Iowa State men's basketball honored Tyrese Haliburton in his return to Ames with a banner ceremony on Saturday, during the Cyclones vs. Arizona game.
Iowa State men's basketball returned to full strength and avenged an earlier loss to Arizona with Tyrese Haliburton and Georges Niang in attendance.
The Cyclones left no room for tomfoolery on Saturday, getting revenge for Caleb Love's three-quarter court buzzer-beater in January.
Tyrese Haliburton and Georges Niang were never teammates at Iowa State, but they've bonded since making the NBA. TJ Otzelberger on their impact.
It may have been a difficult month for Iowa State basketball, but the Cyclones got to celebrate their past and remind people of a promising future
Iowa State returned to full-strength and avenged an earlier loss to Arizona in a raucous Hilton Coliseum on Saturday night.
Saturday, Haliburton and his family will be in Hilton Coliseum for ISU's matchup with Arizona and will be honored at halftime with a banner commemorating the gold medal he earned in Paris last summer with the U.S Olympic team. He is the eighth Cyclone to win a gold medal at the Olympics and first in basketball.
Georges Niang, Iowa State forward from 2012-16 is in Hilton Coliseum supporting his friend and former Cyclone Tyrese Haliburton, who is getting a banner dropped in honor of his gold medal in the 2024 Olympics. Niang, now an Atlanta Hawk, talks about his relationship with Haliburton, ISU coach TJ Otzelberger and life in the NBA.
AMES — Tyrese Haliburton never thought he'd have a banner hanging in Hilton Coliseum. Haliburton played two seasons at Iowa State (2018-20), the last cut short by injury, and said he knew entering the 2020 NBA Draft would probably end his chance at looking up at an ISU game and see his name in the rafters.
A. Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones first met each other as students at Iowa State University. Q. What team does Tyrese Haliburton play for in the NBA? - + A. Tyrese Haliburton is playing for the ...