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Men’s Basketball: Why defense is key to ISU meeting big expectations

Iowa State's men's basketball players, front row, Nick Weiler-Babb, Hallice Cooke and Wes Greder along with, back row Sruart Nezlek and Brady Ernst take a selfie during media day on Tuesday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune .

Steve Prohm has no illusions about the situation he’s inherited. The expectation with the Iowa State men’s basketball team is to win now and win big, maybe even bigger than ever has been previously accomplished in Ames.

That doesn’t bother him one bit.

“You have a lot of expectations out there,” the head coach said, “but that’s great. You want that.