IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 has announced the conference scheduling format for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season. The 2024-25 season marks the Big 12’s first with 16 member institutions and the first going to a 20 game schedule.
Opponents were selected based on a combination of geography, historical results and a poll of the coaches to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. A full Big 12 schedule will be released at a later date.
Iowa State will host three of the four newcomers to the league in Arizona, Colorado and Utah, while the Cyclones will only face Arizona State on the road. Arizona, UCF, Colorado, Kansas and Kansas State are all home-and-away opponents for the Cyclones this year. Iowa State will only face Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, TCU and Utah at Hilton Coliseum, while they will only travel to Arizona State, Houston, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia.
