By JOHN BOHNENKAMP

Iowa State will open Big 12 men’s basketball play with a New Year’s Eve game at home against Baylor.

The 18-game schedule starts against the Bears, followed by the Cyclones playing three of their next four games on the road, a stretch that includes a January 14 game at defending national champion Kansas.

The schedule:

Dec. 31 – Baylor, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU/Big 12 Now)
Jan. 4 – at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Jan. 7 – at TCU, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)
Jan. 10 – Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Big 12 Now)
Jan. 14 – at Kansas, 3 p.m. (Big 12 Now)
Jan. 17 – Texas , 7 p.m. (Big 12 Now)
Jan. 21 – at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. (Big 12 Now)
Jan. 24 – Kansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Jan. 30 – at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Feb. 4 – Kansas, 11 a.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Feb. 8 – at West Virginia, 6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Feb. 11 – Oklahoma State, 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Feb. 15 – TCU, 8 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Feb. 18 – at Kansas State, 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Feb. 21 – at Texas, 8 p.m. (Longhorn Network)
Feb. 25 – Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Feb. 27 – West Virginia, 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
March 4 – at Baylor, 11 a.m./1 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)

Photo: Iowa State’s Gabe Kalscheur (right) drives to the basket in a game against TCU last season. (Matthew Visinsky/Icon SportsWire)