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Iowa State basketball’s Lipsey, Otzelberger net USA TODAY Sports preseason Big 12 awards
Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger on where his team is this preseason
Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger on where his team is this preseason
A panel of writers who cover the Big 12 Conference for the USA TODAY Sports Network released its individual preseason awards for the upcoming 2024-25 men’s college basketball season.
Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger and point guard Tamin Lipsey were recognized. Former Waukee High School and Drake University star Tucker DeVries also earned preseason Big 12 accolades.
Otzelberger was named Preseason Big 12 Coach of the Year. Otzelberger guided the Cyclones to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. They reached the Sweet 16 for the second time during his time as head coach. Iowa State finished 29-8 last season and won a Big 12 tournament championship.
Lipsey was voted Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the Preseason All-Big 12 First Team. Lipsey averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.7 steals per game last season.
His 2.7 steals per game were tied for the fourth-most in Division I basketball. The 6-foot-1 Ames native was also named first-team All-Big 12 and landed a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team last season.
Expectations are high for DeVries to make an immediate impact at West Virginia. The two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and three-time all-conference selection elected to transfer from Drake and follow his father, the Mountaineers’ newly-minted head coach Darian DeVries, to West Virginia.
The 6-foot-7 DeVries averaged 21.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He also shot 44.4% on the floor and 36.3% from long range.
He was named Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and earned a spot on the Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team.
Here are the preseason All-Big 12 teams and individual awards as chosen by the USA TODAY Sports Network’s Big 12 coverage team:
First team
G — L.J. Cryer, Houston
G — Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
G — Caleb Love, Arizona
F — J’Wan Roberts, Houston
C — Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Second team
G — Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas
G — Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
G — Jeremy Roach, Baylor
F — Tucker DeVries, West Virginia
F — Norchad Omier, Baylor
Preseason Coach of the Year
T.J. Otzelberger, Iowa State
Preseason Player of the Year
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Preseason Newcomer of the Year
Tucker DeVries, West Virginia
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
The USA TODAY Sports Network’s panel of Big 12 men’s basketball voters includes Arne Green of the Topeka Capital-Journal, Travis Hines of the Des Moines Register, Jacob Unruh of The Oklahoman, Michelle Gardner of the Arizona Republic, Nathan Giese of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Scott Springer of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Jordan Guskey of the Topeka Capital-Journal and Christopher Boyle of the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Eugene Rapay covers Iowa State athletics for the Des Moines Register. Contact Eugene at erapay@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @erapay5.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two suspects in the incident at the Lyon County, Iowa, courthouse were arrested in Spearfish, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post earlier Saturday.
The sheriff’s office identified two suspects as Brandon Lyle High Pipe, 39, and Luciano Eliseo Sanchez, 18, in a social media post on Thursday. Nationwide warrants were issued for the two suspects.
The sheriff’s office said on Tuesday the courthouse had burglarized overnight. The damage inside includes writing on walls, broken glass, tipped-over Christmas trees and other items tossed around.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Grace Fincham led the West High girls to a second-half comeback in a 60-51 win over City High, giving the Trojans a win on their rival’s home floor.
The Trojans improve to 6-2 with the win. The Little Hawks drop to 6-2.
In the boys’ nightcap, the Little Hawks’ comeback attempt fell short, as the Trojans held on for a 53-51 win.
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The loss of LeVar Woods, the Iowa Hawkeyes’ long-time, elite special teams coordinator, cannot be dismissed. The Hawkeyes have consistently been among the nation’s best special teams units, from punting to kicking to owning the return and field position battle.
With LeVar Woods departing Iowa for Big Ten foe, the Michigan State Spartans, the Hawkeyes have a big hole to fill, and head coach Kirk Ferentz spoke to the media this week on what that succession plan may look like.
“Yeah, it’s not a light decision. The trick will be to find the next LeVar Woods. He’s done a fantastic job. He didn’t have the profile necessarily maybe at that point to predict what he was going to do, but he’s done all the work. It’s like a good player; players do the work. LeVar has done a great job immersing himself and learning every aspect and then growing with each and every turn. So I guess I’m describing what we’re looking for, a guy who’s a good coach, who’s eager to take a challenge on, and immerse themselves in that world.
“Special teams is a unique niche, if you will. I’m sure we’ll have good candidates. It’s not pressing right now in my mind. What is pressing is the next two weeks getting ready for the game, and then after that we’ll have eight plus weeks or eight plus months actually to get it right. I don’t plan on waiting until August to fill it, but we’ll figure that out when we get in the new year,” Ferentz said about LeVar Woods.
The past few seasons, Iowa has been elite on special teams with kicker Drew Stevens being incredibly consistent, the punting game flipping fields, and the run of returners consisting of Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Charlie Jones, Cooper DeJean, and Kaden Wetjen.
The Hawkeyes have won more than their fair share of games relying on this unit, and to continue that success, Ferentz needs to hit on this hire.
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