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Deonte Burton says his mother is with him all the time. The NCAA Tournament brings Burton back to his hometown of Milwaukee for the Cyclones' first-round game against No. 12 seed Nevada on Thursday night at the Bradley Center, a place he knows quite well. Burton transferred from Marquette to Iowa State after his mother Barbara died three years ago. Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 8:56:pm EST

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- No. 5 seed Iowa State (23-10) vs. No. 12 seed Nevada (28-6) Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 1:25:pm EST

Iowa State, the champions of the Big 12 tournament, is playing in its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament -- and this one comes with a location bonus. The Cyclones, the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region, will take on No. 12 seed Nevada at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, a 373-mile drive from Ames, Iowa, which is the hometown of three Iowa State players. "I've played AAU ball in that building," Cyclones guard Donovan Jackson, who played for Pius X high school on the city's west side, just a few miles from the Bradley Center. Continue to Article

March 13, 2017 7:44:pm EST

Monte Morris scored 17 points, Deonte Burton and Matt Thomas helped him deal with West Virginia's attacking defense, and No. 23 Iowa State beat the No. 11 Mountaineers 80-74 on Saturday night for the Cyclones' third Big 12 Tournament title in four years. Burton had 16 points and Thomas finished with 12 for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (23-10), who will enter the NCAA Tournament as one of the nation's hottest teams. Iowa State has never lost in four appearances in the Big 12 title game, while the Mountaineers (26-8) remain without a conference tournament title of any kind since winning the Big East in 2010. Continue to Article

March 11, 2017 8:22:pm EST