1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1996–97 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Athletics wordmark.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 22–10 12–6 Tom Davis 11th Gary Close Andre Woolridge Carver-Hawkeye Arena(Capacity: 15,500) Super Chevy Shootout Champions NCAA men's Division I tournament Round of 32 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. Roster 1996 Iowa Hawkeyes y Jason Bauer 3 G 6 3 So Hudson, Iowa Jess Settles 4 F 6 7 Sr Winfield, Iowa Andre Woolridge 5 PG 6 0 Sr y Omaha, Nebraska Guy Rucker 13 C 6 11 Fr y Inkster, Michigan Ryan Luehrsmann 24 G 5 11 Fr Cedar Rapids, Iowa Vernon Simmons 25 F 6 6 Jr Simi Valley, California Kent McCausland 32 G 6 3 So Waterloo, Iowa Ryan Bowen 42 PF 6 9 Jr y Fort Madison, Iowa J. R. Koch 44 F 6 10 So y Morton, Illinois Darryl Moore 45 F 6 2 Jr Chicago, Illinois Tom Davis (UW–Platteville) Gary Close (Arizona State) Schedule/Results no yes no yes yes |- !colspan=9| Regular Season |- 11/22/1996 yes yes 25 Western Illinois The MARK of the Quad Cities Moline, IL Woolridge 24         81–66The Daily Iowan 14 Hawks avoid scary opener http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-11-25.pdf November 25, 1996 January 23, 2016 1–0 11/25/1996 yes yes 25 California Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament ESPN             59–75 1–1 11/26/1996 yes yes LSU Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament Woolridge 16 Moore, Rucker 9 Woolridge 5 60–70 1–2 11/27/1996 yes yes Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament Koch 22 Koch 11 Moore 5 67–37The Daily Iowan 14 Iowa casualties come in 3's: Men drop two of three with three starters out http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-12-02.pdf December 2, 1996 April 1, 2016 2–2 12/3/1996 yes yes Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA Iowa Big Four Woolridge 14 Moore 13 Woolridge 5 79–59The Daily Iowan Iowa 79, Drake 59 1B http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-12-04.pdf December 4, 1996 April 1, 2017Des Moines Register One Moore Weapon: Iowa Trounces Drake https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/132104976/ December 4, 1996 January 23, 2016 3–2 12/6/1996 yes Grambling Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Super Chevy Shootout McCausland 20         93–73 4–2 12/7/1996 yes La Salle Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Super Chevy Shootout Woolridge 16 Bowen 18 Moore, Woolridge 4 65–60The Daily Iowan Hawks scrape past La Salle 1B http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-12-09.pdf December 9, 1996 January 23, 2016 5–2 12/10/1996 yes Northern Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Iowa Big Four Woolridge 31 Bowen 10 Woolridge 7 72–63The Daily Iowan Senior steps it up 1B http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-12-11.pdf December 11, 1996 January 23, 2016 14,385 6–2 12/14/1996 yes Iowa State 6 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Rivalry Woolridge 25 Bowen 8 Woolridge 5 74–81The Daily Iowan 14 Caught in a whirlwind http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1996/di1996-12-16.pdf December 16, 1996 January 23, 2016 15,500 6–3 12/21/1996 yes Missouri Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA             88–77 7–3 12/27/1996 yes Austin Peay Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA             90–58 8–3 12/29/1996 yes Cal State Northridge Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 21 Bowen 14     90–65Los Angeles Times Northridge Races to Early Lead but Is Eventually Overwhelmed https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-30-sp-13929-story.html December 30, 1996 April 1, 2017 9–3 1/2/1997 Northwestern Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 28     Woolridge 8 72–55Chicago Tribune Iowa 72, Northwestern 55 https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/01/03/iowa-72-northwestern-55/ January 3, 1997 April 1, 2017 10–3 1–0 1/4/1997 yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA Bowen 17 Koch 8 Woolridge 6 69–57 11–3 2–0 1/7/1997 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN Woolridge 20 Bowen 10     59–56Chicago Tribune Iowa 59, Purdue 56 https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/01/08/iowa-59-purdue-56/ January 8, 1997 April 1, 2017 12–3 3–0 1/11/1997 Wisconsin Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 21         78–53The Southern Illinoisan IOWA 78, WISCONSIN 53 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/83421877/ 19 January 12, 1997 April 1, 2017 13–3 4–0 1/15/1997 Ohio State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 27         76–62Chicago Tribune Iowa Whips Ohio St., Takes Big 10 Lead https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/01/16/iowa-whips-ohio-st-takes-big-10-lead/ January 16, 1997 April 1, 2017 14–3 5–0 1/19/1997 yes Michigan 18 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI Woolridge 25 Rucker 10 Woolridge 4 71–79The Daily Iowan 3B Michigan hands Iowa first league loss http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-01-21.pdf