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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – There should be plenty of tickets
available for the last two days of the Big 12 tournament, and
they'll probably go cheap.
About 12,000 Iowa State fans who flocked to Kansas City
expecting to see their No. 7 Cyclones romp to their second straight
tourney title will likely be heading home early.
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Big 12 player of the year Jamaal Tinsley scored just eight
points before fouling out, and the Cyclones (25-5) shot 31 percent
Friday as Baylor stunned the two-time defending regular-season
champions 62-49 in the quarterfinals.
"I apologize to our fans," said Iowa State's Larry Eustachy,
the Big 12 coach of the year.
"Money is tight and a lot of them made the drive down here."
Now the question for the Cyclones and their fans is whether they
will get to come back to Kemper Arena for the opening weekend of
the NCAA Tournament. Losing to eighth-seeded Baylor (19-10) could
end Iowa State's hopes of being a No. 1 or 2 seed in the Midwest
Regional and getting assigned to Kansas City.
"I don't know about that," Eustachy said. "I would hope they
would look at the entire season and not just 40 minutes. We'll be
dealt the hand we're dealt."
Playing poorly from the opening tip, the Cyclones had twice as
many turnovers (16) as field goals (eight) in a sloppy first half
and then missed their first six shots of the second half.
Baylor – a 21-point loser to Iowa State in January – led by 10
points at halftime and never let the heavily favored Cyclones get
closer than eight.
"We were having trouble scoring at first, but then we made a
couple of shots and it really did seem like all the momentum swung
our way," Baylor's Logan Kosmalski said.
Tinsley fouled out with about five minutes left, effectively
ending any hope of an Iowa State comeback.
"They didn't do anything we didn't expect, anything we weren't
prepared for," the 6-foot-3 point guard said. "They just wanted
it more than we did."
DeMarcus Minor, who had 30 points in Baylor's first-round
victory over Colorado, scored 23 points against Iowa State as the
Cyclones became the first No. 1 seed in the Big 12 tourney to lose
its first game.
Making Baylor's victory seem even more unlikely, All-Big 12
guard Terry Black was 0-for-8 and scored just one point for the
Bears.
"That really in a way just boosts our confidence," Baylor's
Chad Elsey said. "Terry's a great player, and for us to be able to
beat a team like Iowa State when he's not having one of his typical
games means a lot."
The only thing that kept the Bears from taking more than a
10-point halftime lead was their poor shooting. While the Cyclones
hit just 8-of-23 from the floor, Baylor was 11-of-26.
The Cyclones appeared to finally make a move with about five
minutes left when Tinsley hit a 3-pointer in a 7-0 run that made it
48-40. But then Minor hit a driving layup and Tinsley fouled out,
silencing the heavily pro-Iowa State crowd.
Greg Davis had 10 points for Baylor, while Jake Sullivan and
Tyray Pearson each had 10 for Iowa State.
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DeMarcus Minor splits two Iowa State defenders and soars for a layup.
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DeMarcus Minor leaps beyond the arc to sink a 3-pointer.
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DeMarcus Minor dishes the rock to a slashing Wendell Greenleaf for the layup.
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