1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by 11th year head coach Tom Davis, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 22-10 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #8 seed in the West Region, losing 75-69 in the Round of 32 to the eventual National Runner-Up Kentucky Wildcats.

1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Super Chevy Shootout Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	22–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Davis (11th season)
Assistant coach	Gary Close
MVP	Andre Woolridge
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iowa	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Purdue	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
No. 19 Illinois	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Wisconsin	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
Indiana	9	–	9		.500			22	–	11		.667
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	12		.586
Ohio State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	17		.370
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			7	–	22		.241
No. 3 Minnesota*	0	–	2		.000			0	–	4		.000
Michigan*	0	–	9		.000			0	–	11		.000
Rankings from AP Poll *Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program *Minnesota: 5 NCAA Tournament games vacated due to sanctions against the program^[1] Disputed records: Michigan-(24–11)(9–9); Minnesota-(31–4)(16–2)

Roster

1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 3 Jason Bauer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So Hudson, Iowa F 4 Jess Settles 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Winfield, Iowa PG 5 Andre Woolridge 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Omaha, Nebraska C 13 Guy Rucker 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Fr Inkster, Michigan G 24 Ryan Luehrsmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) — Fr Cedar Rapids, Iowa F 25 Vernon Simmons 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr Simi Valley, California G 32 Kent McCausland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So Waterloo, Iowa PF 42 Ryan Bowen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr Fort Madison, Iowa F 44 J. R. Koch 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — So Morton, Illinois F 45 Darryl Moore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Chicago, Illinois	Head coach Tom Davis (UW–Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Gary Close (Arizona State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/22/1996*	No. 25	vs. Western Illinois	W 81–66^[2]	1–0	24 – Woolridge	–	–	The MARK of the Quad Cities  Moline, IL
11/25/1996*  ESPN	No. 25	vs. California Maui Invitational Tournament	L 59–75	1–1	–	–	–	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
11/26/1996*		vs. LSU Maui Invitational Tournament	L 60–70	1–2	16 – Woolridge	9 – Moore, Rucker	5 – Woolridge	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
11/27/1996*		at Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament	W 67–37^[3]	2–2	22 – Koch	11 – Koch	5 – Moore	Lahaina Civic Center  Maui, HI
12/3/1996*		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 79–59^[4]^[5]	3–2	14 – Woolridge	13 – Moore	5 – Woolridge	Knapp Center  Des Moines, IA
12/6/1996*		Grambling Super Chevy Shootout	W 93–73	4–2	20 – McCausland	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/7/1996*		La Salle Super Chevy Shootout	W 65–60^[6]	5–2	16 – Woolridge	18 – Bowen	4 – Moore, Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/10/1996*		Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 72–63^[7]	6–2	31 – Woolridge	10 – Bowen	7 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,385) Iowa City, IA
12/14/1996*		No. 6 Iowa State Rivalry	L 74–81^[8]	6–3	25 – Woolridge	8 – Bowen	5 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/21/1996*		Missouri	W 88–77	7–3	–	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/27/1996*		Austin Peay	W 90–58	8–3	–	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
12/29/1996*		Cal State Northridge	W 90–65^[9]	9–3	21 – Woolridge	14 – Bowen	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/2/1997		Northwestern	W 72–55^[10]	10–3 (1–0)	28 – Woolridge	–	8 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/4/1997		at Penn State	W 69–57	11–3 (2–0)	17 – Bowen	8 – Koch	6 – Woolridge	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
1/7/1997		at Purdue	W 59–56^[11]	12–3 (3–0)	20 – Woolridge	10 – Bowen	–	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/11/1997		Wisconsin	W 78–53^[12]	13–3 (4–0)	21 – Woolridge	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/15/1997		Ohio State	W 76–62^[13]	14–3 (5–0)	27 – Woolridge	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
1/19/1997		at No. 18 Michigan	L 71–79^[14]	14–4 (5–1)	25 – Woolridge	10 – Rucker	4 – Woolridge	Crisler Arena (13,562) Ann Arbor, MI
1/23/1997		at No. 8 Minnesota	L 51–66^[15]	14–5 (5–2)	12 – Woolridge	8 – Koch	8 – Woolridge	Williams Arena (14,552) Minneapolis, MN
1/29/1997		Illinois	W 82–65^[16]	15–5 (6–2)	25 – Woolridge	–	9 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/4/1997	No. 25	No. 24 Indiana	W 75–67^[17]^[18]^[19]	16–5 (7–2)	18 – Woolridge	13 – Bowen	5 – Woolridge, McCausland	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/9/1997	No. 25	at Illinois	L 51–66^[20]	16–6 (7–3)	16 – Rucker	9 – Bowen	5 – Bowen	Assembly Hall (16,450) Champaign, IL
2/12/1997		at Michigan State	L 67–69^[21]	16–7 (7–4)	18 – McCausland	9 – Bowen	8 – Woolridge	Breslin Student Events Center (13,003) East Lansing, MI
2/15/1997		No. 3 Minnesota	L 66–68^[22]^[23]	16–8 (7–5)	24 – Woolridge	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/20/1997 6:30 p.m., ESPN		No. 18 Michigan	W 80–75^[24]^[25]	17–8 (8–5)	25 – Woolridge	9 – Luehrsmann	8 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/22/1997		at Ohio State	W 69–56^[26]	18–8 (9–5)	17 – Bowen	6 – Bowen	7 – Woolridge	St. John Arena (12,323) Columbus, OH
2/26/1997		at Wisconsin	L 48–49^[27]	18–9 (9–6)	17 – Woolridge	9 – Moore	3 – Woolridge	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
3/1/1997		Purdue	W 84–62^[28]	19–9 (10–6)	18 – Woolridge	–	8 – Woolridge	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/5/1997		Penn State	W 81–55^[29]	20–9 (11–6)	26 – Woolridge	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/8/1997		at Northwestern	W 75–59^[30]	21–9 (12–6)	34 – Woolridge	–	9 – Woolridge	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
NCAA tournament
3/13/1997*	(8 W)	vs. (9 W) Virginia West Regional 1st Round	W 73–60^[31]	22–9	19 – Rucker	16 – Bowen	10 – Woolridge	Huntsman Center (13,886) Salt Lake City, UT
3/15/1997*	(8 W)	vs. (1 W) No. 5 Kentucky West Regional 2nd Round	L 69–75^[32]^[33]	22–10	29 – Woolridge	10 – Moore	5 – Woolridge	Huntsman Center (14,387) Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

Rankings

Main article: 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Andre Woolridge – Third-Team AP All-American; First-Team All-Big Ten; First men's player in Big Ten history to lead the conference in scoring (20.2 ppg) and assists (6.0 apg) in same season^[34]

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