He joined the program as a walk-on ahead of the 2024 season, transferring from Colorado State. At the time, it seemed like a long shot for Stratton to see legitimate playing time, especially in his first season with the Hawkeyes. But the unlikely came to fruition after Iowa's quarterback room was decimated by injuries last season.

No. 9 Iowa State left Mackey Arena with a result that tied for largest margin of victory at a No. 1 team, an 81-58 victory. The Boilermakers (7-1) suffer their first setback in what had otherwise been a dominant start to the season with a road win at Alabama and Baha Mar Championship.

Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard got emotional when talking about Matt Campbell departing to take the Penn State head coaching job after 10 seasons with the Cyclones.

Arizona has taken the top spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. This comes after a perfect start to the season.

The headline is that the No. 1 team in the country lost at home, top-ranked Purdue getting run out of its own gym by No. 10 Iowa State, 81-58.

Campbell admitted he’d never been to Penn State prior to this interview process. Sanderson wrestled at Penn State and won his first of four NCAA titles at Bryce Jordan Center in 1999 as an Iowa State Cyclone and competed in the National Duals at Penn State in the early 2000s.

The Boilermakers grinded their way through poor first-half shooting. They could not keep that mentality going after half.

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