1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–16 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Pearl; Gary Close; Rudy Washington;
MVP	Les Jepsen
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Michigan State	15	–	3	.833	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Purdue	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
No. 13 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
No. 18 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	8	.724
No. 20 Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	13	.567
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	18	–	11	.621
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	12	–	16	.429
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 12–16 overall and 4–14 in Big Ten play.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	4	Brian Garner	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	11	Troy Skinner	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So	Palmer, Iowa
G	13	Mark Wetzel	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Portland, Oregon
G/F	15	Rodell Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Chicago, Illinois
G/F	24	James Moses	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Carson, California
G	32	Ray Thompson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Summit, Illinois
F	34	Wade Lookingbill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Fort Dodge, Iowa
G/F	44	Matt Scott	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	Des Moines, Iowa
F	50	Matt Bullard	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr	Des Moines, Iowa
C	51	Les Jepsen	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	Sr	Bowbells, North Dakota
F/C	55	Acie Earl	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Moline, Illinois

Head coach

Tom Davis (UW–Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 24, 1989*		Texas Southern	W 80–64	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
11/28/1989*		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 68–54	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 1, 1989*		Ohio	W 75–49	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 2, 1989*		UC Santa Barbara	W 85–79	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
12/7/1989*		Iowa State Rivalry	W 89–87	5–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/9/1989*		No. 17 North Carolina	W 87–74^[1]	6–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/18/1989*	No. 21	Drexel	W 59–50	7–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/23/1989*	No. 16	at No. 13 UNLV	L 80–97	7–1	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV
Dec 30, 1989*		Monmouth	W 55–46	8–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 3, 1990*	No. 20	at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	L 74–77	8–2	UNI-Dome (22,797) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 6, 1990		Ohio State	L 73–79	8–3 (0–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 11, 1990		at Wisconsin	L 69–73	8–4 (0–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 13, 1990		at Michigan State	L 80–87	8–5 (0–3)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 18, 1990		No. 14 Indiana	L 79–83	8–6 (0–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 20, 1990		No. 6 Michigan	W 78–76 ^{OT^[2]}	9–6 (1–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 25, 1990		at No. 21 Minnesota	L 72–84	9–7 (1–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 27, 1990		at No. 13 Purdue	L 59–80	9–8 (1–6)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 29, 1990		No. 10 Illinois	W 69–67^[3]	10–8 (2–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
Feb 3, 1990		Northwestern	W 98–80	11–8 (3–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 8, 1990		at Ohio State	L 80–98	11–9 (3–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 10, 1990		Wisconsin	L 71–80	11–10 (3–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 12, 1990		No. 23 Michigan State	L 70–80	11–11 (3–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 17, 1990		at Indiana	L 71–118	11–12 (3–10)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 22, 1990		at Northwestern	L 66–72	11–13 (3–11)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 24, 1990		No. 18 Minnesota	L 80–102	11–14 (3–12)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 1, 1990		No. 9 Purdue	W 64–63^[4]	12–14 (4–12)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
Mar 4, 1990		at No. 18 Illinois	L 85–118	12–15 (4–13)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Mar 11, 1990		at No. 13 Michigan	L 96–127	12–16 (4–14)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Team players in the 1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	28	Les Jepsen	Golden State Warriors

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References

^ "Iowa remains unbeaten!" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 11, 1989. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ "Hawks upset Wolverines, 78-76 in OT" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1990. p. 14. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ "Wade's bomb lifts Hawkeyes to huge upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 30, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ "UPSET!" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 1, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[1] "Iowa remains unbeaten!" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 11, 1989. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[2] "Hawks upset Wolverines, 78-76 in OT" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1990. p. 14. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[3] "Wade's bomb lifts Hawkeyes to huge upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 30, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[4] "UPSET!" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 1, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[5] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

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Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	"Iowa Fight Song" Herky the Hawk Gambling scandal First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics