Iowa State men's basketball coach Larry Eustachy told the school's president and athletic director he used "poor judgment" when he attended an after-hours party near the University of Missouri following a loss to the Tigers this season.

Photos of Eustachy at the late-January party, which were obtained by the Des Moines Register from a student at the party, were published Monday.

The 12 photographs show Eustachy with a beer in his hand, and in several photos, embracing and kissing women on the cheek or being kissed on the cheek.

Iowa State athletic director Bruce Van De Velde said Eustachy, 47, came to him and university president Gregory Geoffroy earlier this month after learning that a student at the Jan. 23 party provided photographs to the newspaper.

According to the newspaper's report, Eustachy went to the party at a student apartment with Missouri player Josh Kroenke hours after the Cyclones lost 64-59 to the Tigers in Columbia.

"I want the people of Iowa and the fans of our program throughout the nation to know how sorry I am to have disappointed them with some poor decisions I have made," Eustachy, who is married and has two children, said in a statement released Monday night. "But words are cheap at a time like this, and I hope to be measured by my future conduct.

"I am certainly aware of the role drinking has played in my behavior. I am addressing this matter."

Van De Velde declined to say whether disciplinary action has been taken or was pending against Eustachy. He also would not say whether the coach's actions could lead to his dismissal.

"I wouldn't discuss that at this point. No comment," Van De Velde told the Register.

"Larry understands that he has made a poor decision and not used good judgment. He understands, and we have made it clear to him, the importance of his public image and the obligations he has for the institution. And he has expressed remorse ... to our university administration and to me."

It reportedly was not Eustachy's first campus party after a road game, according to students in another Big 12 Conference town.

In January 2002, the coach was at an early-morning fraternity party in Manhattan, Kan., hours after his team lost a game to Kansas State, students told the Register. On that occasion, a fraternity member said he wound up in an argument with Eustachy because he found the coach's arm around his 19-year-old sister.

The woman told the newspaper that Eustachy walked into the house and complimented her on her appearance, saying that she should be attending the University of Kansas, where the girls are "much hotter."