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Tamin Lipsey Returns to Iowa State Men’s Basketball Roster
09.28.2026 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa – He's Back.
One of the best Cyclones of all-time, Tamin Lipsey has been added to the 2026-27 Iowa State Men's Basketball roster. Lipsey was granted a temporary restraining order in the Daley vs. NCAA case by the Monroe County Circuit Court in Indiana, allowing for an extra year for Lipsey.
Lipsey went undrafted in the 2026 NBA Draft, but played in the NBA Summer League with the Indiana Pacers. He appeared in two NBA Summer League games, starting both games for the Pacers before suffering an injury.
A 2024 AP Honorable Mention All-American, Lipsey was a three-time All-Big 12 selection. Off the court, he was a three-time CSC Academic All-American and the 2026 CSC Academic All-American of the Year. He was also named to the Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team.
Lipsey, a three-time Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection, averaged 13.5 points, 5.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game last season. He was the only Power Conference player in the country to average those numbers since 2022 and the first Cyclone to do so since Tyrese Haliburton in 2019-20. His 3.33 assist-to-turnover ratio was the seventh-best in school history, while his 2.3 steals per game were eighth in school history. He ranks fourth in school history with 77 steals last season, while his six games with five-plus steals were the most in school history.
The Ames native is the Iowa State career leader in steals with 313, while he ranks fourth in assists with 602. His 137 career starts are the most in program history, while his 98 career wins are the second-most in program history. Lipsey averaged 11.0 points, 4.4 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game over his 137 games as a Cyclone. He finished his career with 1,507 points, 602 assists, 518 rebounds and 314 steals, becoming the first player in Big 12 history to tally those numbers and just the fourth in the NCAA since 1986-87.
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