23-11 Overall, 10-10 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 25 NCAA TOURNAMENTS IOWA (23-11) vs. #6/5 TENNESSEE (30-5) 2019-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS March 24, 2019 // Columbus, Ohio // Nationwide Arena // 11:10 a.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 8 UMKC ^ W, 77-63 IOWA HAWKEYES Nov. 11 Green Bay ^ W, 93-82 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary Nov. 15 vs. #13 Oregon # W, 77-69 G 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 185 Jr. Marion, Iowa 11.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.4 apg Nov. 16 vs. Connecticut # W, 91-72 G 4 Isaiah Moss 6-5 208 RS-Jr. Chicago, Ill. 9.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.8 apg Nov. 21 Alabama State W, 105-78 G 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 205 Fr. Muscatine, Iowa 11.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.1 apg Nov. 27 Pitt % W, 69-68 F 25 Tyler Cook 6-9 250 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 14.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.4 apg Nov. 30 #22/22 Wisconsin L, 66-72 F 55 Luka Garza 6-11 245 So. Washington, D.C. 13.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 0.9 apg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dec. 3 at #9/8 Michigan State L, 68-90 F 51 Nicholas Baer 6-7 218 RS-Sr. Bettendorf, Iowa 6.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.3 apg Dec. 6 Iowa State + W, 98-84 F 15 Ryan Kriener 6-9 255 Jr. Spirit Lake, Iowa 5.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.7 apg Dec. 15 vs. Northern Iowa * W, 77-54 G 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-Fr. Iowa City, Iowa 4.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 3.0 apg Dec. 18 Western Carolina W, 78-60 G 1 Maishe Dailey 6-7 200 Jr. Beachwood, Ohio 2.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.9 apg Dec. 22 Savannah State W, 110-64 Dec. 29 Bryant W, 72-67 NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND STORYLINES Jan. 3 at Purdue L, 70-86 Jan. 6 #24/23 Nebraska W, 93-84 • Iowa and Tennessee have played four times, with each team winning twice. The Volun- Jan. 9 at Northwestern W, 73-63 teers edged the Hawkeyes in the last meeting, 78-65 in overtime, in the 2014 First Four Jan. 12 #16/17 Ohio State W, 72-62 Jan. 16 at Penn State W, 89-82 in Dayton, Ohio. Jan. 20 Illinois W, 95-71 • Iowa has qualified for four NCAA tournaments over the last six years (2014, 2015, 2016, Jan. 24 #6/5 Michigan State L, 67-82 2019) and seven postseason tournaments over the last eight seasons (4 NCAA; 3 NIT). Jan. 27 at Minnesota L, 87-92 Feb. 1 #5/5 Michigan W, 74-59 • Iowa has won its last three NCAA Tournament first round games (2015 vs. Davidson; Feb. 7 at Indiana W, 77-72 2016 vs. Temple; and 2019 vs. Cincinnati). Feb. 10 Northwestern W, 80-79 • Iowa’s 23 wins are the second most in the Fran McCaffery era, dating back to the 2011 Feb. 16 at Rutgers W, 71-69 Feb. 19 #24/25 Maryland L, 65-66 season. Iowa won 25 games in the 2012-13 season. Feb. 22 Indiana W, 76-70 • The Hawkeyes have now won three victories over conference tournament champions Feb. 26 at Ohio State L, 70-90 (Iowa State, Oregon, and Cincinnati). March 2 Rutgers L, 72-86 • Fran McCaffery has guidedIowa to 20 wins or more in five of the last seven seasons and March 7 at #21/21 Wisconsin L, 45-65 March 10 at Nebraska L, 91-93 (OT) upper division finishes in the Big Ten six of the last seven seasons. Only Michigan State March 14 vs. Illinois $ W, 83-62 (7) has more first division finishes than Iowa (6) and Wisconsin (6) since the 2013 season. March 15 vs. #10/11 Michigan $ L, 53-74 • Iowa went undefeated in regular season nonconference play for the first time since the March 22 vs. #22/24 Cincinnati ~ W, 79-72 March 24 vs. #6/5 Tennessee ~ 11:10 a.m. 1986-87 season, winning all 11 games by a margin of 16.9 points. • Iowa has improved its win total by nine games after winning 14 contests a year ago. Ad- all times listed are central ditionally, Iowa (10) more than doubled its Big Ten win total from last season (4). ^ -- 2K Empire Classic Preliminary Game • Jordan Bohannon became the seventh Hawkeye to register three 100-assist seasons # -- 2K Empire Classic - New York City (Dean Oliver, Jeff Horner, B.J. Armstrong, Andre Woolridge, Mike Gesell, Devyn Marble). % -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge • Jordan Bohannon (261) is two 3-pointers from surpassing Jeff Horner (262) to become + -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series * -- The Hy-Vee Classic - Des Moines, Iowa Iowa’s all-time leader in 3-point field goals made. $ -- Big Ten Tournament - Chicago • Iowa posted back-to-back buzzer beaters for the first time since 2002. Both of Iowa’s ~ -- NCAA Tournament - Columbus, Ohio buzzer beaters over Northwestern (Bohannon) and Rutgers (Wieskamp) were 3-point- ers. Both buzzer beaters in 2002 were made by Luke Recker in the Big Ten Tournament. