The 2024–25 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were led by T. J. Otzelberger in his fourth season as head coach. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference. On January 13, the Cyclones reached #2 in the AP Poll, which was the highest ranking in program history.

The Iowa State Cyclones drew an average home attendance of 14,062, the 17th-highest of all college basketball teams.https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

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 conference's 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, 72–69.

Offseason

Departures Offseason DeparturesTre KingFExhausted eligibility.Hason WardFExhausted eligibility.Robert JonesFExhausted eligibility.

Incoming transfers Incoming transfersBrandton ChatfieldFOrofino, IdahoSeattle1Nate HeiseGLake City, MinnesotaNorthern Iowa1Dishon JacksonCOakland, CaliforniaCharlotte2Joshua JeffersonFLas Vegas, NevadaSaint Mary's2

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.Utah30Reference: (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team First Team Player SchoolCaleb LoveArizonaLJ CryerHoustonJ’Wan RobertsTamin LipseyIowa StateHunter Dickinson†Kansas† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Second Team Player SchoolNorchad OmierBaylorJeremy RoachKeshon GilbertIowa StateDajuan Harris Jr.KansasColeman HawkinsKansas State† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References