AMES, Iowa – For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Iowa State men’s basketball team will put on its dancing shoes.

The Cyclones earned their 20^th NCAA Tournament bid in school history Sunday evening, as the 2019 NCAA Championship bracket was announced on CBS. The Cyclones are one of 15 teams in the nation to make seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the last eight years.

Iowa State (23-11, 9-9 Big 12) earned the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region and will face No. 11 seed Ohio State (19-14, 8-12 Big Ten), Friday March 22 in Tulsa, Okla.

The winner of the Iowa State-Ohio State game will play the winner of the Houston-Georgia State game on Sunday, March 24.

Steve Prohm, now in his fourth year as the Cyclone head man, will be taking his third Iowa State team to the NCAA Tournament, tying for the third-most by a head coach in school history: Johnny Orr (6), Fred Hoiberg (4), Prohm (3), Tim Floyd (3).

Prohm has an 83-52 all-time record at ISU.

Iowa State has a 10-6 record vs. teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament: North Dakota State (1-0), Iowa (0-1), Kansas (2-1), Baylor (1-2), Kansas State (2-1), Texas Tech (1-1), Mississippi (1-0), Oklahoma (2-0).

The game will be the final game of the day on Friday in Tulsa with a scheduled tip time of 8:50pm Central and will be televised by TBS.

Check out the full NCAA Tournament Bracket here: 2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team received an at-large berth to the 2019 Men’s Basketball Tournament, its 26th appearance in the tournament, including its fourth under head coach Fran McCaffery.

Iowa (22-11) received a No. 10 seed and will play seventh-seeded Cincinnati (28-6) on Friday in Columbus, Ohio. The Hawkeyes and Cincinnati have met eight times previously, with the Bearcats holding a 6-2 series advantage. Cincinnati defeated Iowa 76-64 on March 17, 2005, in the most recent meeting. That meeting came in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis. That is the only time the teams have met in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes and Bearcats are schedule to meet next season at the United Center in Chicago.

The game will be played as the first game of the day on Friday at 11:15am Central and we’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 10:15am. The game will be televised on CBS.

Check out the full NCAA Tournament Bracket here: 2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats advanced to the NCAA Division II Central Region Final with a 70-59 win over Southern Nazarene University on Sunday in Maryville.

The Bearcats opened up an early 10 point lead in the game before the Crimson Storm rallied back to within 1 with about 4 minutes left in the first half. The Bearcats responded though with a 7-0 run and took a 36-28 lead into halftime. SNU would rally within 5 with just under four minutes left in the game but Northwest freshman Trevor Hudgins made some key plays down the stretch to lead the Bearcats to the win including two threes late in the game.

Hudgins tallied 16 points and 7 rebounds in the win. Senior Joey Witthus led all-scorers with 29 points on 10-16 shooting from the field.

Northwest remains unbeaten at 34-0 and will take on fellow MIAA Conference mate Missouri Southern in the Central Region Final on Tuesday night at 7:00pm. The winner will advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Evansville, IN on March 27-30.