| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 19–14 |
| Conf Record: | 11–9 |
| Head Coach: | Fran McCaffery |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Asst Coach1: | Sherman Dillard |
| Asst Coach2: | Matt Gatens |
| Asst Coach3: | Courtney Eldridge |
| Stadium: | Carver–Hawkeye Arena |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played its home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to No. 13-seeded Ohio State in the second round. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest region where the lost to Auburn in the First Round.
Junior forward Kris Murray earned First-team All-Big Ten honors and Third-team AP, Sporting News and USBWA All-America honors while averaging 20.2 points per game. It marked the fourth consecutive season that an Iowa player was named a consensus All-American, following twin brother Keegan Murray in 2022 and Luka Garza in 2021 and 2020.[1]
The Hawkeyes finished the 2021–22 season 26–10, 12–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. The 26 wins were the most wins in a season for Iowa since the Elite Eight team in 1987 earned 30 wins. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Northwestern, Rutgers, Indiana, and Purdue to win the tournament championship. As a result, the Hawkeyes received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region. The Hawkeyes were upset by No. 12-seeded Richmond in the First Round.[2]
Sophomore forward Keegan Murray earned consensus First-team All-American honors, and established a new school record for points in a season. It was the third consecutive season that an Iowa player was selected a consensus First-team All-American (Luka Garza, 2019–20 and 2020–21) and set a new school record for points in a season.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Toussaint | 2 | G | 6'0" | 190 | Senior | Graduate transferred to West Virginia | ||
| 3 | G | 6'1" | 175 | RS Senior | Graduated | |||
| Austin Ash | 13 | G | 6'3" | 180 | RS Senior | Walk-on; graduate transferred to The Citadel | ||
| 15 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Sophomore | Declare for 2022 NBA draft |
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See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.