Iowa State’s Big 12 season was decided Monday when its Big 12 schedule was released.

Iowa State men’s basketball will play its first conference game of the season at home against Kansas State, a team the Cyclones went 1-1 against last season. The game will be Dec. 15.

Some notable games include the second home game of conference play Jan. 2 against Baylor who was one of the top teams in the country last season, a Jan. 16 tilt in Lawrence, Kansas, against the Kansas Jayhawks who are a perennial contender in college basketball and a face-off with Texas Tech on Jan. 9 at home.

The last game of the season will be a home game against TCU on Feb. 27.

Iowa State was one of the bottom teams in the standings last season with a 12-20 overall record and a 5-13 conference record. The season ended before the tournaments were canceled for the coronavirus pandemic because Iowa State lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament against Oklahoma State — one of the last college basketball games played before the cancellations.

Head Coach Steve Prohm will look to improve upon that 2019-20 season and with the schedule out, he and the team can start preparations for the season.