{"id":1160274,"date":"2026-02-17T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1160274"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:43:10","slug":"check-out-bracketology-projection-for-iowa-state-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/check-out-bracketology-projection-for-iowa-state-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out bracketology projection for Iowa State basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Iowa State basketball continues to be a major player on the national scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyclones (22-3) were a No. 2 seed in the Feb. 17 projected men&#8217;s field of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. On Tuesday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/feature\/story\/_\/page\/bracketology\/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions\">ESPN&#8217;s Joe Lunardi released his latest bracketology<\/a> predictions. Here&#8217;s where the Cyclones stand ahead of their game at BYU on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Iowa State basketball bracketology projection<\/h2>\n<p>Lunardi has Iowa State currently listed as a 2 seed in the Midwest Region in St. Louis. The Cyclones&#8217; first-round matchup in this projection would come against SMU. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Iowa State basketball NET ranking<\/h2>\n<p>The Cyclones are No. 5 in the NET through Monday night&#8217;s games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/rankings\/basketball-men\/d1\/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings\">NET rankings<\/a> change daily, so be sure to keep tabs on where T.J. Otzelberger&#8217;s team lands following Saturday&#8217;s game at BYU.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/sports\/college\/iowa-state\/basketball-mens\/2026\/02\/17\/iowa-state-basketball-bracketology-projection\/88719172007\/\">See the latest Iowa State basketball bracketology projection<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/check-bracketology-projection-iowa-state-164310841.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/check-bracketology-projection-iowa-state-164310841.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa State basketball continues to be a major player on the national scene. The Cyclones (22-3) were a No. 2 seed in the Feb. 17&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}