# 2009–10 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2009-10 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Todd Lickliter and team played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has been their home since 1983. They were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 4–14 in Big Ten play and lost in the first round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.
At the end of the season, Lickliter was fired on March 15, 2010. He had gone 38-57 overall and 15-39 in Big Ten Conference games, the worst three-year stretch in program history.

## 2009-10 Schedule and Results

Source
* All times are Central
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/8/2009* 12:35pm | Marian | W 76–53 | - | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,660) Iowa City, IA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/15/2009* 5:05pm, ESPNU | UT–San Antonio O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic | L 62–50 | 0–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,486) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/17/2009* 8:05pm, ESPNU | Duquesne O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic | L 52–50 | 0–2 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (7,943) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/20/2009* 8:05pm | Bowling Green | W 68–46 | 1–2 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,010) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/23/2009* 8:45pm, ESPN2 | vs. No. 3 Texas O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic | L 85–60 | 1–3 | Sprint Center (7,226) Kansas City, MO |
| 11/24/2009* 6:45pm, ESPNU | vs. Wichita State O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic | L 74–57 | 1–4 | Sprint Center (8,076) Kansas City, MO |
| 11/28/2009* 12:35pm, BTN | NC Central | W 73–63 | 2–4 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,433) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/1/2009* 8:30pm, ESPN2 | Virginia Tech ACC – Big Ten Challenge | L 70–64 | 2–5 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,755) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/5/2009* 3:05pm | Prairie View A&M | W 80–51 | 3–5 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,375) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/8/2009* 7:05pm, KWWL | at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four | L 67–50 | 3–6 | McLeod Center (6,480) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 12/11/2009* 7:05pm, Cyclone Television Network | at Iowa State Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series | L 81–71 | 3–7 | Hilton Coliseum (13,203) Ames, IA |
| 12/19/2009* 5:35pm, BTN | Drake Iowa Big Four | W 71–67 | 4–7 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,921) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/21/2009* 7:35pm, BTN | South Carolina State | W 82–69 | 5–7 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,561) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/29/2009 6:05pm, BTN | No. 4 Purdue | L 67–56 | 5–8 (0–1) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (12,468) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/2/2010 3:05pm, BTN | Minnesota | L 86–74 | 5–9 (0–2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,588) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/5/2010 8:05pm, BTN | at Illinois | L 59–42 | 5–10 (0–3) | Assembly Hall (14,806) Champaign, IL |
| 1/9/2010 4:35pm, BTN | Michigan State | L 71–53 | 5–11 (0–4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,924) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/12/2010* 8:05pm | Tennessee State | W 67–62 | 6–11 (0–4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,021) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/16/2010 12:05pm, BTN | Penn State | W 67–64 | 7–11 (1–4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,651) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/20/2010 5:35pm, BTN | at No. 6 Michigan State | L 70–63 | 7–12 (1–5) | Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI |
| 1/24/2010 5:05pm, BTN | at Indiana | W 58–43 | 8–12 (2–5) | Assembly Hall (16,078) Bloomington, IN |
| 1/27/2010 7:35pm, BTN | No. 20 Ohio State | L 65–57 | 8–13 (2–6) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (12,132) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/30/2010 3:35pm, BTN | at Michigan | L 60–46 | 8–14 (2–7) | Crisler Arena (13,541) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2/3/2010 7:35pm, BTN | Illinois | L 57–49 | 8–15 (2–8) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (11,441) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/7/2010 11:05am, BTN | at No. 13 Ohio State | L 68–58 | 8–16 (2–9) | Jerome Schottenstein Center (15,223) Columbus, OH |
| 2/10/2010 7:35pm, BTN | Northwestern | W 78-65 | 9–16 (3–9) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,697) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/13/2010 3:35pm, BTN | at No. 6 Purdue | L 63–40 | 9–17 (3–10) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| 2/16/2010 8:05pm, BTN | Michigan | L 80–78 $^{OT}$ | 9–18 (3–11) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,485) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/25/2010 6:00pm, ESPN2 | at Northwestern | L 74–57 | 9–19 (3–12) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,265) Evanston, IL |
| 2/28/2010 5:05pm, BTN | Indiana | W 73–57 | 10–19 (4–12) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (11,011) Iowa City, IA |
| 3/3/2010 7:30pm, BTN | at No. 15 Wisconsin | L 67–40 | 10–20 (4–13) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 3/7/2010 5:05pm, BTN | at Minnesota | L 88–53 | 10–21 (4–14) | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN |
| Big Ten tournament ||||||
| 3/11/2010 1:30pm, ESPN2 | vs. Michigan First Round | L 59–52 | 10–22 | Conseco Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||