2024–25 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team explained

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.

Previous season

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

Offseason Departures
NamePositionReason
Tre KingFExhausted eligibility.
Hason WardFExhausted eligibility.
Robert JonesFExhausted eligibility.

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
NamePositionHometownPrevious
School
Incoming
Eligibility
Source
Brandton ChatfieldFOrofino, IdahoSeattle1[1]
Nate HeiseGLake City, MinnesotaNorthern Iowa1
Dishon JacksonCOakland, CaliforniaCharlotte2

2024 recruiting class

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll

Big 12 CoachesPoints
1.Kansas215 (9)
2.Houston211 (5)
3.Iowa State194 (1)
4.Baylor185
5.Arizona179 (1)
6.Cincinnati140
7.Texas Tech135
8.Kansas State133
9.BYU116
10.TCU90
11.UCF83
12.Arizona State64
13.West Virginia62
14.Oklahoma State46
15.Colorado37
16.Utah30
Reference:[2] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team
Player School
Caleb LoveArizona
LJ CryerHouston
J’Wan Roberts
Tamin LipseyIowa State
Hunter DickinsonKansas
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:
Second Team
Player School
Norchad OmierBaylor
Jeremy Roach
Keshon GilbertIowa State
Dajuan Harris JrKansas
Coleman HawkinsKansas State
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=""| Big 12|-!colspan=12 style=""| Big 12 Tournament

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyclone Men's Basketball Adds Three Transfers .
  2. Web site: Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU’s Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year . Big12sports.com . Big 12 Conference . October 10, 2024.