Iowa State has never been higher in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll and is one spot from reaching No. 1 for first time in program history.

West Virginia's Javon Small and Iowa State's Curtis Jones put on an entertaining show in a duel between the Big 12's top two scorers. Jones put

T.J. Otzelberger inherited an Iowa State basketball program coming off a 2-22 season, including 0-18 in the Big 12.

After losing a game for the first time in nearly two months, No. 3 Iowa State looks to pick up the pieces in a return home Tuesday to face UCF in a Big 12 Conference game at Ames, Iowa.

Iowa State men's basketball will look to bounce back from its loss to West Virginia against a UCF team that nearly upset Houston. Here is a preview.

Two marquee matchups headlined the week: Michigan State vs. Illinois (Jan. 19) and Purdue vs. Oregon (Jan. 18). The Spartans and Boilermakers’ respective victories firmly establish them as the Big Ten’s top two teams at this stage of the season.

West Virginia took advantage of the absence of Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, who leads the Cyclones shooting 44.3 percent from 3 this season, in Saturday’s 64-57 win. As a team, Iowa State has a higher 3-point rate and shoots a better percentage with Momcilovic on the floor:

West Virginia's Javon Small and Iowa State's Curtis Jones put on an entertaining show in a duel between the Big 12's top two scorers. Jones put up 11 of his 18 points in the first half and had the second-ranked Cyclones in position to win down the stretch.

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. − During the final media timeout of Saturday’s men's basketball contest between Iowa State and West Virginia, Cyclones coach T.J. Otzelberger outlined his plan for his players. Otzelberger preached to them the importance of getting stops, finishing plays on the glass and generating turnovers.

Former Drake coach Darian DeVries guided West Virginia basketball to another upset, knocking off second-ranked Iowa State on Saturday.

Iowa State men's basketball suffered its first Big 12 loss of the season after the Cyclones got upset at West Virginia.

Iowa State men's basketball may have looked invincible lately, but the Cyclones were always going to have a night like Saturday.