Maybe the Cyclones were suffering from a slight hangover from an emotional upset victory just two days ago. Maybe the quick turnaround was just too much to overcome on the road. Maybe it was just a case of the Mondays.

Whatever the case may be, the result was a 68-64 Iowa State (18-11, 9-9 Big 12) loss at the hands of one of the Big 12 bottom feeders in Kansas (15-16, 6-12).

The Cyclones also loss to Kansas earlier this season by a score of 61-56. Kansas is in ninth place out of 10 teams in the Big 12 standings.

The two teams played evenly throughout the first nine minutes of the game as they were knotted at 11 early in the game. Then the Jayhawks went on a run that the Cyclones never fully recovered from.

By the under-eight minute timeout in the first half, Kansas had pushed its lead out to a 21-13 advantage.

The Cyclones were able to pull to within 31-25 at the halftime break.

Iowa State was able to slowly chip away at the lead and got within a single point multiple times with less than five minutes to play.

The Cyclones were still within one point with only a minute to play, but were never able to get over the final hump and take the lead.

The Cyclones finish the regular season with a 9-9 record in conference play for the second consecutive season.

While the Cyclones were surely hoping to get on a role after the Baylor victory and gain some momentum going into the postseason, the team is still sitting in good shape as far as the NCAA tournament is going.

ESPN’s latest bracketology predictions, on March 2 before the final game of the regular season, had Iowa State as a 10 seed after being projected to miss the tournament just a few weeks ago.

The team will still have a shot to gain some momentum entering the NCAA tournament as it has the Big 12 tournament coming up this weekend.

The Cyclones will be the five seed and face off against the four seed, Oklahoma State at 11 a.m. March 7 in Dallas.