The 2019–20 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 10th-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in four-way tie for fifth place. Their season ended when postseason tournaments including the Big Ten tournament and the NCAA tournament were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Forward Luka Garza was named Big Ten Player of the Year and was a consensus All-American.
Previous season The Hawkeyes finished the 2018–19 season 23–12, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the South region. There they defeated No. 7-seeded Cincinnati in the first round before losing to No. 2-seeded Tennessee in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Maishe Dailey 1 G 6'7" 200 Beachwood, OH Transferred to Akron Isaiah Moss 4 G 6'5" 208 Chicago, IL Graduate transferred to Kansas Tyler Cook 25 F 6'9" 253 St. Louis, MO Play professionally Nicholas Baer 51 F 6'7" 218 Bettendorf, IA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Bakari Evelyn 4 G 6'2" 180 Detroit, MI Transferred from Valparaiso. Will be eligible to play immediately since Evelyn graduated from Valpariso.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament |- !colspan=9 style=|Canceled |- !colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournament |- !colspan=9 style=|Canceled
Source: Schedule
Rankings
*Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
References