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Jordan Bohannon has led the Big Ten in free throw percentage each of the last two Kirk Speraw .......................................... SPEAR-awe seasons. The junior guard missed only seven free throws in 20 league games this season Michael/Nicholas Baer ..................................BEAR (64-of-71, .901). Bohannon was 37-of-39 (.949) a year ago. Maishe Dailey .......................................... MAY-she • Jordan Bohannon (1,204 points) has surpassed brother Matt (1,092 at UNI) and Jason Luka Garza ................................................LOU-kah (1,170 at Wisconsin) for most points scored in a career by a Bohannon. With the win over Ryan Kriener ............................................ KREEN-ir Cincinnati, Jordan joins brothers Matt, Zach, and Jason with NCAA Tournament wins. Jack Nunge ........NONE-gee (rhymes with bungee) • Senior Nicholas Baer is the only player in program history to total 750 points, 500 Cordell Pemsl ............................................ PEM-sul Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp rebounds, 100 blocked shots, 100 assists, 100 steals, and 100 3-pointers. MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • CBS • MARCHMADNESS • Hawkeye Radio Network • StatBroadcast • Sirius 135; XM 201 Brian Anderson (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Chris Webber (analyst) Jim Albracht (PxP) Allie LaForce (sideline) Bob Hansen (analyst) twitter.com/iowahoops facebook.com/hawkeyehoops hawkeyebasketball.com hawkeyesports.com INSIDE THE NUMBERS MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT IOWA TENN Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 78.3 81.7 Wins 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 5 3 5 Scoring Defense 73.6 68.7 Losses 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 Scoring Margin +4.7 +13.0 FG% .458 .496 THE SETTING FG% Defense .448 .400 Iowa (23-11) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 79-72 win FT% .738 .762 over No. 7 seed Cincinnati on Friday. The Hawkeyes will meet No. 2 seed and sixth-ranked 3-PT FG% .365 .351 Tennessee (30-5) on Sunday in the second round (11:10 a.m. CT). Tennessee advanced 3-PT FG% Defense .323 .344 with a 77-70 win over 15th-seeded Colgate. Rebound Margin +1.1 +3.4 Assists Per Game 15.7 18.1 The last time Iowa won an NCAA Tournament second round game was when it was a Turnovers Per Game 12.1 11.1 No 5 seed in 1999 (82-72 win over fourth-seeded Arkansas). Steals Per Game 6.0 6.0 Blocks Per Game 3.2 5.4 ON THE AIR MISCELLEANOUS STATS Radio: Iowa games at the NCAA Tournament are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Net- work, Sirius/XM, and Westwood One Sports. Jim Albracht (play-by-play) and Bob Hansen Double-Figure Scoring Games... (analysis) will call the action. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the Player 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 Career Tyler Cook - - - 19 25 24 68 state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wiscon- Jordan Bohannon - - - 17 22 19 58 Isaiah Moss - - - 9 19 14 42 sin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a 60-minute pregame show. Luka Garza - - - - - - 20 19 39 Nicholas Baer 5 10 5 8 28 TV: Sunday’s second round game will be televised nationally on CBS. Brian Anderson, Cordell Pemsl - - - 15 8 - - - 23 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - - - - 20 20 Chris Webber, and Allie LaForce will call the action. Ryan Kriener - - - 2 2 7 11 Jack Nunge - - - - - - 7 - - - 7 Maishe Dailey - - - - - - 4 1 5 IOWA RALLIES TO BEAT CINCINNATI AT NCAA TOURNAMENT Connor McCaffery - - - - - - - - - 3 3 Riley Till - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Iowa rallied from a 36-31 halftime deficit to defeat No. 7 seed Cincinnati, 79-72, on Friday 20-Point Scoring Games... at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Player 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 Career Jordan Bohannon - - - 5 8 3 16 • Luka Garza led Iowa with 20 points and seven rebounds. The sophomore center has Tyler Cook - - - 2 9 4 15 Luka Garza - - - - - - 4 8 12 scored 20 points or more two of Iowa’s last four games. Garza became the sixth Hawkeye Isaiah Moss - - - 1 3 3 7 in history to have 20 points and seven rebounds in their NCAA Tournament debut (Carl Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - - - - 4 4 Cain, 1955; Chad Calabria, 1970; Glenn Vidnovic, 1970; Jess Settles, 1996; Greg Brunner, Double-Figure Rebounding Games... Player 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 Career 2005; Luka Garza, 2019).