The 2018–19 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Steve Prohm, who was in his fourth 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 23–12, finishing in 5th place. In the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Baylor, Kansas State and Kansas to win the Big 12 championship. They received an automatic bid as a 6th seed in the NCAA tournament where they were upset by 11th seed Ohio State in the first round.
Previous season The Cyclones finished the 2017–18 season 13–18, 4–14 in Big 12 play, to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Texas.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Donovan Jackson 4 G 6'2" 175 Senior Milwaukee Graduated Jakolby Long 13 G 6'5" 207 Sophomore Mustang, Oklahoma Transferred to Southern Utah Hans Brase 30 F 6'9" 235 RS senior Clover, South Carolina Graduated; signed with Mitteldeutscher BC Jeff Beverly 55 F 6'6" 250 RS senior League City, Texas Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Prentiss Nixon 13 G 6'1" 180 Senior Bolingbrook, Illinois Colorado State
2018 recruiting class
Future recruits
2019–20 team recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 tournament
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Awards and honors
Big 12 Player of the Week
Marial Shayok (January 7)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
Talen Horton-Tucker (November 19) Tyrese Haliburton (December 10) Tyrese Haliburton (January 7) Marial Shayok (January 21) Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year
Lindell Wigginton
Rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.
See also 2018–19 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team
References