Iowa Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Iowa Hawkeyes

Big Ten (21-8, 14-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/8 North Carolina (93-80), 12/22 Purdue (70-55), 2/28 at Ohio State (73-57)
Bad Losses: 12/25 at Minnesota (95-102), 1/21 Indiana (69-81), 2/7 at Indiana (65-67)
Coach:  Fran McCaffery
 
Probable Starters:
Jordan Bohannon, Senior, Guard, 10.9 ppg, 4.5 apg
Connor McCaffery, Junior, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 3.8 apg
CJ Fredrick, Sophomore, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 2.0 apg
Joe Wieskamp, Junior, Guard, 14.7 ppg, 1.5 apg, 6.6 rpg
Luka Garza, Senior, Center, 23.7 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Keegan Murray, Freshman, Forward, 7.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Patrick McCaffery, Freshman, Forward, 5.0 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 85.0 (3rd in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 72.1 (225, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.4 (38, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.2 (65, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.1 (13, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 39.6 (4, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 10.1 (13, 1)
Rebound Margin: 3.5 (74, 4)
Assists Per Game: 19.2 (1, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.5 (4, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAARound of 64 win over Cincinnati
2019NCAARound of 32 loss to Tennessee
2017NITFirst Round win over South Dakota
2017NITSecond Round loss to TCU
2016NCAARound of 64 win over Temple
2016NCAARound of 32 loss to Villanova
2015NCAARound of 64 win over Davidson
2015NCAARound of 32 loss to Gonzaga
2014NCAAOpening Round loss to Tennessee
2013NITFirst Round win over Indiana State
2013NITSecond Round win over Stony Brook
2013NITQuarterfinal win over Virginia
2013NITSemifinal win over Maryland
2013NITFinal loss to Baylor
2012NITFirst Round win over Dayton
2012NITSecond Round loss to Oregon
2006NCAARound of 64 loss to Northwestern State
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Cincinnati
2004NITFirst Round loss to Saint Louis
2003NITOpening Round win over Valparaiso
2003NITFirst Round win over Iowa State
2003NITSecond Round loss to Georgia Tech
2002NITFirst Round loss to LSU
 
*all team stats through 3/7