2015-16 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2015-16 Iowa Men's Basketball

22-11

Overall

12-6

Big Ten

Peak AP rank

Fran McCaffery

Head coach

2015-16 Schedule 33 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 13	Home Gardner-Webb	76–59	W
Nov 15	Home Coppin State	103–68	W
Nov 19	Away Marquette	89–61	W
Nov 26	Neutral Dayton	77–82	L
Nov 27	Neutral Notre Dame	62–68	L
Nov 29	Neutral Wichita State	84–61	W
Dec 2	Home Florida State	78–75	W
Dec 5	Home Kansas City	95–75	W
Dec 7	Home Western Illinois	90–56	W
Dec 10	Away Iowa State	82–83	L
Dec 19	Neutral Drake	70–64	W
Dec 22	Home Tennessee Tech	85–63	W
Dec 29	Home Michigan State	83–70	W
Jan 2	Away Purdue	70–63	W
Jan 5	Home Nebraska	77–66	W
Jan 14	Away Michigan State	76–59	W
Jan 17	Home Michigan	82–71	W
Jan 21	Away Rutgers	90–76	W
Jan 24	Home Purdue	83–71	W
Jan 28	Away Maryland	68–74	L
Jan 31	Home Northwestern	85–71	W
Feb 3	Home Penn State	73–49	W
Feb 7	Away Illinois	77–65	W
Feb 11	Away Indiana	78–85	L
Feb 14	Home Minnesota	75–71	W
Feb 17	Away Penn State	75–79	L
Feb 24	Home Wisconsin	59–67	L
Feb 28	Away Ohio State	64–68	L
Mar 1	Home Indiana	78–81	L
Mar 5	Away Michigan	71–61	W
Mar 10	Neutral Illinois	66–68	L
Mar 18	Neutral Temple	72–70	W
Mar 20	Neutral Villanova	68–87	L

Team & Player Stats

Per-game averages and the year's standout players. Full box-score totals, advanced metrics, and game-by-game logs.

Per-Game Averages

Points

77.6 vs 69.3

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+8.3 points per game

Field goal %

44.7% vs 42.1%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+2.6 percentage points

3-point %

37.4% vs 31.3%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

+6.1 percentage points

Free throw %

71.7% vs 68.3%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+3.4 percentage points

Total rebounds

38.1 vs 37.2

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

+0.9 rebounds per game

Assists

15.8 vs 13.8

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+2.0 assists per game

Turnovers

10.3 vs 13.1

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

-2.8 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Jarrod Uthoff

18.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.1 apg (33 games).

Top rebounder

Adam Woodbury

8.3 rpg, 7.6 ppg over 33 games.

Top playmaker

Mike Gesell

6.2 apg, 8.1 ppg, 2.0 TO (33 games).

