Joshua Jefferson is OUT for Round of 32 vs Kentucky

[JakeBrend]

Iowa State consensus All-American Joshua Jefferson is listed as OUT for Sunday's Round of 32 game against Kentucky, per the NCAA Player Availability Report.

Joshua Jefferson is OUT for Round of 32 vs Kentucky - Cyclone Fanatic

Mar 20, 2026; St. Louis, MO, USA; Iowa State Cyclones forward Joshua Jefferson (5) is helped off of the court after suffering an apparent injury to his left leg against Tennessee State Tigers during the first half of a first round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Enterprise Center...

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[dafarmer]

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[gocy444]

You’re about to see the 2027 National Player of the Year put the team on his back today. Mommy woke up wet.

 

[bos]

You’re about to see the 2027 National Player of the Year put the team on his back today. Mommy woke up wet.

WHY

 

[WIB]

Next man up. LFG

 

[heitclone]

Small Ball it is then!

 

[cyclone1209]

KY has a couple of contributors out. Let's roll. This is not Arizona..

 

[IlliniCy]

Let's go full High Point on them and just launch the 3s!

But, play our defense.

 

[Cyhig]

It sucks, but glad he’s not trying to play for the sake of playing.
Win the game and get him healthy for the S16

 

[cyclonedave25]

You’ve never seen us rain threes like you’re about to today.

 

[BigLame]

Last thing we need to do is settle for 3s - spread the court & attack the basket to mitigate their shot blocking & go inside out or cross court for the 3s

 

[12191987]

KY has a couple of contributors out. Let's roll. This is not Arizona..

OK, now I guess Mommy woke up wet makes a little more sense.

 

[jsb]

It's going to be VERY tough without him.

It was really cool to see us dominate on Friday without much scoring from Tamin and not a crazy game from Milan. But in addition to good production from Toure and Heise and Batemon, Tamin and Milan are going to have to be at their best for the entire game.

 

[Clonehomer]

You’re about to see the 2027 National Player of the Year put the team on his back today. Mommy woke up wet.

That’s good. Cause KY is the enemy today.

 

[MLawrence]

WHY

When you’re a little bit older, son.

 

[spitfyr36]

Last thing we need to do is settle for 3s - spread the court & attack the basket to mitigate their shot blocking & go inside out or cross court for the 3s

Double edge sword attacking the paint. While we could get them in foul trouble, ISU isn’t exactly cashing in on free throws.

All in all I do agree with your point. Also can’t get into foul trouble early ourselves, and avoid giving up a million OR’s

 

[ChickenNuggetMan]

Crush them for Jefferson, boys. He will be back on Friday.

 

[cyclonez7]

We'll have to re-create him in the aggregate

 

[cayin]

Last thing we need to do is settle for 3s - spread the court & attack the basket to mitigate their shot blocking & go inside out or cross court for the 3s

attack the basket? Dom Nelson come on down!!!

 

[Drew0311]

I don’t think anyone was really experimenting to play today and if he did what could he really bring to the game. Hopefully we win and he is available next weekend