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1994–95 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
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

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.

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, Iowa
November 20, 1994* 1:00 pm		Latvian National Team Exhibition	W 95-73		Hilton Coliseum (9,461) Ames, Iowa
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, Iowa
December 3, 1994* 12:35 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Wyoming	W 82-63	4-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
December 6, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Drake	W 94-69	5-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
December 10, 1994* 4:05 pm, Iowa Television Network		at Iowa	W 76-63	6-1	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
December 18, 1994* 1:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Western Carolina	W 99-66	7-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
December 22, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 25	North Florida	W 114-80	8-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
December 27, 1994* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 21	Chicago State	W 96-47	9-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
December 31, 1994* 6:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 21	San Diego	W 75-55	10-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
January 3, 1995* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	Loyola-New Orleans	W 74-44	11-1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
January 7, 1995 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	at Colorado	L 57-71	11-2 (0-1)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
January 9, 1995* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 23	Saint Louis	W 79-66	12-2 (0-1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
January 14, 1995 2:55 pm, Creative Sports/ESPN2	No. 23	No. 3 Kansas	W 69-65	13-2 (1-1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
January 18, 1995* 7:05 pm	No. 14	at Creighton	W 70-52	14-2 (1-1)	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
January 21, 1995 12:30 pm, Creative Sports	No. 14	at Kansas State	W 79-73	15-2 (2-1)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
January 25, 1995* 7:05 pm, UNI (KWWL)	No. 11	at Northern Iowa	W 81-62	16-2 (2-1)	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa
January 28, 1995 12:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 11	Kansas State	W 87-79	17-2 (3-1)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
January 30, 1995 8:35 pm, ESPN	No. 11	No. 18 Missouri	L 71-80	17-3 (3-2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
February 1, 1995 7:05 pm	No. 11	at No. 24 Oklahoma	L 78-79	17-4 (3-3)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
February 4, 1995 2:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 11	at No. 3 Kansas	L 71-91	17-5 (3-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
February 8, 1995 8:05 pm, Creative Sports	No. 19	at No. 13 Missouri	L 56-59	17-6 (3-5)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
February 11, 1995 12:50 pm, Creative Sports	No. 19	Nebraska	W 72-69 ^OT	18-6 (4-5)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
February 15, 1995 7:05 pm, Creative Sports	No. 21	No. 22 Oklahoma State	L 69-71	18-7 (4-6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
February 18, 1995 12:45 pm, Creative Sports	No. 21	Colorado	W 108-68	19-7 (5-6)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
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, Oklahoma
March 1, 1995 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 24	No. 16 Oklahoma	L 68-71	19-9 (5-8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
March 5, 1995 12:35 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 24	at Nebraska	W 79-77	20-9 (6-8)	Bob Devaney Center Lincoln, Nebraska
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, Missouri
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, Missouri
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, Missouri
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, Alabama
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, Alabama
*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

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

^ "Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Championship History : Sponsored by the Big Eight Conference (1908–1996)". Bigeightsports.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : North Carolina Bench Unseats Iowa State, 73-51". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ November 15, 1994 (Page 16 of 32). Des Moines, Iowa:, Nov 15, 1994 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
^ "Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Championship History : Sponsored by the Big Eight Conference (1908–1996)". Bigeightsports.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ Yardley, William (January 2, 2014). "Johnny Orr, Coach Who Turned Iowa State Into Contender, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ Nunez, Tammy. "Former UNO and New Orleans Hornets Coach Tim Floyd enjoyed the trip back to New Orleans". NOLA.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ "1994-95 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ "Who is Fred Hoiberg? A timeline of The Mayor's career". NBC Sports Chicago. June 2, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ "Jacobson An Academic All-American". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
^ "1995 NBA Draft | NBADraft.net". www.nbadraft.net. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[1] "Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Championship History : Sponsored by the Big Eight Conference (1908–1996)". Bigeightsports.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[2] "COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : North Carolina Bench Unseats Iowa State, 73-51". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[3] November 15, 1994 (Page 16 of 32). Des Moines, Iowa:, Nov 15, 1994 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[4] "Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Championship History : Sponsored by the Big Eight Conference (1908–1996)". Bigeightsports.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[5] Yardley, William (January 2, 2014). "Johnny Orr, Coach Who Turned Iowa State Into Contender, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[6] Nunez, Tammy. "Former UNO and New Orleans Hornets Coach Tim Floyd enjoyed the trip back to New Orleans". NOLA.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[7] "1994-95 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[8] "Who is Fred Hoiberg? A timeline of The Mayor's career". NBC Sports Chicago. June 2, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[9] "Jacobson An Academic All-American". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[10] "MBB Tradition (PDF)" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

[11] "1995 NBA Draft | NBADraft.net". www.nbadraft.net. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

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