1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Hawkeye Invitational Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, ; Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 21
Record	20–10 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (13th season);
Assistant coach	Gary Close
MVP	Kent McCausland; Dean Oliver; Jess Settles
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	5	.868
No. 19 Indiana	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 18 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	22	–	10	.688
No. 21 Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Purdue	7	–	9	.438	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Penn State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	14	–	18	.438
No. 14 Ohio State**	1	–	1	.500	1	–	1	.500
Minnesota***	0	–	8	.000	0	–	11	.000
Michigan*	0	–	11	.000	0	–	19	.000

† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program^[1] ** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

The 1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Tom Davis, coaching in his 13th and final season at the school, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 20–10 overall and 9–7 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #5 seed in the West Region, losing in the Sweet Sixteen to the eventual National Champion UConn Huskies. As of 2023, this is the last time that Iowa has made a Sweet 16.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	3	Jason Bauer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Hudson, Iowa
F	4	Jess Settles	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	RS Sr	Winfield, Iowa
F	5	Sam Okey	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	RS Sr	Cassville, Wisconsin
G		Jason Price	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr	Chicago, Illinois
F/C	13	Guy Rucker	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Jr	Inkster, Michigan
C	14	Jacob Jaacks	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Jr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
G	20	Dean Oliver	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So	Mason City, Iowa
F	23	Duez Henderson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Ryan Luehrsmann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Jr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F	25	Rod Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Galesburg, Illinois
G	30	Kyle Galloway	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Sioux City, Iowa
G	32	Kent McCausland	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Waterloo, Iowa
G	34	Joey Range	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	Galesburg, Illinois
F	44	J. R. Koch	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr	Morton, Illinois

Head coach

Tom Davis (UW–Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Gary Close

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
11/15/1998*		vs. Western Illinois	W 74–63^[2]	1–0	The MARK of the Quad Cities (7,280) Moline, IL
11/19/1998*		Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 83–67^[3]	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,560) Iowa City, IA
11/25/1998*		Creighton	L 73–75^[4]	2–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/1/1998*		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 78–74	3–1	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
12/4/1998*		South Alabama Hawkeye Invitational	W 82–58	4–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,941) Iowa City, IA
12/5/1998*		Detroit Mercy Hawkeye Invitational	W 61–60^[5]	5–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,978) Iowa City, IA
12/8/1998* 8:35 pm, ESPN		at No. 10 Kansas	W 85–81^[6]	6–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/12/1998*		Iowa State Rivalry	W 74–54^[7]	7–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/19/1998* 7:05 pm	No. 25	Missouri	W 82–68	8–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/23/1998*	No. 21	Coppin State	W 87–73	9–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
12/31/1998	No. 21	No. 8 Indiana	W 67–52^[8]	10–1 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/3/1999	No. 21	Northwestern	W 52–48	11–1 (2–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/7/1999	No. 17	Illinois	W 84–62^[9]	12–1 (3–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/12/1999	No. 12	No. 21 Ohio State	W 71–68	13–1 (4–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/16/1999	No. 12	at No. 19 Minnesota	L 70–75	13–2 (4–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1999 ESPN	No. 14	at No. 11 Michigan State	L 65–80^[10]	13–3 (4–2)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
1/23/1999	No. 14	No. 15 Wisconsin	L 52–72	13–4 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/27/1999	No. 16	Penn State	W 84–74	14–4 (5–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999	No. 16	at Michigan	W 81–68	15–4 (6–3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/4/1999	No. 14	at No. 18 Purdue	L 75–90	15–5 (6–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/6/1999	No. 14	No. 8 Michigan State	L 81–95	15–6 (6–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/10/1999	No. 19	No. 22 Minnesota	W 76–73^[11]	16–6 (7–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/13/1999	No. 19	at No. 13 Ohio State	L 69–73	16–7 (7–6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/21/1999	No. 20	at Illinois	W 78–72	17–7 (8–6)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/24/1999	No. 18	at Northwestern	W 65–48	18–7 (9–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/27/1999	No. 18	at No. 20 Indiana	L 81–88	18–8 (9–7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Big Ten tournament
3/5/1999*	No. 20	vs. No. 19 Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 60–74	18–9	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/11/1999*	(5 W) No. 21	vs. (12 W) UAB First Round	W 77–64^[12]	19–9	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/13/1999*	(5 W) No. 21	vs. (4 W) No. 22 Arkansas Second Round	W 82–72^[13]	20–9	McNichols Sports Arena Denver, CO
3/18/1999*	(5 W) No. 21	vs. (1 W) No. 3 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 68–78^[14]	20–10	America West Arena Phoenix, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

Rankings

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	46	J. R. Koch	New York Knicks

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References

^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
^ "Return at the Mark" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 16, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Hawkeyes avenge last year's upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 20, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Creighton hands Iowa first loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 30, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Iowa women, men take tourney titles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Rock, Chalk, Hawkeye" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ "Hawkeyes reign again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 14, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "Rucker Spurs Upset of Hoosiers". The New York Times. January 1, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "That's 10 Straight For Iowa". Chicago Tribune. January 8, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "Spartans make statement" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Phew – Iowa survives close one" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
^ "With Rally, Hawkeyes, Coach Stay Around". The Washington Post. March 12, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "McCausland Helps Iowa Shoot Into the Sweet 16". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "Connecticut Gets It Together to Finish Off Iowa and Davis". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1999. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^ "1999 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

[1] "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[2] "Return at the Mark" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 16, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

[3] "Hawkeyes avenge last year's upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 20, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

[4] "Creighton hands Iowa first loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 30, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[5] "Iowa women, men take tourney titles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

[6] "Rock, Chalk, Hawkeye" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[7] "Hawkeyes reign again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 14, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

[8] "Rucker Spurs Upset of Hoosiers". The New York Times. January 1, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

[9] "That's 10 Straight For Iowa". Chicago Tribune. January 8, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

[10] "Spartans make statement" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[11] "Phew – Iowa survives close one" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

[12] "With Rally, Hawkeyes, Coach Stay Around". The Washington Post. March 12, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

[13] "McCausland Helps Iowa Shoot Into the Sweet 16". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

[14] "Connecticut Gets It Together to Finish Off Iowa and Davis". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1999. Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[15] "1999 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

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v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
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