1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Great Alaska Shootout Champions Amana-Hawkeye Classic Champions Anteater Classic Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
1986–87 record	30–5 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (1st year)
Assistant coach	Bruce Pearl
Assistant coach	Gary Close
Assistant coach	Rudy Washington
MVP	Kevin Gamble Roy Marble
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	30	–	4	.882
#7 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
#6 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
#11 Illinois	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Minnesota	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 30–5 overall and 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. The Hawkeyes won their first 18 games and ascended to the #1 ranking in late January. The 30 overall wins and 14 conference wins remain single-season school records. Iowa received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #2 seed in the West Region. After defeating Santa Clara in the first round, UTEP in the second round, and Oklahoma in the Sweet Sixteen, they lost a heartbreaker to #1 UNLV in the Regional Final.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Gerry Wright	F/C	6–7	Sr.	San Bernardino, California
5	Bart Casey	G	6–5	Jr.	Iowa City, Iowa
10	B. J. Armstrong	G	6–2	So.	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
11	Michael Reaves	G	6–3	Jr.	Milledgeville, Georgia
14	Bill Jones	G/F	6–7	Jr.	Detroit, Michigan
20	Jeff Moe	G	6–3	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
23	Roy Marble	G/F	6–6	So.	Flint, Michigan
24	Michael Morgan	G	6–3	Jr.	Haughton, Louisiana
25	Ed Horton	F	6–8	So.	Springfield, Illinois
32	Mark Jewell	F	6–9	Fr.	Lafayette, Indiana
35	Kevin Gamble	G/F	6–5	Sr.	Springfield, Illinois
40	Kent Hill	F	6–6	Jr.	Wichita, Kansas
44	Al Lorenzen	F	6–9	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
51	Les Jepsen	C	7–0	Fr.	Bowbells, North Dakota
54	Brad Lohaus	F/C	6–11	Sr.	Phoenix, Arizona

Schedule/results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season

11/28/1986*	No. 10	at Alaska-Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 91-81^[1]	1-0	Sullivan Arena (4,369) Anchorage, AK
11/29/1986*	No. 10	vs. No. 17 NC State Great Alaska Shootout	W 90-89^[2] ^OT	2-0	Sullivan Arena (3,780) Anchorage, AK
11/30/1986*	No. 10	vs. Northeastern Great Alaska Shootout	W 103-80^[3]	3-0	Sullivan Arena (5,738) Anchorage, AK
12/3/1986* 7:30 PM	No. 5	Missouri-St. Louis	W 89-64^[4]	4-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,341) Iowa City, IA
12/5/1986*	No. 5	Delaware Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 95-47	5-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,340) Iowa City, IA
12/6/1986*	No. 5	Loyola Marymount Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 103-80^[5]	6-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (9,225) Iowa City, IA
12/9/1986*	No. 4	BYU	W 86-75^[6]	7-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/13/1986*	No. 4	Drake	W 69-62^[7]	8-0	Veterans Memorial Auditorium (12,175) Des Moines, IA
12/20/1986*	No. 3	Iowa State Rivalry	W 89-64^[8]	9-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/22/1986*	No. 3	vs. Rider	W 104-71	10-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/28/1986*	No. 3	vs. Portland Anteater Classic	W 84-65	11-0	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
12/29/1986*	No. 3	vs. UC Irvine Anteater Classic	W 105-103	12-0	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
1/3/1987	No. 3	Northwestern	W 80-44	13-0 (1-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/5/1987	No. 3	Wisconsin	W 78-63	14-0 (2-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/10/1987	No. 2	at Minnesota	W 78-57	15-0 (3-0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1987	No. 2	at No. 8 Illinois	W 91-88^[9]	16-0 (4-0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/19/1987 8:05 PM, ESPN	No. 2	at No. 6 Purdue	W 70-67^[10]	17-0 (5-0)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
1/22/1987	No. 1	No. 3 Indiana	W 101-88^[11]^[12]	18-0 (6-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,570) Iowa City, IA
1/24/1987 3:05 PM	No. 1	Ohio State	L 76-80^[13]	18-1 (6-1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/29/1987	No. 2	at Michigan State	W 89-75	19-1 (7-1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/31/1987	No. 2	at Michigan	L 88-74	19-2 (7-2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/4/1987	No. 4	Minnesota	W 78-47	20-2 (8-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/7/1987	No. 4	Arizona	W 89-80^[14]	21-2 (8-2)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
2/12/1987 7:35 PM	No. 4	No. 7 Purdue	L 73-80^[15]	21-3 (8-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/14/1987	No. 4	No. 11 Illinois	W 66-61^[16]	22-3 (9-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/18/1987	No. 7	at Ohio State	W 82-80^[17]	23-3 (10-3)	St. John Arena (13,541) Columbus, OH
2/21/1987	No. 7	at No. 2 Indiana	L 75-84^[18]	23-4 (10-4)	Assembly Hall (17,343) Bloomington, IN
2/26/1987	No. 7	Michigan State	W 93-64^[19]	24-4 (11-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/28/1987	No. 7	Michigan	W 95-85^[20]	25-4 (12-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/5/1987	No. 6	at Northwestern	W 103-76^[21]	26-4 (13-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
3/8/1987	No. 6	at Wisconsin	W 81-71^[22]	27-4 (14-4)	Wisconsin Field House (11,866) Madison, WI
NCAA Tournament
3/13/1987*	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. (15) Santa Clara First Round	W 99-76^[23]	28-4 (14-4)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
3/15/1987* CBS	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. (7) UTEP Second Round	W 84-82^[24]	29-4 (14-4)	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
3/20/1987* CBS	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. (6) Oklahoma Sweet Sixteen	W 93-91^[25] ^OT	30-4 (14-4)	Kingdome Seattle, WA
3/22/1987* CBS	No. 6 (2)	vs. No. 1 (1) UNLV Elite Eight	L 81-84^[26]^[27]	30-5 (14-4)	Kingdome Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

Tom Davis, Big Ten Men's Basketball Coach of the Year and AP College Basketball Coach of the Year

Team players in the 1987 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	45	Brad Lohaus	Boston Celtics
3	63	Kevin Gamble	Portland Trail Blazers
5	111	Gerry Wright	Detroit Pistons

References

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Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 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 1999–00 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

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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