Iowa State (20-12, 7-9 Big 12) vs. Georgia Tech (22-9, 7-7 ACC)
Saturday, March 22, 2008 • 11 a.m.
Des Moines, Iowa • Wells Fargo Arena (14,707)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (pxp); Brent Blum (color)
Television: ESPN2
Talent: Beth Mowins (pxp); Fran Fraschilla (color); Ron Johnson (sideline)
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State will face Georgia Tech in the first round of the NCAA Championship at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The Cyclones are hosting seven other teams in first- and second-round games in Des Moines, but had to earn an invitation themselves the hard way, claiming an at-large berth and a No. 7 seed. Iowa State is making its second consecutive NCAA appearance and its ninth trip in the last 12 seasons.
- The game will be televised live on ESPN2. Beth Mowins will call the action, while Fran Fraschilla provides color analysis. Ron Johnson will report from the sidelines.
- The winner of the Iowa State-Georgia Tech game will advance to face the winner of the first-round match up between Rutgers and Robert Morris. The winner of the second-round game will move on to the Greensboro Regional. In the other Des Moines bracket, Ohio State will face Florida State and Oklahoma State will take on East Tennessee State, with that winner moving on to the New Orleans Regional.
- Iowa State is 20-12 this season and finished 7-9 in the Big 12 for a seventh-place tie with Texas in the final league standings. The Cyclones made it to the Big 12 Championship semifinals by defeating Colorado, 76-50, and 15th-ranked and regular-season Big 12 champ Kansas State, 66-65, in an overtime thriller. Iowa State fell 65-53 to 11th-ranked Texas A&M in the Big 12 semifinal round.
- Iowa State front court starters Toccara Ross and Nicky Wieben will miss the remainder of the 2007-08 season due to torn ACLs. Ross tore the ACL in her right knee against Minnesota and Wieben tore the ACL in her left knee at Texas. Ross is eligible for a redshirt, while Wieben is not.
- Iowa State will return its entire roster next season. Ross is
ISU’s only senior and should be eligible for another year of competition after her season-ending injury.
- With a 76-50 win over Montana State, the Cyclones collected their 500th win in program history. They are now 516-484 overall.
ISU’s Big 12 Championship game against Texas A&M was its 1,000th in program history.
- Georgia Tech earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament after posting a 22-9 overall record and finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- Iowa State and Georgia Tech will meet for the first time in women’s basketball. The Cyclones are 3-8 all-time against ACC teams.
ISU most recently met an ACC team last season in the Pepperdine Tournament when the Cyclones defeated Virginia Tech, 75-69.
- Iowa State returned 10 letterwinners from its 2006-07 NCAA Tournament team. Last year’s squad went 26-9 overall and 10-6 to finish tied for fourth in the Big 12 Conference. Iowa State lost four players from last season, including a pair of four-year starters in Lyndsey Medders and Megan Ronhovde.
- Head coach Bill Fennelly is 279-131 at Iowa State and in his 13th season with the Cyclones. He is 445-184 in his head coaching career, which began at Toledo in 1988.
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