Lipsey Named to All-Big 12 Preseason Team, ISU Picked Fourth

IRVING, Texas - The Iowa State men's basketball team was picked for fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll. Senior Tamin Lipsey was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team.

A 2024 AP Honorable Mention All-American, Lipsey is a three-time All-Big 12 selection. Off the court, he is a three-time CSC Academic All-American and the 2026 CSC Academic All-American of the Year. He was also named to the Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team last year.

Lipsey, a three-time Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection, averaged 13.5 points, 5.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game last season. He was the only Power Conference player in the country to average those numbers since 2022 and the first Cyclone to do so since Tyrese Haliburton in 2019-20. His 3.33 assist-to-turnover ratio was the seventh-best in school history, while his 2.3 steals per game were eighth in school history. He ranks fourth in school history with 77 steals last season, while his six games with five-plus steals were the most in school history.

The Ames native is the Iowa State career leader in steals with 313, while he ranks fourth in assists with 602. His 137 career starts are the most in program history, while his 98 career wins are the second-most in program history. Lipsey has averaged 11.0 points, 4.4 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game over his 137 games as a Cyclone. He's tallied 1,507 points, 602 assists, 518 rebounds and 314 steals, the first player in Big 12 history to tally those numbers and just the fourth in the NCAA since 1986-87.

2026-27 Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

1. Arizona (12) – 220 points
2. Houston (4) – 214 points
3. Kansas – 186 points
4. Iowa State – 181 points
5. Texas Tech – 180 points
6. BYU – 148 points
7. TCU – 137 points
T8. Cincinnati – 116 points
T8. West Virginia – 116 points
10. Baylor – 102 points
11. Oklahoma State – 98 points
12. Arizona State – 75 points
13. UCF – 55 points
T14. Colorado – 34 points
T14. Kansas State – 34 points
16. Utah – 24 points

2026-27 Monster Energy Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Honors

Preseason Player of the Year: Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Tyran Stokes, Kansas

2026-27 Monster Energy All-Big 12 Preseason Team

Ivan Kharchenkov, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Paulius Murauskas, Arizona State
Robert Wright III, BYU*
Dedan Thomas Jr., Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Tyran Stokes, Kansas
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*

Players are sorted alphabetically by school
*Indicates unanimous selection

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