College basketball · Team · 2019-20

Iowa St.

Big 12
12–20
Rated 90th of 353

Top-50 offense, 148th-ranked defense

Above average at both ends — 50th in adjusted offense and 148th in adjusted defense of 353 Division I teams in 2019-20.

+8.5Net rating88th of 353

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2019-20 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:50 AM ET

Ratings · 2019-20

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O109.350th of 353 · 4th of 10 in the Big 12
ADJ D100.8148th of 353 · 10th of 10 in the Big 12
TEMPO69.893rd of 353 · 1st of 10 in the Big 12
WIN PROB71.8%90th of 353 · 9th of 10 in the Big 12
WAB−5.6137th of 353 · 9th of 10 in the Big 12

The four factors

Their strongest factor is free throws allowed — 28.0, 66th of 353.

Effective field goal rateOffense 158th, defense 279th of 353
49.851.8
Turnover rateOffense 163rd, defense 69th of 353
18.720.6
Offensive rebound rateOffense 131st, defense 314th of 353
29.231.6
Free-throw rateOffense 281st, defense 66th of 353
28.528.0

Each bar is the team’s place among all 353 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2019-20

Who carries it

Prentiss Nixon plays the most — 72.9% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Combo G · 6-2 · 9.5 points a game in 32 games

72.9

20.0

89.4

−1.3

—

Combo G · 6-3 · 14.7 points a game in 30 games

72.9

25.6

100.4

+1.4

—

Scoring PG · 6-5 · 15.2 points a game in 22 games

62.8

21.5

120.1

+10.7

—

PF/C · 6-9 · 7.8 points a game in 32 games

61.6

17.9

104.3

+0.3

—

Combo G · 6-1 · 4.3 points a game in 31 games

52.2

12.8

88.6

−1.3

—

PF/C · 6-8 · 9.8 points a game in 32 games

52.0

22.1

112.7

+3.4

—

George Conditt IVC · 6-10 · 7.0 points a game in 32 games

40.6

23.7

103.6

+2.8

—

Wing G · 6-3 · Played 31% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

31.1

—

Stretch 4 · 6-6 · Played 25% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

25.1

—

Wing F · 6-6 · Played 24% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

24.4

—

Combo G · 6-4 · Played 8 of the 10 games a rating needs

0.9

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a highlighted name to open his college file; the others open once their records are linked.

Results · 2019-20

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Opened at No. 16, peaked at No. 2 and closed at No. 7 — ranked in all 34 regular-season games.
2024-25Opened at No. 5, peaked at No. 2 and closed at No. 12 — ranked in all 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Opened unranked, peaked at No. 6 and closed at No. 7 — ranked in 18 of 34 regular-season games.

The coach · 2019-20

How he wants to play

Steve Prohm

Head coach · year 5 at Iowa St. · 199–102 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2019-20 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2019-20 season.

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