1977–78 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1977–78 Iowa Hawkeyes Big Ten Conference Big Ten 12–15 5-13 Lute Olson 4th Jim Rosborough Tony McAndrews Ronnie Lester Iowa Field House(Capacity: 13,365) The 1977–78 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 Lute Olson, coaching in his 4th season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 12–15 overall and 5–13 in Big Ten play. Roster 1977 Iowa Hawkeyes men's y Ronnie Lester y 12 G 6 2 So Chicago, Illinois Dick Peth y 20 G 6 2 Jr Tomah, Wisconsin Kirk Speraw y 23 G 6 0 Jr Sioux City, Iowa William Mayfield Bill Mayfield y 24 F 6 7 205 Jr Detroit, Michigan Kenny Arnold 30 G 6 2 Fr Chicago, Illinois Vince Brookins 32 F 6 5 Fr Cleveland, Ohio Mike Henry 42 F 6 9 Fr Elgin, Illinois Clay Hargrave 44 F 6 4 Jr Iowa City, Iowa Steve Waite 52 C 6 10 Fr Iowa City, Iowa Steve Krafcisin 54 C 6 9 Fr Chicago, Illinois Lute Olson Jim Rosborough Tony McAndrews Schedule/results no yes yes no |- !colspan=8| Non-conference regular season |- 11/26/1977 yes yes Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA Rivalry 78-79The Daily Iowan Iowa State 'evens up' with Iowa 8 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1977/di1977-11-28.pdf November 28, 1977 April 20, 2017 0-1 11/28/1977 yes yes Kent State Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, OH 82-64 1-1 12/1/1977 yes Mankato State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 91-71The Daily Iowan Hawks cruise past Mavericks 14 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1977/di1977-12-02.pdf December 2, 1977 April 20, 2017 11,225 2-1 12/3/1977 yes Cal State Northridge Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 66-63 3-1 12/10/1977 yes yes California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 75-70 4-1 12/17/1977 yes Denver Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 107-65 5-1 12/20/1977 yes yes Tennessee Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Rebel Roundup 92-86 6-1 12/21/1977 yes yes UNLV 9 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Rebel Roundup 84-85 6-2 12/30/1977 yes Drake Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 89-87 7-2 |- !colspan=8| Big Ten Conference Season |- 1/5/1978 yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 51-69 7-3 0-1 1/7/1978 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH 87-75 8-3 1-1 1/12/1978 Michigan Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 56-66 8-4 1-2 1/14/1978 Purdue Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 66-60 9-4 2-2 1/19/1978 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 59-62 9-5 2-3 1/21/1978 Michigan State 10 Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 58-68 9-6 2-4 1/26/1978 Illinois Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 61-70 9-7 2-5 1/30/1978 Wisconsin Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 88-73 10-7 3-5 2/2/1978 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 71-82 10-8 3-6 2/4/1978 Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 72-82 10-9 3-7 2/9/1978 Michigan State 10 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 70-71The Daily Iowan Olson: Hawks cheated out of win 12 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1978/di1978-02-10.pdf February 10, 1978 April 20, 2017 10-10 3-8 2/11/1978 Minnesota Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 65-78 10-11 3-9 2/16/1978 Northwestern Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 76-74 11-11 4-9 2/18/1978 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 76-77 11-12 4-10 2/23/1978 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 69-82 11-13 4-11 2/25/1978 yes Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 76-82 11-14 4-12 3/2/1978 Ohio State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 87-70The Daily Iowan Balanced Hawks blitz Buckeyes 12 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1978/di1978-03-03.pdf March 3, 1978 April 20, 2017 12-14 5-12 3/4/1978 Indiana Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 55-71The Daily Iowan Hoosiers shoot down Hawks in finale 10 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1978/di1978-03-06.pdf March 6, 1978 April 20, 2017 12-15 5-13 AP Poll Rankings 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References 2 Iowa Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball seasons Hawkeyes Hawkeyes