The Cyclones play their home games at Hilton Coliseum on Iowa State's campus.

Iowa State has made it to and won the Big 12 tournament championship game more times than any team except Oklahoma.

[2] In 1973, Coach Gloria Crosby led the Iowa State Women's Basketball team through their first season as a Division I program.

The team, at that point known as the "Cagers", played their first game on January 12, 1974, losing to Northern Iowa by 73–38.

Crosby and the Iowa State Women's Basketball team got their first win a week later over Wartburg, 51–38.

She coached Iowa State to the program’s first official Big Eight conference win, an 80–76 decision over Oklahoma in Ames on November 27, 1982.

[7] In 1995 (one year before inception of the Big 12), Iowa State hired former University of Toledo head women's basketball coach, Bill Fennelly.

Fennelly came to Iowa State after building a successful program at Toledo (.758 overall winning percentage, three NCAA and three WNIT appearances).

In nineteen seasons at Iowa State (1995–2014), Fennelly has continued that success, compiling a record of 410–184 overall and 177–118 in conference play.

Iowa State defeated its first #1 ranked team (Texas Tech, ESPN poll) and advanced to its first post-season Final Four in the WNIT (both 2004).

The Cyclones’ yearly attendance average has grown from 733 fans per game the season before Coach Fennelly came to ISU to over 10,000 per contest in 2011–2012.