Iowa State Will Miss German Standout This Season: Iowa State’s German guard Lucca Staiger will have to sit out the 2007-08 season after the NCAA decided that he violated rules regarding amateurism. The 19-year-old freshman had played in Germany for a team, Ehingen, that the NCAA ruled a professional squad because it paid two of its players beyond their expenses. Although Staiger said he did not receive additional payments, he will have only three full seasons of collegiate basketball. Staiger, 6-5, is a top prospect and was a member of the German national team that participated in the 2006 FIBA U20 European Championship.
[11/29/07]