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

33.0

0.0

Minutes

40.3

0.0

27.5

25.8

+1.7

FGA

61.4

61.2

+0.2

FG%

44.7%

42.1%

+2.6

8.2

7.3

+0.9

3PA

21.8

23.4

-1.6

3P%

37.4%

31.3%

+6.1

19.3

18.4

+0.9

2PA

39.6

37.8

+1.8

2P%

48.7%

0.0

14.5

10.5

+4.0

FTA

20.3

15.3

+5.0

FT%

71.7%

68.3%

+3.4

ORB

11.9

11.8

+0.1

DRB

26.2

25.4

+0.8

TRB

38.1

37.2

+0.9

AST

15.8

13.8

+2.0

STL

6.8

5.3

+1.5

BLK

4.7

3.0

+1.7

TOV

10.3

13.1

-2.8

16.3

19.5

-3.2

PTS

77.6

69.3

+8.3

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Jarrod UthoffFAA-2,AP-AA-3,NABC-AA-3,SN-AA-2,USBWA-AA-2	33	33	30.8	6.6	14.8	44.8	2.0	5.2	38.2	3.7	4.5	81.3	6.3	1.1	1.0	2.6	1.2	18.9
Peter JokG	32	32	27.7	5.3	12.4	43.1	2.5	6.2	40.2	2.9	3.4	85.2	3.5	1.4	1.3	0.0	1.4	16.1
Anthony ClemmonsG	33	33	29.6	3.3	7.5	43.5	0.8	2.6	31.0	1.6	2.6	60.5	2.6	3.7	1.0	0.2	1.5	8.9
Mike GesellG	33	33	29.9	2.8	7.0	39.2	0.5	1.4	34.8	2.1	2.8	74.2	3.2	6.2	1.3	0.2	2.0	8.1
Adam WoodburyC	33	33	25.3	2.8	5.2	55.0	0.0	0.0	—	1.9	2.7	70.0	8.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.3	7.6
Dom UhlF	33	1	17.9	2.1	5.0	41.6	0.8	1.8	45.0	1.0	1.8	58.6	3.6	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.8	6.0
Dale JonesF	6	0	13.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	1.5	3.3	45.0	0.0	0.0	—	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.7	5.5
Nicholas BaerF	33	0	14.5	1.8	3.7	49.6	0.8	2.0	39.4	0.3	0.5	66.7	2.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.5	4.8
Brady EllingsonG	27	0	9.1	1.0	2.3	45.9	0.4	1.6	27.3	0.3	0.4	70.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	2.8
Ahmad WagnerF	32	0	10.1	1.0	1.5	68.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	51.4	2.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	2.6
Andrew FlemingG	12	0	6.7	0.7	1.8	36.4	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.8	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.8	2.0
Christian WilliamsG	20	0	5.1	0.5	1.4	32.1	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.4	0.5	77.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.4
Okey UkahF	8	0	2.6	0.5	0.9	57.1	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.0
Michael SoukupG	6	0	2.5	0.2	0.7	25.0	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Steven SoukupG	6	0	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Jarrod UthoffF	33	1016	28.0	55.9	—	29.1	5.1	16.8	11.0	7.6	1.8	9.0	6.4	3.4	2.0	5.4	11.8	538
Peter JokG	32	887	21.7	57.3	—	27.6	3.4	10.0	6.8	10.6	2.6	0.1	9.3	2.6	1.3	3.9	7.9	443
Nicholas BaerF	33	477	18.5	60.7	—	15.3	8.6	10.4	9.5	6.4	2.8	4.2	11.6	1.0	0.8	1.9	7.9	149
Mike GesellG	33	987	15.3	48.3	—	17.1	1.8	9.4	5.6	35.3	2.6	0.5	19.1	1.6	1.4	3.0	4.0	350
Dom UhlF	33	592	15.1	51.4	—	18.3	6.9	14.5	10.8	8.1	1.6	2.2	11.4	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.6	195
Adam WoodburyC	33	836	17.4	58.7	—	15.3	13.2	21.7	17.5	6.1	1.0	1.3	17.1	1.7	1.4	3.2	3.1	276
Ahmad WagnerF	32	323	16.5	64.3	—	11.6	10.7	17.1	13.9	3.2	1.6	4.3	14.6	0.7	0.6	1.2	3.1	85
Anthony ClemmonsG	33	976	13.2	51.1	—	17.2	1.5	7.9	4.8	21.7	1.9	0.7	14.8	1.3	1.2	2.5	2.7	315
Okey UkahF	8	21	17.4	50.3	—	18.8	5.1	5.0	5.1	0.0	5.5	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	6
Dale JonesF	6	78	14.6	55.0	—	21.6	2.8	21.7	12.3	7.3	0.7	2.7	11.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	27
Christian WilliamsG	20	101	10.5	41.8	—	18.8	9.6	8.4	9.0	10.0	2.3	0.0	15.7	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	31
Brady EllingsonG	27	247	10.0	57.0	—	15.4	0.9	6.9	3.9	8.6	1.2	0.0	14.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	-0.6	65
Michael SoukupG	6	15	9.3	33.5	—	14.8	0.0	7.1	3.6	32.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.6	4
Andrew FlemingG	12	80	6.9	44.9	—	22.1	2.7	9.3	6.0	23.7	0.0	1.3	25.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	-5.5	27
Steven SoukupG	6	14	-6.1	0.0	—	14.2	0.0	30.3	15.3	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-14.0	1

