The 2016–17 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Indiana. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and thus received a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated South Dakota in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.
Previous season The Hawkeyes finished 2015–16 season with a record of 22–11, 12–6 record in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for third place in conference. In the Big Ten tournament, they were upset by Illinois in the second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Temple in the First Round before losing to eventual National Champion, Villanova, in the Second Round.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Andrew Fleming 2 G 6'5" 206 Freshman Nashville, TN Transferred to Chattanooga Anthony Clemmons 5 G 6'2" 200 Senior Lansing, MI Graduated Mike Gesell 10 G 6'2" 190 Senior South Sioux City, NE Graduated Jarrod Uthoff 20 F 6'9" 221 Senior Cedar Rapids, IA Graduated Okey Ukah 23 F 6'7" 218 Senior Iowa City, IA Walk on; graduated Brandon Hutton 30 F 6'6" 215 Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred to Indian Hills CC Adam Woodbury 34 C 7'1" 250 Senior Sioux City, IA Graduated
2016 recruiting class
2017 Recruiting Class
2018 Recruiting Class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NIT
Source: Schedule
References