1994–95 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

The 1994–95 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Tim Floyd, who was in his 1st season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

1994–95 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1995 NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 24
Record	23-11 (6-8 Big Eight)
Head coach	Tim Floyd (1st season)
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3		.786			25	–	6		.806
No. 14 Oklahoma State †	10	–	4		.714			27	–	10		.730
No. 17 Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			23	–	9		.719
No. 23 Missouri	8	–	6		.571			20	–	9		.690
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			23	–	11		.676
Colorado	5	–	9		.357			15	–	13		.536
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			18	–	14		.563
Kansas State	3	–	11		.214			12	–	15		.444
† 1995 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 4, 1995 Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 23–11, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. Their 23 wins were a school record at the time. They defeated #17 Missouri and #2 Kansas but lost to #19 Oklahoma State in the 1995 Big Eight conference tournament championship.^[1] They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and a #7 seed. In the tournament they defeated Florida and lost to North Carolina in the second round who would advance onto the Final Four.^[2]

Games were televised by ESPN, Big 8 (Creative Sports), the Cyclone Television Network, the Hawkeye Television Network and the UNI Television Network (KWWL).^[3]

Previous season

The previous season the Cyclones finished the season 14–13, 4–10 in Big Eight play to finish in 7th place. They defeated #23 Oklahoma State in the 1994 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals.^[4]

Following the 1993–94 season, head coach Johnny Orr retired after 14 seasons at Iowa State.^[5] The Cyclones then hired University of New Orleans head coach, Tim Floyd. Floyd had gone 127–58 over six season with the Privateers including two NCAA tournament appearances. He is one of only four Division I coaches who have won four conference championships in the first five years at their school.^[6]

Roster

Roster

Name	Position	Class
Fred Hoiberg	Guard	Senior
Loren Meyer	Center	Senior
Julius Michalik	Forward	Senior
Hurl Beechum	Forward	Senior
Derrick Hayes	Guard	Sophomore
James Hamilton	Forward	Senior
Saun Jackson	Forward	Senior
Jacy Holloway	Guard	Sophomore
Joe Modderman	Forward	Sophomore
David Hickman	Junior	Forward
Joe Hebert	Guard	Junior
Ha-Keem Abdel-Kahliq	Guard	Sophomore
Klay Edwards	Forward	Freshman
Sol Harris	Guard	Freshman
Reference:^[7]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 15, 1994* 7:00 pm		Marathon Oil Exhibition	L 85-95		Hilton Coliseum (11,765) Ames, IA
November 20, 1994* 1:00 pm		Latvian National Team Exhibition	W 95-73		Hilton Coliseum (9,461) Ames, IA
Regular Season
November 25, 1994* 6:15 pm CT		vs. Illinois State Big Island Invitational Tournament	W 88-71	1-0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium  Hilo, HA
November 26, 1994* 11:45 pm CT		vs. Virginia Commonwealth Big Island Invitational Tournament	W 66-59	2-0	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium  Hilo, HA
November 27, 1994* 4:00 pm		vs. Purdue Big Island Invitational Tournament	L 87-88 ^OT	2-1	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium  Hilo, HA
November 30, 1994* 7:05 pm		Florida Tech	W 97-65	3-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 3, 1994* 12:35 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Wyoming	W 82-63	4-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 6, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Drake	W 94-69	5-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 10, 1994* 4:05 pm, Iowa Television Network		at Iowa	W 76-63	6-1	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
December 18, 1994* 1:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Western Carolina	W 99-66	7-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 22, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 25	North Florida	W 114-80	8-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 27, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 21	Chicago State	W 96-47	9-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
December 31, 1994* 6:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 21	San Diego	W 75-55	10-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 3, 1995* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	Loyola-New Orleans	W 74-44	11-1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 7, 1995 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	at Colorado	L 57-71	11-2 (0-1)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, CO
January 9, 1995* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 23	Saint Louis	W 79-66	12-2 (0-1)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 14, 1995 2:55 pm, Creative Sports/ESPN2	No. 23	No. 3 Kansas	W 69-65	13-2 (1-1)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 18, 1995* 7:05 pm	No. 14	at Creighton	W 70-52	14-2 (1-1)	Omaha Civic Auditorium  Omaha, NE
January 21, 1995 12:30 pm, Creative Sports	No. 14	at Kansas State	W 79-73	15-2 (2-1)	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
January 25, 1995* 7:05 pm, UNI (KWWL)	No. 11	at Northern Iowa	W 81-62	16-2 (2-1)	UNI-Dome  Cedar Falls, IA
January 28, 1995 12:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 11	Kansas State	W 87-79	17-2 (3-1)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 30, 1995 8:35 pm, ESPN	No. 11	No. 18 Missouri	L 71-80	17-3 (3-2)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 1, 1995 7:05 pm	No. 11	at No. 24 Oklahoma	L 78-79	17-4 (3-3)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
February 4, 1995 2:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 11	at No. 3 Kansas	L 71-91	17-5 (3-4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 8, 1995 8:05 pm, Creative Sports	No. 19	at No. 13 Missouri	L 56-59	17-6 (3-5)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 11, 1995 12:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 19	Nebraska	W 72-69 ^OT	18-6 (4-5)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 15, 1995 7:05 pm, Creative Sports	No. 21	No. 22 Oklahoma State	L 69-71	18-7 (4-6)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 18, 1995 12:45 pm, Creative Sports	No. 21	Colorado	W 108-68	19-7 (5-6)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 27, 1995 8:35 pm, ESPN	No. 24	at No. 18 Oklahoma State	L 47-77	19-8 (5-7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
March 1, 1995 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 24	No. 16 Oklahoma	L 68-71	19-9 (5-8)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
March 5, 1995 12:35 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 24	at Nebraska	W 79-77	20-9 (6-8)	Bob Devaney Center  Lincoln, NE
Big Eight tournament
March 10, 1995 2:20 pm, Creative Sports/ESPN2		vs. No. 17 Missouri Quarterfinals	W 68-50	21-9 (6-8)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 11, 1995 1:05 pm, Creative Sports/ESPN2		vs. No. 2 Kansas Semifinals	W 80-72 ^OT	22-9 (6-8)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 12, 1995 12:05 pm, Creative Sports/ESPN		vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State Championship	L 53-62	22-10 (6-8)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 17, 1995 11:15 am, CBS	(#7) No. 24	vs. (#10) Florida First Round	W 64-61	23-10 (6-8)	BJCC  Birmingham, AL
March 19, 1995 1:45 pm, CBS	(#7)	vs. (#2) No. 4 North Carolina Second Round	L 51-73	23-11 (6-8)	BJCC (8,740) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Awards and honors

All-Americans^[8] Fred Hoiberg (HM) Academic All-Americans^[9] Fred Hoiberg (First Team) All-Big Eight Selections^[10] Fred Hoiberg (First Team) Loren Meyer (HM) Julius Michalik (HM)

All-Big Eight tournament Team Hurl Beechum Loren Meyer Ralph A. Olsen Award Fred Hoiberg

NBA draft

Main article: 1995 NBA draft

NBA Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Team
1	24	24	Loren Meyer	Dallas Mavericks
2	23	52	Fred Hoiberg	Indiana Pacers
Reference:^[11]

References

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