▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁season . ▁The ▁Cy cl ones ▁were ▁co ached ▁by ▁Tim ▁F loyd , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁ 4 th ▁season . ▁They ▁played ▁their ▁home ▁games ▁at ▁Hil ton ▁Col ise um ▁in ▁Am es , ▁Iowa ▁and ▁competed ▁in ▁the ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁Conference . ▁ ▁They ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁ 1 2 - 1 8 , ▁ 5 - 1 1 ▁in ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁play ▁to ▁finish ▁in ▁ 1 1 th ▁place . ▁They ▁lost ▁to ▁Missouri ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁Conference ▁Tournament . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁head ▁coach ▁Tim ▁F loyd ▁accepted ▁the ▁same ▁position ▁with ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Bull s ▁of ▁the ▁NBA . ▁ ▁Pre vious ▁season ▁ ▁The ▁previous ▁season ▁was ▁the ▁Cy cl ones ▁first ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁Conference . ▁The ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁conference ▁was ▁formed ▁by ▁the ▁eight ▁teams ▁of ▁the ▁recently ▁dissol ved ▁Big ▁E ight ▁Conference ▁and ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁Bay lor , ▁Texas , ▁Texas ▁A & M , ▁and ▁Texas ▁Te ch , ▁all ▁formally ▁of ▁the ▁South west ▁Conference ▁which ▁had ▁dissol ved ▁following ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 – 1 9 9 6 ▁school ▁year ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁The ▁Cy cl ones ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁ 2 2 - 9 , ▁ 1 0 - 6 ▁in ▁Big ▁ 1 2 ▁play ▁to ▁finish ▁tied ▁for ▁third ▁place . ▁They