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Iowa State's unflappable bunch of comeback kids did it one more time. Georges Niang scored 19 points, Abdel Nader made the go-ahead foul shots with 48 seconds to go, and the No. 13 Cyclones rallied from a 17-point second-half hole to beat ninth-ranked Kansas 70-66 in the Big 12 Tournament championship Saturday night. It was the fifth straight game - including all three in the tournament - that the Cyclones rallied from a double-digit deficit, prompting Niang to dub them the ''Comeback Kids.'' Nader finished with 13 points, and Jameel McKay and Monte Morris had 11 each for the Cyclones (25-8), who also knocked off the Jayhawks on their way to winning the title a year ago. As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Cyclones streamed onto the floor and chants of ''I-S-U'' began to echo through the Sprint Center, which was evenly split between the red-clad fans from the north and the blue-clad Kansas fans from the west.
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