Iowa State Basketball: Five Straight Tournaments

0:00On March 15th, Iowa State basketball is heading to its fifth straight NCAA tournament as a number two seed in the Midwest region. The cyclones earned an at-large bid after a strong 27 wins and seven losses this season. Though faced number 15, C. Tennessee State and the first round on Friday in St. Louis. Under coach T.J. Ozzelberger, Iowa State, has now made the tournament four times as an at-large team, including an automatic spot last year from, winning the big 12 tournament. Tennessee State punched their ticket by taking the Ohio Valley title and both seniors, Aaron and Krumah and Travis Harper, both averaging over 17 points per game. Fans and analysts see this as a big deal because it's only the second time in school history for five straight appearances and Ozzelberger is the first coach to pull it off. The cyclones have been a top three seed for three years running, a program first with three all big 12 players leading the charge. If Iowa State gets past Tennessee State, they'll take on the winner of Kentucky versus

1:01Santa Clara. The region's top seeds include Michigan, Virginia and Alabama with later rounds in Chicago. Experts have the cyclones as a popular pick to reach at least the sweet 16, something they've done twice lately under Ozzelberger. Tip off time drops Sunday evening, so Iowa State faithful are gearing up for another deep run, chasing program records not touched since the early two, thousands.