Midway through the final week of February, where does Iowa State men's basketball stand in the latest NCAA Tournament bracketology projections?

Iowa State men's basketball had its four-game winning streak broken up by a challenging opponent in Big 12-leading Houston. The task became even more difficult when the Cyclones were forced to play the Cougars without two of their leading scorers, Curtis Jones (illness) and Keshon Gilbert (muscle strain).

The Iowa State women's basketball team will try to bounce back from a tough loss at Baylor when the Cyclones play at UCF Tuesday.

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Iowa State visits Oklahoma State on Tuesday! Let's continue our College Basketball odds series with an Iowa State-Oklahoma State prediction and pick.

Playing without two key pieces, the eighth-ranked Iowa State men pushed No. 5 Houston to the limits on the road. In the end, the Cougars were too much, as the C