¢ Kansas University’s team experienced no travel delays on the flight to Des Moines, Iowa, and short drive from the Des Moines Airport to the team hotel in Ames, Iowa. The squad held a shootaround Friday night at Hilton Coliseum.

¢ KU leads the all-time series 160-58, including a 17-18 mark at Hilton Coliseum. KU is 6-4 in Hilton since the inception of the Big 12.

¢ KU won the last meeting, 88-75, on Feb. 11, 2006, in Allen Fieldhouse. KU also won in Ames last season, 95-85.

¢ Greg McDermott, 42, was introduced as the 18th men’s basketball coach in Iowa State history 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 Cascade, Sutherland from Nashua.

¢ ISU’s 16-point comeback victory at Missouri was the second-largest second-half come-from-behind victory since ISU rallied from an 18-point deficit to down No. 2 Oklahoma State, 84-83, in 1992. ISU was actually down by six points (65-59) with less than a minute remaining at Mizzou.

¢ Wesley 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.