Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2025–26 |
Team: | Iowa State Cyclones |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Aprank: | 6 |
Coachrank: | 5 |
Record: | 6–1 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach1: | Kyle Green |
Asst Coach2: | J.R. Blount |
Asst Coach3: | Nate Schmidt |
The 2024–25 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones are led by T. J. Otzelberger in his fourth season as head coach. They play their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference.
The Cyclones started the season 11–2 in non-conference play. They finished the 2023–24 season 29–8, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated the No. 10 seed Kansas State, No. 3 seed Baylor and No. 1 seed Houston to win their sixth Big 12 tournament title and receive the conferences automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The received a 2 seed in the East region. The defeated 15 seed South Dakota State, No. 7 seed Washington State before losing to No. 3 seed Illinois in the Sweet Sixteen, 69–72.
Offseason Departures | |||
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Name | Position | Reason | |
Tre King | F | Exhausted eligibility. | |
Hason Ward | F | Exhausted eligibility. | |
Robert Jones | F | Exhausted eligibility. |
Incoming transfers | |||||
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Name | Position | Hometown | Previous School | Incoming Eligibility | Source |
Brandton Chatfield | F | Orofino, Idaho | Seattle | 1 | [1] |
Nate Heise | G | Lake City, Minnesota | Northern Iowa | 1 | |
Dishon Jackson | C | Oakland, California | Charlotte | 2 | |
Big 12 Preseason Poll
Big 12 Coaches | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kansas | 215 (9) | ||
2. | Houston | 211 (5) | ||
3. | Iowa State | 194 (1) | ||
4. | Baylor | 185 | ||
5. | Arizona | 179 (1) | ||
6. | Cincinnati | 140 | ||
7. | Texas Tech | 135 | ||
8. | Kansas State | 133 | ||
9. | BYU | 116 | ||
10. | TCU | 90 | ||
11. | UCF | 83 | ||
12. | Arizona State | 64 | ||
13. | West Virginia | 62 | ||
14. | Oklahoma State | 46 | ||
15. | Colorado | 37 | ||
16. | Utah | 30 | ||
Reference:[2] (#) first-place votes |
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team
Player | School | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Caleb Love | Arizona | |||
LJ Cryer | Houston | |||
J’Wan Roberts | ||||
Tamin Lipsey | Iowa State | |||
Hunter Dickinson† | Kansas | |||
† denotes unanimous selection Reference: |
Player | School | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Norchad Omier | Baylor | |||
Jeremy Roach | ||||
Keshon Gilbert | Iowa State | |||
Dajuan Harris Jr | Kansas | |||
Coleman Hawkins | Kansas State | |||
† denotes unanimous selection Reference: |
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See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.