| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Iowa State Cyclones |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 19–14 |
| Conf Record: | 9–9 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Kyle Green |
| Asst Coach2: | J.R. Blount |
| Asst Coach3: | Nate Schmidt |
| Tourney Result: | First round |
The 2022–23 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by T. J. Otzelberger in his second season as head coach, and 10th season at Iowa State. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 9–9 in Big 12 Play to have a two-way tie for 5th place. They defeated Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament before losing to Kansas in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were eliminated in the first round by Pittsburgh.
The Cyclones started the season 12–0, good for one of the best starts in school history, including being crowned the champion of the NIT Season Tip-Off with wins over 25th-ranked Xavier and 9th-ranked Memphis.[1] In Otzelberger's first season as head coach he claimed the best start to an Iowa State coaching career by winning his first 10 games,[2] ultimately winning his first 12 games before losing at home to No. 1 Baylor to end his unbeaten start at Iowa State. They finished the season 2021–22 season 22–13, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish a tie for seventh place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated LSU and Wisconsin to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Miami.
| Offseason Departures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Reason | |
| Izaiah Brockington | Guard | Graduated | |
| George Conditt IV | Center | Graduated | |
| Tristan Enaruna | Forward | Transferred to Cleveland State[3] | |
| Tyrese Hunter | Guard | Transferred to Texas[4] | |
| Tre Jackson | Guard | Transferred to Western Carolina[5] | |
| Jaden Walker | Guard | Transferred to East Carolina[6] |
| Incoming transfers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Hometown | Previous School | Remaining Eligibility | Notes | |
| Jaren Holmes | Guard | Romulus, Michigan | St. Bonaventure | 1 | Holmes was previously at Ranger Community College before transferring to St. Bonaventure.[7] | |
| Osun Osunniyi | Center | Linwood, New Jersey | St. Bonaventure | 1 | [8] | |
| Hason Ward | Forward | Saint Thomas, Barbados | VCU | 2 | [9] | |
| Jeremiah Williams | Guard | Chicago | Temple | 3 | [10] | |
| Conrad Hawley | Forward | Raymore, Missouri | Kansas | 3 | Hawley was a scholarship football player for the University of Kansas.[11] |
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