Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger knows Colorado coach Tad Boyle well and helped him with the team USA selection process this summer. They will soon be conference foes. Colorado announced it is rejoining the Big-12 after spending the last 12 years as a member of the PAC-12.

It continues the expansion mode for the Big-12 which has added Houston, Cincinnati, BYU and Central Florida for the upcoming season.