The 2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Fran McCaffery, in his 15th and final season with the Hawkeyes. The team played its home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 7–13 in Big Ten play, resulting in a tie five-way tie for 12th place. As the No. 15 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they upset Ohio State in the first round before losing to Illinois in the second round.

On March 14, 2025, the school fired head coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons. He finished with a 297–207 overall record with Iowa. On March 24, the school named Drake head coach Ben McCollum the team's new coach.

Previous season The Hawkeyes finished the 2023–24 season 19–15, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Ohio State in the first round. The Hawkeyes automatically qualified for the National Invitation Tournament as the No. 3 seed where they defeated Kansas State in the first round before losing to Utah in the second round.

Offseason

Departures Iowa departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Spencer Hutchison 1 G 6'4" 202 RS Freshman Dallas, TX Walk-on; left the team Dasonte Bowen 5 G 6'2" 183 Sophomore Boston, MA Transferred to St. Bonaventure Jovone Cater 10 G 6'2" 180 Senior Far Rockaway, NY Walk-on; graduated Tony Perkins 11 G 6'4" 205 Senior Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Missouri Patrick McCaffery 22 F 6'9" 212 RS Senior Iowa City, IA Transferred to Butler Ben Krikke 23 F 6'9" 245 GS Senior Edmonton, Alberta Graduated

Incoming transfers Iowa incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Drew Thelwell 3 G 6'3" 195 GS Senior Orlando, FL Morehead State Seydou Traore 7 F 6'7" 215 Sophomore New York City, NY Manhattan Isaiah Johnson-Arigu F 6'7" 220 Freshman Minneapolis, MN Miami (FL)

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class There are no current recruits for 2025.

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=""| Regular season

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