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 →

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.

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

Roster

1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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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