Cyclone men slip to seventh in the AP Poll as Big 12 Tournament looms

AMES — Fifty. That’s how many consecutive weeks the Iowa State men’s basketball team has been ranked in the Associated Press poll — marking a milestone of sorts, even as it was fully expected. The Cyclones (25-6) slipped one spot to No. 7 in the rankings after losing on the road at No. 2 Arizona and beating Arizona State on Senior Day in Ames. T.J. Otzelberger’s team will face Baylor or those Sun Devils at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in a second round Big 12 Tournament game at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. ISU — the No. 5 seed — seeks its second conference tournament title in the past three...