¢ KU leads the all-time series, 161-58. KU is 41-9 against ISU in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have won three consecutive games and five of six in the series. The last KU loss was a 63-61 overtime decision on Feb. 19, 2005, in Allen. That game marked the last time ISU defeated a ranked opponent on the road.

¢ ISU is 0-4 versus ranked teams this season.

¢ KU is 79-7 against league foes in Big 12 games in Allen Fieldhouse. ISU is responsible for three of the seven losses (2000, 2001, 2005).

¢ ISU is 3-7 since losing to KU, 68-64, in overtime on Jan. 13 in Hilton Coliseum.

¢ Mike Taylor now has scored in double figures in 17-straight games. Taylor has made a three-pointer in 23 consecutive games, breaking Dedric Willoughby’s former school mark (21, 1996-97) for most games in a row with a trey. Taylor has been shut out from beyond the arc just once.

¢ Wesley Johnson is second in the Big 12 in rebounding (8.3) and double-doubles (11). Johnson broke Will Blalock’s school-record for standing vertical leap at 34 inches. Blalock’s record was at 331â2 inches. Johnson also had a 41-inch step vertical leap to break the school record.

¢ ISU head coach Greg McDermott is in his first season with the Cyclones, but he already is the seventh-longest tenured coach in the Big 12. Of the six new coaches in the league (Mike Anderson, Missouri; Bob Huggins, Kansas State; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Jeff Capel, Oklahoma; Sean Sutton, Oklahoma State; Greg McDermott, Iowa State), McDermott was the first to be hired.

¢ McDermott, 42, was introduced as the 18th men’s basketball coach in Iowa State history on March 21, 2006. McDermott took Northern Iowa to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and compiled a 90-63 overall record. McDermott received his first head coaching job at Wayne State (Neb.) from 1995-2000. He led the Wildcats to four straight 20-win seasons, one Northern Sun Conference title and a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.

¢ McDermott is the first native Iowan to coach the Cyclone men’s basketball team since Clayton Sutherland (1948-54). McDermott is from Cas cade; Sutherland from Nashua.