When Iowa State head basketball coach Steve Prohm was at Murray State, he helped orchestrate an annual reunion for former players and coaches to return to their former home and relive the glory days.

This weekend, Prohm and the Iowa State men’s basketball program are holding a similar event for former Cyclones.

The event, which features players from nine decades of Cyclone basketball, began Friday and will go through the weekend.

Prohm said there are “around 90” former Cyclones in attendance this year. That list, Prohm said, features seven of the top 15 scorers in school history, including former head coach Fred Hoiberg and former Indiana Pacer Georges Niang.

“My goal was for the first year, if we get to 100 that would be awesome,” Prohm said. “But to be at 90 I’m extremely, extremely happy. I just want these guys to have a great weekend.”

The group of 90 players ranges from Bill Block of the 1944 Final Four team all the way to Monte Morris from the class of 2017.

“We have a player represented from the last nine decades,” Prohm said. “All 19 NCAA Tournament appearances are here and represented tonight.”

The list of all-time great Cyclones at the event is a long one. Morris, the all-time assists and steals leader at Iowa State, is there. Niang, the second-leading scorer in Iowa State history, is also in attendance. Then there’s Curtis Stinson, Paul Shirley, Kantrail Horton, Stevie Johnson, Fred Hoiberg and Jacy Holloway.

The list goes on and on, all the way back to the likes of Gary Thompson and Bill Block.

Some former players, like Stinson, have stayed close to Ames after their playing days. Stinson played for the Iowa Energy in Des Moines and is still around the community to this day.

“Iowa State is my home,” Stinson said. “I’m always part of this family. I love what coach Prohm is doing, bringing all the guys back.”

Then there are the players who try to come back on occasion. Jacy Holloway is currently teaching high school and coaching basketball in Kansas, but he said he still tries to make it to Ames once a year for a game. He attended the TCU game last February when Iowa State won, 92-83.

“I try to come back every season,” Holloway said. “But sometimes I miss a year here and there.”

Holloway said the reunion is something he hoped Iowa State would have done when he was still in Ames, but he understands it can be difficult to get people from all over the world back to Ames.

That’s the case for some players like Stevie Johnson. Johnson, who lives in California, has only been back to Ames a handful of times since graduating.

“I think this is perfect,” Johnson said. “To be able to come back and see guys I haven’t seen since 1996, it’s awesome.

“We’re proud of our school, we’re proud of Iowa State. I’m in California now so when I see someone with an Iowa State shirt I go crazy.”

While a lot has changed since some of these former players were at Iowa State, they all said the same thing: Iowa State will always be home.

“This is like a second home for me,” Johnson said. “I love Iowa State. Everything has changed, it’s great. I’m excited to be back.”