2019–20 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team explained

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]

Previous season

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.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
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

2020 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March Madness cancellation inevitable, unavoidable: 'Bigger than basketball'. Solari. Chris. Detroit Free Press. en. 2020-04-08.
  2. Web site: Big Ten Unveils Men’s Basketball Postseason Honors on BTN. https://web.archive.org/web/20200309231733/https://bigten.org/news/2020/3/9/big-ten-unveils-mens-basketball-postseason-honors-on-btn.aspx. dead. March 9, 2020. Big Ten Conference. en. 2020-04-08.
  3. Web site: Garza Is Consensus All-American. Maven. en. 2020-04-08.