1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 24–10 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #5 seed in the West Region. After defeating Florida State in the first round and UNLV in the second round, they lost to #1 seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen.

1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Maui Invitational Tournament Champions Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 17
1987–88 record	24–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Pearl Gary Close Rudy Washington
MVP	B. J. Armstrong Bill Jones Roy Marble
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)

1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Purdue	16	–	2		.889			29	–	4		.879
No. 10 Michigan	13	–	5		.722			26	–	8		.765
No. 17 Iowa	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
No. 16 Illinois	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Indiana	11	–	7		.611			19	–	10		.655
Ohio State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			12	–	16		.429
Michigan State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	18		.357
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			10	–	18		.357
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			7	–	21		.250
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Kelly Westen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Antigo, Wisconsin G 10 B. J. Armstrong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Bloomfield Hills, Michigan G 11 Michael Reaves 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Milledgeville, Georgia G 13 Mark Wetzel — — Portland, Oregon G/F 14 Bill Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Detroit, Michigan G 15 Rodell Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Thornton, Illinois G 20 Jeff Moe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Indianapolis, Indiana G/F 23 Roy Marble 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Flint, Michigan G 24 Michael Morgan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Haughton, Louisiana F 25 Ed Horton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr Springfield, Illinois F 32 Mark Jewell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — So Lafayette, Indiana F 40 Kent Hill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr Wichita, Kansas F 44 Al Lorenzen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr Cedar Rapids, Iowa C 51 Les Jepsen 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) — So Bowbells, North Dakota	Head coach Tom Davis (Wisconsin–Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Pearl (Boston College) Gary Close (Arizona State) Rudy Washington (Redlands) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/27/1987*	No. 11	vs. Stanford Maui Invitational	W 78–75	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
11/28/1987*	No. 11	vs. No. 7 Kansas Maui Invitational	W 100–81	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
11/29/1987*	No. 11	vs. Villanova Maui Invitational	W 97–74	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
12/1/1987*	No. 6	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 70–59[1]	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/4/1987* 8:05 PM	No. 6	Navy Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 91–61	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/5/1987*	No. 6	UC Irvine Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 124–88[2]	6–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/12/1987* 7:05 PM	No. 3	No. 4 Arizona	L 59–66[3]	6–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/19/1987*	No. 7	at No. 20 Iowa State Rivalry	L 100–102 ^OT	6–2	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
12/21/1987*	No. 7	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	W 110–64	7–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/29/1987*	No. 14	vs. Illinois State All-College Basketball Classic	L 88–89[4]	7–3	Myriad Convention Center  Oklahoma City, OK
12/30/1987*	No. 14	vs. Oral Roberts All-College Basketball Classic	W 126–94	8–3	Myriad Convention Center  Oklahoma City, OK
Big Ten Regular Season
1/6/1988	No. 16	No. 12 Indiana	W 84–70	9–3 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/9/1988	No. 16	No. 10 Purdue	L 79–80	9–4 (1–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/11/1988*	No. 16	at Lafayette	W 109–68	10–4	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/14/1988	No. 17	at Ohio State	L 83–87	10–5 (1–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/16/1988	No. 17	Northwestern	W 92–68[5]	11–5 (2–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/21/1988	No. 19	No. 13 Illinois	W 93–79[6][7]	12–5 (3–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/23/1988*	No. 19	Dartmouth	W 102–87[8]	13–5	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/25/1988	No. 19	at Wisconsin	W 104–89[9]	14–5 (4–2)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
1/30/1988	No. 16	Minnesota	W 76–51	15–5 (5–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/3/1988	No. 13	at No. 11 Michigan	L 103–120[10]	15–6 (5–3)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/6/1988	No. 13	Michigan State	W 101–77[11]	16–6 (6–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/10/1988	No. 13	Ohio State	W 92–75[12]	17–6 (7–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/15/1988  ESPN	No. 13	No. 2 Purdue	L 68–73[13]	17–7 (7–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/20/1988	No. 13	at Minnesota	W 107–86[14]	18–7 (8–4)	Williams Arena (16,406) Minnesota, MN
2/24/1988	No. 13	at Northwestern	W 91–74[15]	19–7 (9–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/27/1988	No. 13	No. 7 Michigan	W 95–87[16]	20–7 (10–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/3/1988	No. 11	at Michigan State	W 103–87[17]	21–7 (11–4)	Jenison Fieldhouse (8,777) East Lansing, MI
3/6/1988	No. 11	at Illinois	L 81–94[18]	21–8 (11–5)	Assembly Hall (16,538) Champaign, IL
3/10/1988	No. 15	at Wisconsin	W 103–70[19]	22–8 (12–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/12/1988	No. 15	at Indiana	L 89–116[20]	22–9 (12–6)	Assembly Hall (17,351) Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/18/1988*	(5) No. 17	vs. (12) Florida State First Round	W 102–98[21]	23–9	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
3/20/1988*  CBS	(5 W) No. 17	vs. (4 W) No. 12 UNLV Second Round	W 104–86[22][23][24]	24–9	Pauley Pavilion (12,901) Los Angeles, CA
3/25/1988*  CBS	(5 W) No. 17	vs. (1 W) No. 2 Arizona Sweet Sixteen	L 79–99[25]	24–10	Kingdome  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

Rankings

Main article: 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	6	3	7	14	14	16	17	19	16	13	13	13	13	11	15	17
Coaches	Not released	10	3	8	14	14	16	18	19	18	14	15	13	13	11	15	16

Awards and honors

• Ed Horton – First-team All-Big Ten, Big Ten Rebounding Leader

Team players in the 1988 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	42	Jeff Moe	Utah Jazz

Overall, five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.[26][27][28]

References

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