Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is part of the University of Iowa athletics department.
| Iowa Hawkeyes | ||||
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| University | University of Iowa | |||
| All-time record | 1,700–1,181–1 (.590) | |||
| Head coach | Fran McCaffery (14th season) | |||
| Conference | Big Ten | |||
| Location | Iowa City, Iowa | |||
| Arena | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,400) | |||
| Student section | Hawks Nest | |||
| Colors | Black and gold | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1980 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1980, 1987 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1999 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1955, 1956, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 2001, 2006, 2022 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1923, 1926, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1970, 1979 | ||||
The Hawkeyes have played in 29 NCAA Tournaments, had eight National Invitation Tournament appearances, won eight Big Ten regular-season conference championships and won the Big Ten tournament three times. Iowa has played in the Final Four on three occasions, reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in the championship game against the University of San Francisco in 1956.
Iowa basketball was widely successful in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s with a program resurgence under Lute Olson and the tenures of George Raveling and Tom Davis. Under Olson, the Hawkeyes won their last Big Ten regular season championship and went to the 1980 Final Four.
They currently play in 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with Iowa women's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.
Prior to playing in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which opened in 1983, the Hawkeyes played in the Iowa Armory and the Iowa Field House, which is still used today by the school's gymnastics teams. In 2006, the Hawkeyes accumulated a school-record 21 consecutive wins at home before losing to in-state rival Northern Iowa.
Three Iowa head coaches have been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches: Sam Barry, Ralph Miller, and Lute Olson. A fourth Hawkeyes head coach, George Raveling, is a member in the Hall's contributor category.