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Iowa State

Season: 2026 2025 2024
Also known as: Iowa State Cyclones, Iowa State
Program History
Coach: T.J. Otzelberger

2026 Team Stats (69 games)

81.9
PPG
65.9
Opp
+14.3
Margin
48.2%
FG%
37.1%
3P%
70.3%
FT%
36.6
RPG
18.6
APG
11.3
TO
81.3
Pace
86.5
AdjO
61.0
AdjD
#5
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo 1282 (#21) -
Bradley-Terry 1306 (#18) -
Bradley-Terry Recency 1099 (#53) -
Margin +25.6 (#5) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency +37.2 (#7) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean 0.928 (#4) -
Efficiency 0.992 (#8) NetEff +45.9
Adjusted Efficiency 0.980 (#7) AdjO 116.8 | AdjD 83.2
Log Adjusted 0.981 (#7) AdjO 117.1 | AdjD 83.1
Points Off/Def 0.911 (#5) AdjO 86.5 | AdjD 61.0
Points Off/Def Recency 0.831 (#7) AdjO 79.7 | AdjD 62.2
Core Ensemble 0.965 (#10) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def
Recency Ensemble 0.952 (#10) Blend of elo, bradley_terry_recency, margin_recency, pythagorean_log_adjusted, points_off_def_recency
KenPom Kitchen Sink 0.970 (#38) -
Dynamic BT 1343 (#16) HCA +45.0

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs FDU W 88 - 50
2025-11-06 vs Grambling W 102 - 62
2025-11-10 vs Mississippi St. W 96 - 80
2025-11-17 vs Stonehill W 96 - 57
2025-12-11 vs Iowa W 66 - 62
2025-12-21 vs Long Beach St. W 91 - 60
2025-12-29 vs Houston Christian W 89 - 61
2026-01-02 vs West Virginia W 80 - 59
2026-01-07 @ Baylor W 70 - 60
2026-01-10 vs Oklahoma St. W 83 - 71
2026-01-13 @ Kansas L 63 - 84
2026-01-17 @ Cincinnati L 70 - 79
2026-01-20 vs UCF W 87 - 57
2026-01-24 @ Oklahoma St. W 84 - 71
2026-01-29 vs Colorado W 97 - 67
2026-02-01 @ Kansas St. W 95 - 61
2026-02-07 vs Baylor W 72 - 69
2026-02-10 @ TCU L 55 - 62
2026-02-14 vs Kansas W 74 - 56
2026-02-16 vs Houston W 70 - 67
2026-02-21 @ BYU L 69 - 79
2026-02-24 @ Utah W 75 - 59
2026-02-28 vs Texas Tech L 73 - 82
2026-03-02 @ Arizona L 57 - 73
2026-03-07 vs Arizona St. W 86 - 65
2026-03-11 vs Arizona St. W 91 - 42
2026-03-12 @ Texas Tech W 75 - 53
2026-03-13 @ Arizona L 80 - 82
2026-03-20 vs Tennessee St. W 108 - 74
2026-03-22 vs Kentucky W 82 - 63
2026-03-27 vs Tennessee L 62 - 76

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Joshua Jefferson F 26 33.6 17.7 8.0 4.7 1.8 0.8 2.7 12.2 18.0 - - - 45.6 33.7 71.8 - 57.0 50.3
Milan Momcilovic F 28 32.4 17.4 3.3 1.2 0.8 0.3 1.0 11.5 10.5 - - - 50.8 48.0 90.2 - 70.0 67.3
Tamin Lipsey G 28 33.4 14.9 4.4 5.2 2.6 0.0 1.6 12.0 13.6 - - - 46.6 28.8 65.8 - 54.3 51.3
Killyan Toure G 28 27.1 8.4 3.7 2.4 1.6 0.2 1.8 7.4 7.1 - - - 43.5 26.5 67.3 - 50.8 47.8
Blake Buchanan F 28 25.9 8.1 6.1 1.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 5.7 11.2 - - - 61.9 0.0 47.6 - 60.7 61.9
Jamarion Batemon G 28 16.0 6.8 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.6 5.9 2.5 - - - 38.0 35.9 79.3 - 53.4 50.6
Nate Heise G 28 26.7 6.0 4.2 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.5 5.2 7.2 - - - 42.8 30.4 62.5 - 52.8 51.0
Dominykas Pleta F 27 11.2 4.3 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.4 4.3 - - - 70.3 0 55.3 - 68.5 70.3
Dominick Nelson G 17 9.3 3.5 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 3.1 1.9 - - - 36.5 0.0 56.4 - 43.4 36.5
Eric Mulder F 15 4.2 0.9 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 2.5 - - - 44.4 100.0 83.3 - 60.1 50.0
Xzavion Mitchell F 7 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 - - - 25.0 50.0 0 - 37.5 37.5
Cade Kelderman G 15 3.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 - - - 50.0 50.0 50.0 - 72.7 75.0
Anthony Rise G 8 1.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 - - - 33.3 0 0 - 33.3 33.3

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG