bloomington/Brewster [N.H.] Academy) 5.4 1.8 25 Jessan Gray* F 6-10 210 Sr. Davenport, Iowa (Central/Indiana/Tyler [Texas] J.C.) 5.2 3.2 Iowa State Athletics Communications 2 Brock Jacobson*$ G 6-2 190 Fr.# Webster City, Iowa (Webster City) 2.4 0.2 40 Ross Marsden* C 6-10 225 So. Ames, Iowa (Ames) 2.0 1.7 Senior Associate AD/Communications ...................Steve Malchow 21 Mark Currie*$ G 6-4 205 Jr.# Odebolt, Iowa (Odebolt-Arthur/Nebraska-Omaha) 1.8 0.0 Offi ce Phone ..................................................................... 515-294-1087 34 Jeff Bergstrom***$ F 6-4 195 Sr. Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood) 0.0 0.0 Assoc. AD for Athletics Comm...................................Tom Kroeschell 23 Chris Ceaser**$ G 6-3 185 Sr. Humble, Texas (Nimitz) 0.0 0.3 Offi ce Phone ..................................................................... 515-294-3372 43 Dustin Streff**$ F 6-7 240 Sr.# Orange City, Iowa (MOC-Floyd Valley) 0.7 1.3 Associate Director/Men’s BB .......................................... Mike Green 52 Mike Smith F 6-8 220 Jr. Runnells, Iowa (Southeast Polk/Iowa Central CC) 1.0 1.0 Offi ce Phone ..................................................................... 515-294-7019 12 Tyler Norman G 6-2 170 Fr.^ Las Vegas, Nev. (Faith Lutheran) - - Cell Phone ......................................................................... 515-460-5804 15 Alex Thompson F 6-10 230 Jr.^ Ames, Iowa (Ames/Iowa) - - E-Mail ...................................................................mgreen@iastate.edu *letters won #has redshirted ^redshirting this season $walk-on Head Coach: Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) Offi ce Fax........................................................................... 515-294-0558 Record at Iowa State: 10-5/fi rst season Press Row Phone .............................................................515-294-6178 Career Record: 231-132/13th season Athletic Department Website ............................www.cyclones.com Assistant Coaches: Jeff Rutter (Winona State, 1988), Jean Prioleau (Fordham, 1992), T.J. Otzelberger (Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2001) Director of Basketball Operations: Ron Smith (Illinois State, 1976) 2006-07 Iowa State Basketball Head Coach Greg McDermott Greg McDermott was intro- duced as the 18th men’s basket- ball coach in Iowa State history on March 21, 2006. McDermott, who elevated the University of Northern Iowa program to un- Cyclone Update Tale Of The Tape precedented success with three Wesley Johnson scored four points in the fi nal 11 seconds, including consecutive NCAA appearances, a putback with 1.6 left on the clock as Iowa State overcame a 16-point Category is considered one of the nation’s second-half defi cit to win Greg McDermott’s and its Big 12 opener Overall Record 10-5 11-3 best young coaches. Saturday at Missouri, 66-65...the 16-point comeback win was ISU’s Conf. Record 1-0 0-0 McDermott’s meteoric rise in the head coach- second-largest second half come-from-behind victory since ISU ral- Points Per Game 67.6 73.7 ing ranks occurred in his fi ve seasons as the head lied from an 18-point second half defi cit to down No. 2 Oklahoma Opp. PPG 63.7 60.6 coach at his alma mater (2002-06). After taking over a State (84-83) in 1992...ISU was actually down by six points (65-59) Reb. PG 38.1 29.8 program that had not posted a winning season since with less than a minute remaining...Mike Taylor hit a clutch trey to Opp. Reb. PG 32.5 29.2 1997, McDermott’s recipe for success launched the cut it to three followed by a Jessan Gray steal that led to a Johnson FG % 42.5 51.5 UNI program into the national spotlight. In his third layup to close the gap to one-point with :11 seconds remaining...on Opp. FG % 41.4 42.5 season with the Panthers, McDermott led UNI to the MU’s next inbounds play, ISU trapped MU’s Stefhon Hannah in the 3-Pt. % 36.3 40.7 2004 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and corner and forced a traveling violation to setup Johnson’s heroics... Opp. 3-Pt. % 35.6 36.2 its second NCAA Tournament appearance in school it was ISU’s fi rst buzzer-beater win since Omar Bynum scored on a FT % 68.2 72.7 history while recording a 21-10 mark. lay-up as time expired to beat Kansas State, 73-71 Feb. 23, 2002...the Fouls PG 14.8 18.2 The Cascade, Iowa, native backed up UNI’s 2004 win was ISU’s second Big 12 Conference road opening victory since Assists PG 12.6 17.6 season with yet another NCAA Tournament bid in 1997 when the Cyclones downed Missouri 68-65 in Columbia...ISU Turnovers PG 15.0 15.7 2005, this time earning the Panthers’ fi rst ever at-large relied on two freshmen to engineer its brilliant comeback...Johnson Blocks PG 4.1 3.0 berth with a No.