1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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)

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
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)
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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*	#25	vs. Western Illinois	W 81-66^[1]	1-0	The MARK of the Quad Cities Moline, IL
11/25/1996*	#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*		#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 #18 Michigan	L 71-79	14–4 (5-1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/23/1997		at #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	#25	#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		#3 Minnesota	L 66-68^[8]	16–8 (7-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/20/1997		#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*	#(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*	#(8)	vs. #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

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

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1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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)