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The most anticipated Iowa State men’s basketball season in nearly a decade now has its official non-conference schedule.
The Cyclones, expected to be a preseason top-10 team after last year’s Sweet 16 run, will host seven non-conference games, play in one road game and participate in one of the country’s most prestigious non-conference tournaments as part of the schedule released by the school Wednesday.
The 2024-25 campaign will open Nov. 4 at Hilton Coliseum against Mississippi Valley State. The highest-profile home non-conference game comes Dec. 4 when Marquette comes to Ames as part of the Big 12/Big East battle.
Iowa State’s lone road game before Big 12 play comes Dec. 12 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Iowa in the annual Cy-Hawk game.
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The Cyclones also will play three games in Hawaii over Thanksgiving week in the Maui Invitational. Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and two-time defending national champion UConn make up the rest of the field.
Tip times and television information will be released at a later date.
The Cyclones are coming off a 29-8 campaign that included a Big 12 Tournament championship and the second Sweet 16 in three years under coach T.J. Otzelberger. They return the bulk of that roster, including All-American candidate Tamin Lipsey and potential first-round NBA draft pick Milan Momcilovic.
The 2024-25 Big 12 schedule will be released later this summer.
2024-25 Iowa State men’s basketball non-conference schedule
- Nov. 4 vs. Mississippi Valley State
- Nov. 11 vs. Kansas City
- Nov. 18 vs. UI Indianapolis
- Nov. 25-27 at Maui Invitational
- Dec. 4 vs. Marquette
- Dec. 8 vs. Jackson State
- Dec. 12 at Iowa
- Dec. 15 vs. Omaha
- Dec. 22 vs. Morgan State
Travis Hines covers Iowa State University sports for the Des Moines Register and Ames Tribune. Contact him at thines@amestrib.com or (515) 284-8000. Follow him on X at @TravisHines21.