1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Super Chevy Shootout Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1996–97 record	22–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (11th year)
Assistant coach	Gary Close
MVP	Andre Woolridge
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Minnesota*	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Iowa	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
#19 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Wisconsin	11	–	7	.611	18	–	10	.643
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	22	–	11	.667
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Ohio State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	17	.370
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	22	.241
Michigan*	0	–	9	.000	0	–	11	.000

Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program Minnesota: 5G NCAA Tourn. vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(24-11)(9-9); Minnesota-(35-5)(16-2)

The 1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by 11th year head coach Tom Davis, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 22-10 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #8 seed in the West Region, losing 75-69 in the Round of 32 to the eventual National Runner-Up Kentucky Wildcats.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jason Bauer	G	6–3	So.	Hudson, Iowa
4	Jess Settles	F	6–7	Sr.	Winfield, Iowa
5	Andre Woolridge	PG	6–0	Sr.	Omaha, Nebraska
13	Guy Rucker	C	6–11	Fr.	Inkster, Michigan
24	Ryan Luehrsmann	G	5–11	Fr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
25	Vernon Simmons	F	6–6	Jr.	Simi Valley, California
32	Kent McCausland	G	6–3	So.	Waterloo, Iowa
42	Ryan Bowen	PF	6–9	Jr.	Fort Madison, Iowa
44	J. R. Koch	F	6–10	So.	Morton, Illinois
45	Darryl Moore	F	6–2	Jr.	Chicago, Illinois

Schedule/results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season

11/22/1996*	No. 25	vs. Western Illinois	W 81-66^[1]	1-0	The MARK of the Quad Cities Moline, IL
11/25/1996*	No. 25	vs. California Maui Invitational Tournament	L 60-70	1–1	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
11/26/1996*		vs. LSU Maui Invitational Tournament	L 59-75	1–2	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
11/27/1996*		at Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 67-37	2–2	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
12/3/1996*		at Drake Rivalry	W 79-59^[2]	3-2	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
12/6/1996*		Grambling Super Chevy Shootout	W 93-73	4-2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/7/1996*		La Salle Super Chevy Shootout	W 65-60^[3]	5-2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/10/1996*		Northern Iowa Rivalry	W 72-63^[4]	6-2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/14/1996*		No. 6 Iowa State Rivalry	L 74-81^[5]	6–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/21/1996*		Missouri	W 88-77	7–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/27/1996*		Austin Peay	W 90-58	8–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/29/1996*		Cal State Northridge	W 90-65	9–3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/2/1996		Northwestern	W 72-55	10–3 (1-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/4/1996		at Penn State	W 69-57	11–3 (2-0)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/7/1996		at Purdue	W 59-56	12–3 (3-0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/11/1996		Wisconsin	W 78-53	13–3 (4-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/15/1997		Ohio State	W 76-62	14–3 (5-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/19/1997		at No. 18 Michigan	L 71-79	14–4 (5-1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/23/1997		at No. 8 Minnesota	L 51-66	14–5 (5-2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/29/1997		Illinois	W 82-65	15–5 (6-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/4/1997	No. 25	No. 24 Indiana	W 75-67^[6]	16–5 (7-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/9/1997		at Illinois	L 51-66	16–6 (7-3)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/15/1997		at Michigan State	L 67-69^[7]	16–7 (7-4)	Breslin Student Events Center (13,003) East Lansing, MI
2/15/1997		No. 3 Minnesota	L 66-68^[8]	16–8 (7-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/20/1997		No. 18 Michigan	W 80-75^[9]	17–8 (8-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/22/1997		at Ohio State	W 69-56	18–8 (9-5)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/26/1997		at Wisconsin	L 48-49	18–9 (9-6)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
3/1/1997		Purdue	W 84-62	19–9 (10-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/5/1997		Penn State	W 81-55	20–9 (11-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/8/1997		at Northwestern	W 75-59	21–9 (12-6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
NCAA Tournament (Tournament seeding in parentheses)
3/13/1997*	No. (8)	vs. (9) Virginia West Regional 1st Round	W 73-60^[10]	22-9 (12-6)	Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
3/15/1997*	No. (8)	vs. No. 5 (1) Kentucky West Regional 2nd Round	L 69-75^[11]	22-10 (12-6)	Huntsman Center (14,387) Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

Andre Woolridge – Third-Team AP All-American; First-Team All-Big Ten; First men's player in Big Ten history to lead the conference in scoring (20.2 ppg) and assists (6.0 apg) in same season

References

↑ "Hawks avoid scary opener" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 25, 1996. p. 14. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "One Moore Weapon: Iowa Trounces Drake". Des Moines Register. December 4, 1996. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Hawks scrape past La Salle" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1996. p. 1B. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Senior steps it up" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 11, 1996. p. 1B. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Caught in a whirlwind" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 16, 1996. p. 14. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Hawkeyes Pummel Hoosiers". Tulsa World. February 5, 1997. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Heartbreaker" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 13, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Gophers Closing On Title". The Spokesman-Review. February 16, 1997. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Iowa Too Much For Michigan". Chicago Tribune. February 21, 1997. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Domination" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 14, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ "Iowa men fall to defending champions" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 17, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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