Iowa State basketball vs Lipscomb prediction: March Madness preview

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Iowa State basketball: TJ Otzelberger optimistic for NCAA Tournament

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger shared why he feels optimistic for Cyclones going into the NCAA Tournament.

Let the madness begin. Third-seeded Iowa State men’s basketball embarks on its NCAA Tournament journey Friday with a first-round game against No. 14 seed Lipscomb.

The Cyclones have been the No. 3 seed on two other occasions in NCAA Tournament history.

The first was when they reached the Sweet 16 in 2014 after beating North Carolina Central and North Carolina before falling to eventual national champ UConn, 81-76. The Huskies became the first 7-seed to win a national title that season.

The following year, Iowa State earned a 3-seed once again, but got upset by 14-seed UAB in the opening round in a 60-59 heartbreaker.

This year’s Cyclones enter the NCAA Tournament with a 24-9 record.

Their opponent, 14th-seeded Lipscomb, is 25-9 this season. The Bisons earned a share of the Atlantic Sun regular-season title, splitting it with North Alabama. The teams met in the finals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament, where Lipscomb won 76-65 to claim the crown and the NCAA Tournament automatic bid.

This year marks Lipscomb’s second NCAA Tournament appearance, with the first coming in 2018. Lipscomb University is located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Friday’s game is scheduled to tip off at 12:30 p.m. CT at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. It will be televised on TNT.

Here are three things to watch:

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Iowa State’s Milan Momcilovic and coach T.J. Otzelberger aren’t the only ones having a homecoming trip.

Lipscomb senior Jacob Ognacevic, a native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin — located about an hour from Milwaukee — will command plenty of attention from Iowa State.

The 6-foot-8…

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