1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Hawkeye Invitational Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 21
1998–99 record	20–10 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (13th year)
Assistant coach	Gary Close
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Michigan State †	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
#19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
#18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
#21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	17	–	11	.607
#11 Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
#14 Ohio State**	0	–	1	.000	1	–	1	.500
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 12 reg. season games vacated due to sanctions against the program *Ohio State: 29 reg. season games; 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(12-19)(5-11); Ohio State-(27-9)(12-4)

The 1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Tom Davis, coaching in his 13th and final season at the school, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 20-10 overall and 9–7 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #5 seed in the West Region, losing in the Sweet Sixteen to the eventual National Champion UConn Huskies.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jason Bauer	G	6–3	Sr.	Hudson, Iowa
4	Jess Settles	F	6–7	Sr.	Winfield, Iowa
5	Sam Okey	F	6–7	Sr.	Cassville, Wisconsin
	Jason Price	G	6–0	Jr.	Chicago, Illinois
13	Guy Rucker	F/C	6–11	Jr.	Inkster, Michigan
14	Jacob Jaacks	C	6–10	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
20	Dean Oliver	G	5–11	So.	Mason City, Iowa
23	Duez Henderson	F	6–7	Fr.	Detroit, Michigan
24	Ryan Luehrsmann	G	5–11	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
25	Rod Thompson	F	6–6	Fr.	Galesburg, Illinois
32	Kent McCausland	G	6–3	Sr.	Waterloo, Iowa
34	Joey Range	G	6–5	Fr.	Galesburg, Illinois
44	J. R. Koch	F	6–10	Sr.	Morton, Illinois

Schedule/results

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

11/15/1998*		vs. Western Illinois	W 74-63^[1]	1-0	The MARK of the Quad Cities (7,280) Moline, IL
11/19/1998*		Northern Iowa	W 83-67^[2]	2-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,560) Iowa City, IA
11/25/1998*		Creighton	L 73-75	2-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/1/1998*		Drake	W 78-74	3-1	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
12/4/1998*		South Alabama Hawkeye Invitational	W 82-58	4-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,941) Iowa City, IA
12/5/1998*		Detroit Mercy Hawkeye Invitational	W 61-60^[3]	5-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,978) Iowa City, IA
12/8/1998* 8:35 pm, ESPN		at No. 10 Kansas	W 85-81^[4]	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/12/1998*		Iowa State	W 74-54^[5]	7-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/19/1998* 7:05 pm	No. 25	Missouri	W 82-68	8-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/23/1998*	No. 21	Coppin State	W 87-73	9-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/31/1998	No. 21	No. 8 Indiana	W 67-52^[6]	10-1 (1-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/3/1999	No. 21	Northwestern	W 52-48	11-1 (2-0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/7/1999	No. 17	Illinois	W 84-62^[7]	12-1 (3-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/1999	No. 12	No. 21 Ohio State	W 71-68	13-1 (4-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/16/1999	No. 12	at No. 19 Minnesota	L 70-75	13-2 (4-1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1999	No. 14	at No. 11 Michigan State	L 65-80	13-3 (4-2)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
1/23/1999	No. 14	No. 15 Wisconsin	L 52-72	13-4 (4-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/27/1999	No. 16	Penn State	W 84-74	14-4 (5-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999	No. 16	at Michigan	W 81-68	15-4 (6-3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/4/1999	No. 14	at No. 18 Purdue	L 75-90	15-5 (6-4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/6/1999	No. 14	No. 8 Michigan State	L 81-95	15-6 (6-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/10/1999	No. 19	No. 22 Minnesota	W 76-73^[8]	16-6 (7-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/13/1999	No. 19	at No. 13 Ohio State	L 69-73	16-7 (7-6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/21/1999	No. 20	at Illinois	W 78-72	17-7 (8-6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/24/1999	No. 18	at Northwestern	W 65-48	18-7 (9-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/27/1999	No. 18	at No. 20 Indiana	L 81-88	18-8 (9-7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Tournament
3/5/1999*	No. 20	vs. No. 19 Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 60-74	18-9 (9-7)	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/11/1999*	No. 21 (5)	vs. No. (12) UAB First Round	W 77-64^[9]	19-9 (9-7)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/13/1999*	No. 21 (5)	vs. No. 22 (4) Arkansas Second Round	W 82-72^[10]	20-9 (9-7)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/18/1999*	No. 21 (5)	vs. No. 3 (1) Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 68-78^[11]	20-10 (9-7)	America West Arena Phoenix, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

↑ "Return at the Mark" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 16, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
↑ "Hawkeyes avenge last year's upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 20, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
↑ "Iowa women, men take tourney titles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
↑ "Rock, Chalk, Hawkeye" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
↑ "Hawkeyes reign again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 14, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
↑ "Rucker Spurs Upset of Hoosiers". New York Times. January 1, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
↑ "That's 10 Straight For Iowa". Chicago Tribune. January 8, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
↑ "Phew – Iowa survives close one" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
↑ "With Rally, Hawkeyes, Coach Stay Around". The Washington Post. March 12, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
↑ "McCausland Helps Iowa Shoot Into the Sweet 16". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
↑ "Connecticut Gets It Together to Finish Off Iowa and Davis". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1999. Retrieved January 7, 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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