January 21, 1997 April 1, 2017 13,562 14–4 5–1 1/23/1997 yes Minnesota 8 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Woolridge 12 Koch 8 Woolridge 8 51–66The Daily Iowan Minnesota 66, Iowa 51 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-01-24.pdf January 24, 1997 April 1, 2017 14,552 14–5 5–2 1/29/1997 Illinois Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 25     Woolridge 9 82–65The Daily Iowan What Battle? http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-01-30.pdf January 30, 1997 April 1, 2017 15–5 6–2 2/4/1997 25 Indiana 24 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 18 Bowen 13 Woolridge, McCausland 5 75–67The Daily Iowan 1B Passing the Hoosiers http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-05.pdf February 5, 1997 April 1, 2017Tulsa World Hawkeyes Pummel Hoosiers http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/hawkeyes-pummel-hoosiers/article_8092d6e9-3d9d-58dd-9f95-94e6763a38bb.html February 5, 1997 January 23, 2016Chicago Tribune Andre Is Iowa's Quiet Giant: Woolridge Even Impresses Knight https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/02/07/andre-is-iowas-quiet-giant/ February 7, 1997 April 1, 2017 16–5 7–2 2/9/1997 yes 25 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL Rucker 16 Bowen 9 Bowen 5 51–66The Daily Iowan 1B Illini avenge prior loss http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-10.pdf February 10, 1997 April 1, 2017 16,450 16–6 7–3 2/12/1997 yes Michigan State Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI McCausland 18 Bowen 9 Woolridge 8 67–69The Daily Iowan 1B Heartbreaker http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-13.pdf February 13, 1997 January 23, 2016 13,003 16–7 7–4 2/15/1997 Minnesota 3 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 24         66–68The Daily Iowan 1B Hawks come up short, again http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-17.pdf February 17, 1997 April 1, 2017The Spokesman-Review Gophers Closing On Title http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/feb/16/gophers-closing-on-title/ February 16, 1997 January 23, 2016 16–8 7–5 2/20/1997 6:30 p.m. Michigan 18 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA ESPN Woolridge 25 Luehrsmann 9 Woolridge 8 80–75The Daily Iowan 1B Bench Press: Reserves key Iowa upset of No. 18 Michigan http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-21.pdf February 21, 1997 April 1, 2017Chicago Tribune Iowa Too Much For Michigan https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/02/21/iowa-too-much-for-michigan/ February 21, 1997 January 23, 2016 17–8 8–5 2/22/1997 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH Bowen 17 Bowen 6 Woolridge 7 69–56The Daily Iowan 1B Davis' NIT talk fired up Hawkeyes in rout of OSU http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-24.pdf February 24, 1997 April 1, 2017 12,323 18–8 9–5 2/26/1997 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI Woolridge 17 Moore 9 Woolridge 3 48–49The Daily Iowan SHOCKER http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-02-27.pdf February 27, 1997 April 1, 2017 18–9 9–6 3/1/1997 Purdue Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 18     Woolridge 8 84–62The Daily Iowan Hawkeyes flying high: Balanced attack leads Iowa men past Purdue at home, 84-62 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-03-03.pdf March 3, 1997 April 1, 2017 19–9 10–6 3/5/1997 Penn State Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Woolridge 26         81–55The Daily Iowan Out with a bang http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-03-06.pdf March 6, 1997 April 1, 2017 15,500 20–9 11–6 3/8/1997 yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL Woolridge 34     Woolridge 9 75–59The Daily Iowan Woolridge has MVP performance vs. Wildcats http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-03-10.pdf March 10, 1997 April 1, 2017 21–9 12–6 |- !colspan=12| NCAA tournament 3/13/1997 yes yes 8 W Virginia 9 W Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT West Regional 1st Round Rucker 19 Bowen 16 Woolridge 10 73–60The Daily Iowan 1B Domination http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-03-14.pdf March 14, 1997 January 23, 2016 13,886 22–9 3/15/1997 yes yes 8 W Kentucky 5 1 W Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT West Regional 2nd Round Woolridge 29 Moore 10 Woolridge 5 69–75The Daily Iowan 1B Iowa men fall to defending champions http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1997/di1997-03-17.pdf March 17, 1997 January 23, 2016Chicago Tribune Kentucky 75, Iowa 69 https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/03/16/kentucky-75-iowa-69/ March 16, 1997 April 1, 2017 14,387 22–10 AP Poll W West Rankings 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 seasonChicago Tribune A vote for Woolridge https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/03/16/a-vote-for-woolridge/ March 16, 1997 April 1, 2017 References 2 Iowa Iowa Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball seasons Hawk Hawk