Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Iowa Hawkeyes |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Coachrank: | 25 |
Aprank: | 25 |
Record: | 20–11 |
Conf Record: | 11–9 |
Head Coach: | Fran McCaffery |
Hc Year: | 10th |
Asst Coach1: | Sherman Dillard |
Asst Coach2: | Kirk Speraw |
Asst Coach3: | Billy Taylor |
Stadium: | Carver–Hawkeye Arena |
The 2019–20 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 10th-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in four-way tie for fifth place. Their season ended when postseason tournaments including the Big Ten tournament and the NCAA tournament were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]
Forward Luka Garza was named Big Ten Player of the Year[2] and was a consensus All-American.[3]
The Hawkeyes finished the 2018–19 season 23–12, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the South region. There they defeated No. 7-seeded Cincinnati in the first round before losing to No. 2-seeded Tennessee in the second round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Maishe Dailey | 1 | G | 6'7" | 200 | Transferred to Akron | |||
4 | G | 6'5" | 208 | Graduate transferred to Kansas | ||||
25 | F | 6'9" | 253 | Play professionally | ||||
Nicholas Baer | 51 | F | 6'7" | 218 | Graduated |
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See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.