Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part story focusing on Steve Prohm’s first season at Iowa State. Part II, which will run in Friday’s paper, focuses on Prohm’s transition into his second season.
Steve Prohm’s first season as the Iowa State men’s basketball coach is in the rear-view mirror. The Cyclones finished 23-12, sixth in the Big 12 Conference and earned a Sweet Sixteen berth. How to judge the season, however, isn’t as simple as looking at those final numbers framed through the lens of the highest expectations in program history.
For Prohm, though, the evaluation of his first year following former coach Fred Hoiberg is pretty simple.