# 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.

## 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 | 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 | 6–0 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/12/1987* 7:05 pm | No. 3 | No. 4 Arizona | L 59–66 | 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-Pan American | 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 | 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 | at 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 | 11–5 (2–2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/21/1988 | No. 19 | No. 13 Illinois Rivalry | W 93–79 | 12–5 (3–2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 1/23/1988* | No. 19 | Dartmouth | W 102–87 | 13–5 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA |
| 1/25/1988 | No. 19 | at Wisconsin | W 104–89 | 14–5 (4–2) | Wisconsin Field House (9,119) 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 | 15–6 (5–3) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2/6/1988 | No. 13 | Michigan State | W 101–77 | 16–6 (6–3) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/10/1988 | No. 13 | Ohio State | W 92–75 | 17–6 (7–3) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/15/1988 ESPN | No. 13 | No. 2 Purdue | L 68–73 | 17–7 (7–4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 2/20/1988 | No. 13 | at Minnesota | W 107–86 | 18–7 (8–4) | Williams Arena (16,406) Minnesota, MN |
| 2/24/1988 | No. 13 | at Northwestern | W 91–74 | 19–7 (9–4) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL |
| 2/27/1988 | No. 13 | No. 7 Michigan | W 95–87 | 20–7 (10–4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 3/3/1988 | No. 11 | at Michigan State | W 103–87 | 21–7 (11–4) | Jenison Fieldhouse (8,777) East Lansing, MI |
| 3/6/1988 | No. 11 | at Illinois Rivalry | L 81–94 | 21–8 (11–5) | Assembly Hall (16,538) Champaign, IL |
| 3/10/1988 | No. 15 | at Wisconsin | W 103–70 | 22–8 (12–5) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| 3/12/1988 | No. 15 | at Indiana | L 89–116 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 24–10 | Kingdome Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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.