For the past four years, Iowa State basketball fans were blessed to watch the most successful stretch in school history.

Monte Morris and Matt Thomas left Iowa State as the winningest duo in school history, winning a total of 98 games together. At least one of those two have started all but four games since 2013-14, along with starting 62 games together over the past two years.

Now that Morris, Thomas, and Naz Mitrou-Long are gone, it’s time for Iowa State to find new faces for the program.

The Prized Recruit

Following in the footsteps of former Cyclones Naz Mitrou-Long and Melvin Ejim, incoming guard Lindell Wigginton hails from Canada.

Wigginton, who played prep ball at Oak Hill in Virginia, was one of the highest-rated prospects in the 2017 class. A 5-star recruit according to Rivals and one of the top 50 prospects by virtually every recruiting service, Wigginton is the highest-rated Iowa State signee since Craig Brackins.

Recruiting services can’t agree on his position. At 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, Wigginton has a point guard’s body. But something — probably his athleticism and scoring ability — has people thinking Wigginton should play shooting guard.

Wigginton will likely have an opportunity to start on day one for Iowa State. Only 20 Iowa State freshmen have ever been in the starting lineup for their first college game.

The last two Cyclones to start on day one? Matt Thomas in 2013 and Melvin Ejim in 2010. If Wigginton’s career goes anything like the careers of Thomas and Ejim, Iowa State is in good shape.

The Hidden Gem

Terrence Lewis, the No. 59 recruit according to ESPN in the class of 2017, has also signed on to play at Iowa State.

Normally such a highly-rated player would be the star of the recruiting class. But thanks to Wigginton, Lewis may stay in the shadows a bit more to start his college career, and that may not be a bad thing.

Lewis is listed at 6-foot-6 and 195 pounds, but has said in the past he would like to weigh in around 210 by the time his college career starts.

Fans of the Wayne Morgan era at Iowa State may watch Lewis and have flashbacks to Rahshon Clark, who played from 2004-08. Clark built his college career around his length, athleticism and versatility; Lewis happens to share those same traits.

The Veterans

Iowa State picked up a few transfers as well.

Graduate transfers Jeff Beverly of Texas-San Antonio and Princeton’s Hans Brase both announced their intentions to sign with Iowa State.

Beverly, who stands 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, will provide immediate size and experience for a depleted Cyclone frontcourt. He started every game for UTSA last year and led the team with 15.8 points per game.

Brase, who has dealt with season-ending injuries each of the past two seasons for Princeton, averaged 11.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in his last healthy season (2014-15). At 6-foot-9, Brase would add much-needed depth and size, assuming he can stay healthy.

Remember Iowa State’s loss to Virginia in the 2016 Sweet Sixteen? One of Virginia’s key contributors that day was Marial Shayok, who played 22 minutes, scored five points and grabbed five rebounds for the Cavaliers.

After an up-and-down junior campaign with Virginia, Shayok announced he would transfer to another school for his final college season. He chose Iowa State and will be eligible to play beginning in 2018.

Nebraska transfer Michael Jacobson made a similar decision. The Waukee, Iowa native decided to transfer closer to home and will be eligible starting in 2018 alongside Shayok.