The 2013–14 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Fred Hoiberg, who was in his 4th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season 28–8, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Kansas State, Kansas, and Baylor to become champions of the Big 12 Conference tournament to earn and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament they defeated North Carolina Central and North Carolina to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to eventual national champion UConn without the Cyclones' third-leading scorer Georges Niang who suffered a season ending injury in the opening round game.
Previous season
The Cyclones finished 23–12, and 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish 4th in the regular season conference standings. They defeated Oklahoma then lost to Kansas in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Notre Dame and lost to Ohio State.
Offseason departures
Offseason departuresNamePositionReason Cameron Fowler Guard Transferred to Niagara Nkereuwem Okoro Guard Transferred to Rutgers Chris Babb Guard Graduated Korie Lucious Guard Graduated Will Clyburn Guard Graduated Tyrus McGee Guard Graduated Austin McBeth Guard Graduated Anthony Booker Forward GraduatedReference:
Recruiting
Prep recruits
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfersNamePositionHometownPreviousSchoolRemainingEligibilityNotes DeAndre Kane Guard Pittsburgh Marshall 1 Kane was eligible to play immediately. Abdel Nader Forward Skokie, Illinois Northern Illinois 2 Nader sat out the 2012–13 season due to NCAA eligibility rules. Jameel McKay Center Milwaukee Marquette 1.5 McKay transferred after the fall semester of the 2011–12 season.He was eligible to play the spring semester of the 2013–14 season.Reference:
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=""|Big 12 Regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Big 12 Tournament
!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Rankings
Awards and honors
All-Americans
Melvin Ejim (1st Team) DeAndre Kane (2nd Team)
Academic All-American
Melvin Ejim
All-Conference Selections
Melvin Ejim (1st Team) DeAndre Kane (1st Team) Georges Niang (3rd Team)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Melvin Ejim Percy Gibson Alex-Javad Assadipour
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
DeAndre Kane
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
DeAndre Kane
References
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