1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 17

1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Purdue	16	–	2	.889	29	–	4	.879
No. 10 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	26	–	8	.765
No. 17 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
No. 16 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	12	–	16	.429
Michigan State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	3	Kelly Westen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—		Antigo, Wisconsin
G	10	B. J. Armstrong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
G	11	Michael Reaves	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Milledgeville, Georgia
G	13	Mark Wetzel	—	—
G/F	14	Bill Jones	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
G	15	Rodell Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr	Thornton, Illinois
G	20	Jeff Moe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Indianapolis, Indiana
G/F	23	Roy Marble	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	Flint, Michigan
G	24	Michael Morgan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Haughton, Louisiana
F	25	Ed Horton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Springfield, Illinois
F	32	Mark Jewell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Lafayette, Indiana
F	40	Kent Hill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr	Wichita, Kansas
F	44	Al Lorenzen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
C	51	Les Jepsen	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	So	Bowbells, North Dakota

Head coach

Tom Davis (Wisconsin–Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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^[1]	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^[2]	6-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
12/12/1987* 7:05 PM	No. 3	No. 4 Arizona	L 59-66^[3]	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-Rio Grande Valley	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^[4]	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
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	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 (1-1)	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^[5]	11-5 (2-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/21/1988	No. 19	No. 13 Illinois	W 93-79^[6]^[7]	12-5 (3-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/23/1988	No. 19	Dartmouth	W 102-87^[8]	13-5 (3-2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/25/1988	No. 19	at Wisconsin	W 104-89^[9]	14-5 (4-2)	Wisconsin Field House 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^[10]	16-6 (6-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/10/1988	No. 13	Ohio State	W 92-75^[11]	17-6 (7-3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/15/1988 ESPN	No. 13	No. 2 Purdue	L 68-73^[12]	17-7 (7-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
2/20/1988	No. 13	at Minnesota	W 107-86^[13]	18-7 (8-4)	Williams Arena (16,406) Minnesota, MN
2/24/1988	No. 13	at Northwestern	W 91-74^[14]	19-7 (9-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/27/1988	No. 13	No. 7 Michigan	W 95-87^[15]	20-7 (10-4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/3/1988	No. 11	at Michigan State	W 103-87^[16]	21-7 (11-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse (8,777) East Lansing, MI
3/6/1988	No. 11	at Illinois	L 81-94^[17]	21-8 (11-5)	Assembly Hall (16,538) Champaign, IL
3/10/1988	No. 15	at Wisconsin	W 103-70^[18]	22-8 (12-5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
3/12/1988	No. 15	at Indiana	L 89-116^[19]	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^[20]	23-9 (12-6)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
3/20/1988* CBS	(5) No. 17	vs. (4) No. 12 UNLV Second Round	W 104-86^[21]^[22]^[23]	24-9 (12-6)	Pauley Pavilion (12,901) Los Angeles
3/25/1988* CBS	(5) No. 17	vs. (1) No. 2 Arizona Sweet Sixteen	L 79-99^[24]	24-10 (12-6)	Kingdome Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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.^[25]^[26]^[27]

References

^ "Iowa coasts to sluggish win over Bulldogs" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 2, 1987. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa wins Amana in Classic fashion" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1987. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Olson's Return To Iowa City A Rousing Success For Arizona". Chicago Tribune. December 13, 1987. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Ill. State stuns Iowa in final 5 seconds". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1987. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hawks drop Wildcats, 92-68" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 17, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa Storm Blows Illinois Away". Chicago Tribune. January 22, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa upends Fighting Illini in a runaway" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hawkeyes top Dartmouth in 102-87 victory" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 25, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Badgers prove no match for No. 19 Hawks" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 26, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Spartan fouls help Hawks to 101-72 victory" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 8, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Armstrong, Iowa down Ohio State" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "No. 3 Boilermakers clip Hawkeyes" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 16, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hawkeyes dump Minnesota" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 22, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hawks wear out Wildcats in win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 25, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Marble, Hawks regain dignity vs. Wolverines" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 29, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Men topple Spartans; move to 21-7" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 4, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Illinois get cracking, breezes past Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 7, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hawks hammer Wisconsin, 103-70" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 11, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Hoosiers break Iowa's press, spirit, 116-89" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 14, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Armstrong's 35 Lead Iowa Past Florida State". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa makes it look easy against UNLV". Chicago Tribune. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa Gives UNLV Lethal Taste of Its Press and Run Game". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Iowa Earns Rematch Against Arizona". Sun-Sentinel. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Arizona Flattens Another Opponent". New York Times. March 26, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "1988 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "1989 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[1] "Iowa coasts to sluggish win over Bulldogs" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 2, 1987. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[2] "Iowa wins Amana in Classic fashion" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1987. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[3] "Olson's Return To Iowa City A Rousing Success For Arizona". Chicago Tribune. December 13, 1987. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[4] "Ill. State stuns Iowa in final 5 seconds". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1987. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[5] "Hawks drop Wildcats, 92-68" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 17, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[6] "Iowa Storm Blows Illinois Away". Chicago Tribune. January 22, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[7] "Iowa upends Fighting Illini in a runaway" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[8] "Hawkeyes top Dartmouth in 102-87 victory" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 25, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[9] "Badgers prove no match for No. 19 Hawks" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 26, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[10] "Spartan fouls help Hawks to 101-72 victory" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 8, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[11] "Armstrong, Iowa down Ohio State" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[12] "No. 3 Boilermakers clip Hawkeyes" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 16, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[13] "Hawkeyes dump Minnesota" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 22, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[14] "Hawks wear out Wildcats in win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 25, 1988. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[15] "Marble, Hawks regain dignity vs. Wolverines" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 29, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[16] "Men topple Spartans; move to 21-7" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 4, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[17] "Illinois get cracking, breezes past Iowa". Chicago Tribune. March 7, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[18] "Hawks hammer Wisconsin, 103-70" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 11, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[19] "Hoosiers break Iowa's press, spirit, 116-89" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 14, 1988. p. 1B. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[20] "Armstrong's 35 Lead Iowa Past Florida State". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[21] "Iowa makes it look easy against UNLV". Chicago Tribune. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[22] "Iowa Gives UNLV Lethal Taste of Its Press and Run Game". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[23] "Iowa Earns Rematch Against Arizona". Sun-Sentinel. March 21, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[24] "Arizona Flattens Another Opponent". New York Times. March 26, 1988. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[25] "1988 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[26] "1989 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

[27] "1990 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

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v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics