Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, will be attending the ISU men’s basketball game against Texas Tech on Saturday, Feb. 7 at Hilton Coliseum.

Paul’s political action committee, RandPAC, announced Jan. 26 that Paul would make a detour to Ames while visiting Iowa for an “Audit the Fed” rally being held by Liberty Iowa at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6. at Jasper Winery in Des Moines.

Steve Grubbs, chief Iowa strategist for RandPAC, said Paul plans to watch the first half of the game with ISU alumnus and vice president of Sukup Manufacturing Co. and will watch with students from the Iowa State Center during the second half.