After a dominant performance against the Jayhawks a few short weeks ago, Iowa State came into Allen Fieldhouse ready to knock off the Dirty Birds at home for the 2nd time since 2017. After taking a lead into half, the Cyclones seemed poised to do just that. But much like Thanos, Bill Self snapped his fingers and all hell broke loose. The Jayhawks went on a 14-0 run midway through the 2nd half and ended up closing out the Clones for a final score of 80-76.
Though that 14-0 run was an obvious turning point in the game, I felt a stronger pull to look at the impeccable play of the Kansas transfer big man Dedric Lawson, and the Cyclones’ inability to defend the paint, in this edition of How the Game was Lost.