The 1978–79 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 1978–79 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season with a 20–8 record and, with a 13–5 conference record, earned a Big Ten Championship (three-way tie with Michigan State and Purdue). To date, this is the last regular-season conference title for the Hawkeyes men's basketball team.
Roster
Schedule Date Opponent* Rank* Location Time# Result Overall Conference November 25, 1978 Kent State Iowa City, IA W 111–76 1–0 November 28, 1978 Wichita State Iowa City, IA W 91–67 2–0 December 2, 1978 Colorado State Fort Collins, CO L 69–72 2–1 December 9, 1978 Drake Des Moines, IA L 69–72 2–2 December 11, 1978 Iowa State Iowa City, IA W 67–66 3–2 December 16, 1978 Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington, IL W 99–55 4–2 December 23, 1978 Drake Iowa City, IA W 112–73 5–2 December 29, 1978 Penn San Diego, CA W 87–84 2OT 6–2 December 30, 1978 Stanford San Diego, CA W 83–68 7–2 January 4, 1979 Northwestern Evanston, IL W 65–57 8–21–0 January 6, 1979 #13 Michigan Ann Arbor, MI W 85–79 9–22–0 February 24, 1979 #14 Ohio State #12 Columbus, OH W 83–68 19–612–4 March 1, 1979 Michigan#11 Iowa City, IA L 53–61 19–712–5 March 3, 1979 Northwestern #11 Iowa City, IA W 95–64 20–713–5 March 11, 1979 Toledo#14 Bloomington, IN L 72–74 20–813–5 *Rank according to AP Top 20 Poll. #All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD.
Rankings
Awards and honors Ronnie Lester – Second-Team AP All-American, Third-Team UPI and NABC All-American Kevin Boyle – Big Ten Freshman of the Year
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