1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 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)

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Hawkeye Invitational Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, ; Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#20
AP	#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)
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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 #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	#25	Missouri	W 82-68	8-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/23/1998*	#21	Coppin State	W 87-73	9-1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/31/1998	#21	#8 Indiana	W 67-52^[6]	10-1 (1-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/3/1999	#21	Northwestern	W 52-48	11-1 (2-0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/7/1999	#17	Illinois	W 84-62^[7]	12-1 (3-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/1999	#12	#21 Ohio State	W 71-68	13-1 (4-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/16/1999	#12	at #19 Minnesota	L 70-75	13-2 (4-1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1999	#14	at #11 Michigan State	L 65-80	13-3 (4-2)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
1/23/1999	#14	#15 Wisconsin	L 52-72	13-4 (4-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/27/1999	#16	Penn State	W 84-74	14-4 (5-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999	#16	at Michigan	W 81-68	15-4 (6-3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/4/1999	#14	at #18 Purdue	L 75-90	15-5 (6-4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/6/1999	#14	#8 Michigan State	L 81-95	15-6 (6-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/10/1999	#19	#22 Minnesota	W 76-73^[8]	16-6 (7-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/13/1999	#19	at #13 Ohio State	L 69-73	16-7 (7-6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/21/1999	#20	at Illinois	W 78-72	17-7 (8-6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/24/1999	#18	at Northwestern	W 65-48	18-7 (9-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/27/1999	#18	at #20 Indiana	L 81-88	18-8 (9-7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Tournament
3/5/1999*	#20	vs. #19 Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 60-74	18-9 (9-7)	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/11/1999*	#21 (5)	vs. #(12) UAB First Round	W 77-64^[9]	19-9 (9-7)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/13/1999*	#21 (5)	vs. #22 (4) Arkansas Second Round	W 82-72^[10]	20-9 (9-7)	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/18/1999*	#21 (5)	vs. #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

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1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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)