Iowa State, the champions of the Big 12 tournament, is playing in its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament -- and this one comes with a location bonus.
The Cyclones, the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region, will take on No. 12 seed Nevada at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, a 373-mile drive from Ames, Iowa, which is the hometown of three Iowa State players. The game tips off at 9:57 p.m. ET on Thursday.
"I've played AAU ball in that building," Cyclones guard Donovan Jackson, who played for Pius X high school on the city's west side, just a few miles from the Bradley Center.