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1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team


The 1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Tom Davis, coaching in his 13th and final season at the school, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 20–10 overall and 9–7 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #5 seed in the West Region, losing in the Sweet Sixteen to the eventual National Champion UConn Huskies. As of 2023, this is the last time that Iowa has made a Sweet 16.

1998–99 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Hawkeye Invitational Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 21
Record20–10 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachGary Close
MVPKent McCausland
Dean Oliver
Jess Settles
Home arenaCarver-Hawkeye Arena
(Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Michigan State† 15 – 1   .938 33 – 5   .868
No. 19 Indiana 9 – 7   .563 23 – 11   .676
No. 18 Wisconsin 9 – 7   .563 22 – 10   .688
No. 21 Iowa 9 – 7   .563 20 – 10   .667
Purdue 7 – 9   .438 21 – 13   .618
Northwestern 6 – 10   .375 15 – 14   .517
Penn State 5 – 11   .313 13 – 14   .481
Illinois 3 – 13   .188 14 – 18   .438
No. 14 Ohio State** 1 – 1   .500 1 – 1   .500
Minnesota*** 0 – 8   .000 0 – 11   .000
Michigan* 0 – 11   .000 0 – 19   .000
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program[1]
*** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

Roster

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1998–99 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)
—
 Sr Hudson, Iowa
F 4 Jess Settles 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
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 RS Sr Winfield, Iowa
F 5 Sam Okey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
 RS Sr Cassville, Wisconsin
G Jason Price 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
—
 Jr Chicago, Illinois
F/C 13 Guy Rucker 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
—
 Jr Inkster, Michigan
C 14 Jacob Jaacks 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
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 Jr Cedar Rapids, Iowa
G 20 Dean Oliver 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
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 So Mason City, Iowa
F 23 Duez Henderson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
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 Fr Detroit, Michigan
G 24 Ryan Luehrsmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
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 Jr Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F 25 Rod Thompson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
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 Fr Galesburg, Illinois
G 30 Kyle Galloway   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Sioux City, Iowa
G 32 Kent McCausland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
 Sr Waterloo, Iowa
G 34 Joey Range 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 Fr Galesburg, Illinois
F 44 J. R. Koch 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
—
 Sr Morton, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/1998*
 vs. Western Illinois W 74–63[2]  1–0
 The MARK of the Quad Cities (7,280)
Moline, IL
11/19/1998*
 Northern Iowa
Iowa Big Four 		W 83–67[3]  2–0
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,560)
Iowa City, IA
11/25/1998*
 Creighton L 73–75[4]  2–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
12/1/1998*
 Drake
Iowa Big Four 		W 78–74  3–1
 Knapp Center 
Des Moines, IA
12/4/1998*
 South Alabama
Hawkeye Invitational 		W 82–58  4–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,941)
Iowa City, IA
12/5/1998*
 Detroit Mercy
Hawkeye Invitational 		W 61–60[5]  5–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,978)
Iowa City, IA
12/8/1998*
8:35 pm, ESPN 		at No. 10 Kansas W 85–81[6]  6–1
 Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, KS
12/12/1998*
 Iowa State
Rivalry 		W 74–54[7]  7–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
12/19/1998*
7:05 pm 		No. 25 Missouri W 82–68  8–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
12/23/1998*
 No. 21 Coppin State W 87–73  9–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
12/31/1998
 No. 21 No. 8 Indiana W 67–52[8]  10–1
(1–0) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/3/1999
 No. 21 Northwestern W 52–48  11–1
(2–0) 		Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
1/7/1999
 No. 17 Illinois W 84–62[9]  12–1
(3–0) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/12/1999
 No. 12 No. 21 Ohio State W 71–68  13–1
(4–0) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/16/1999
 No. 12 at No. 19 Minnesota L 70–75  13–2
(4–1) 		Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1999
 ESPN 		No. 14 at No. 11 Michigan State L 65–80[10]  13–3
(4–2) 		Breslin Student Events Center 
East Lansing, MI
1/23/1999
 No. 14 No. 15 Wisconsin L 52–72  13–4
(4–3) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/27/1999
 No. 16 Penn State W 84–74  14–4
(5–3) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/30/1999
 No. 16 at Michigan W 81–68  15–4
(6–3) 		Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
2/4/1999
 No. 14 at No. 18 Purdue L 75–90  15–5
(6–4) 		Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
2/6/1999
 No. 14 No. 8 Michigan State L 81–95  15–6
(6–5) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
2/10/1999
 No. 19 No. 22 Minnesota W 76–73[11]  16–6
(7–5) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/13/1999
 No. 19 at No. 13 Ohio State L 69–73  16–7
(7–6) 		Value City Arena 
Columbus, OH
2/21/1999
 No. 20 at Illinois W 78–72  17–7
(8–6) 		Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
2/24/1999
 No. 18 at Northwestern W 65–48  18–7
(9–6) 		Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
2/27/1999
 No. 18 at No. 20 Indiana L 81–88  18–8
(9–7) 		Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Big Ten tournament
3/5/1999*
 No. 20 vs. No. 19 Wisconsin
Quarterfinals 		L 60–74  18–9
 United Center 
Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/11/1999*
 (5 W) No. 21 vs. (12 W) UAB
First Round 		W 77–64[12]  19–9
 McNichols Sports Arena 
Denver, CO
3/13/1999*
 (5 W) No. 21 vs. (4 W) No. 22 Arkansas
Second Round 		W 82–72[13]  20–9
 McNichols Sports Arena 
Denver, CO
3/18/1999*
 (5 W) No. 21 vs. (1 W) No. 3 Connecticut
Sweet Sixteen 		L 68–78[14]  20–10
 America West Arena 
Phoenix, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

Rankings

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Main article: 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

NBA draft

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Main article: 1999 NBA draft
Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 46 J. R. Koch New York Knicks

[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Return at the Mark" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 16, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Hawkeyes avenge last year's upset" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 20, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Creighton hands Iowa first loss" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 30, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "Iowa women, men take tourney titles" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 7, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Rock, Chalk, Hawkeye" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Hawkeyes reign again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 14, 1998. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Rucker Spurs Upset of Hoosiers". The New York Times. January 1, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "That's 10 Straight For Iowa". Chicago Tribune. January 8, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Spartans make statement" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  11. ^ "Phew – Iowa survives close one" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  12. ^ "With Rally, Hawkeyes, Coach Stay Around". The Washington Post. March 12, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  13. ^ "McCausland Helps Iowa Shoot Into the Sweet 16". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  14. ^ "Connecticut Gets It Together to Finish Off Iowa and Davis". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1999. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  15. ^ "1999 NBA Draft". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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