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 13	Gardner-Webb	W 76–59	24-59	40.7	46.6	7-24	29.2	14	29	43	15	8	14
Nov 15	Coppin State	W 103–68	40-72	55.6	63.9	12-28	42.9	9	40	49	31	5	11
Nov 19	@ Marquette	W 89–61	36-66	54.5	63.6	12-22	54.5	7	26	33	25	14	12
Nov 26	vs Dayton	L 77–82	27-62	43.5	53.2	12-24	50.0	9	22	31	19	6	12
Nov 27	vs Notre Dame	L 62–68	25-66	37.9	42.4	6-24	25.0	12	23	35	13	4	6
Nov 29	vs Wichita State	W 84–61	28-52	53.8	61.5	8-18	44.4	9	21	30	16	4	11
Dec 2	Florida State	W 78–75 OT	27-64	42.2	46.1	5-21	23.8	11	25	36	15	9	12
Dec 5	Kansas City	W 95–75	34-72	47.2	55.6	12-25	48.0	14	25	39	22	6	6
Dec 7	Western Illinois	W 90–56	33-66	50.0	57.6	10-23	43.5	10	29	39	20	10	11
Dec 10	@ Iowa State	L 82–83	31-65	47.7	56.2	11-27	40.7	8	24	32	18	4	14
Dec 19	vs Drake	W 70–64	28-60	46.7	53.3	8-21	38.1	7	22	29	12	4	2
Dec 22	Tennessee Tech	W 85–63	32-70	45.7	53.6	11-30	36.7	11	28	39	19	8	10
Dec 29	Michigan State	W 83–70	27-56	48.2	53.6	6-13	46.2	8	19	27	15	8	12
Jan 2	@ Purdue	W 70–63	25-58	43.1	49.1	7-19	36.8	9	23	32	14	10	8
Jan 5	Nebraska	W 77–66	23-53	43.4	50.0	7-17	41.2	8	24	32	14	4	7
Jan 14	@ Michigan State	W 76–59	28-65	43.1	50.8	10-22	45.5	13	24	37	15	7	9
Jan 17	Michigan	W 82–71	31-61	50.8	59.0	10-22	45.5	6	20	26	19	8	4
Jan 21	@ Rutgers	W 90–76	31-65	47.7	56.2	11-29	37.9	9	26	35	19	7	8
Jan 24	Purdue	W 83–71	27-54	50.0	60.2	11-20	55.0	4	27	31	17	9	11
Jan 28	@ Maryland	L 68–74	27-63	42.9	46.8	5-24	20.8	8	25	33	9	4	11
Jan 31	Northwestern	W 85–71	25-59	42.4	48.3	7-19	36.8	10	24	34	10	12	10
Feb 3	Penn State	W 73–49	25-54	46.3	51.9	6-17	35.3	9	34	43	12	5	11
Feb 7	@ Illinois	W 77–65	28-65	43.1	49.2	8-20	40.0	12	30	42	11	7	8
Feb 11	@ Indiana	L 78–85	29-63	46.0	51.6	7-18	38.9	18	15	33	13	6	9
Feb 14	Minnesota	W 75–71	24-57	42.1	47.4	6-19	31.6	9	28	37	17	2	8
Feb 17	@ Penn State	L 75–79	21-51	41.2	49.0	8-24	33.3	8	23	31	11	5	12
Feb 24	Wisconsin	L 59–67	18-55	32.7	37.3	5-18	27.8	18	21	39	9	8	14
Feb 28	@ Ohio State	L 64–68	22-54	40.7	43.5	3-12	25.0	8	19	27	11	7	13
Mar 1	Indiana	L 78–81	26-67	38.8	44.8	8-19	42.1	18	21	39	16	6	9
Mar 5	@ Michigan	W 71–61	28-62	45.2	51.6	8-28	28.6	4	28	32	19	7	8
Mar 10	vs Illinois	L 66–68	25-62	40.3	46.8	8-20	40.0	13	22	35	20	7	17
Mar 18	vs Temple	W 72–70 OT	24-69	34.8	39.9	7-28	25.0	11	25	36	13	6	3
Mar 20	vs Villanova	L 68–87	27-60	45.0	50.8	7-24	29.2	8	18	26	14	6	13

2015-16 Roster 15 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
0	Ahmad Wagner	FR	F	6-7	215	Yellow Springs, OH	Wayne HS
1	Dale Jones	JR	F	6-8	220	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo West (IA)
2	Andrew Fleming	FR	G	6-5	205	Nashville, TN	Ensworth HS (TN) / Oak Hill (VA)
3	Michael Soukup	JR	G	6-4	170	Danville, IA	Danville (IA)
5	Anthony Clemmons	SR	G	6-2	195	Lansing, MI	Sexton HS
10	Mike Gesell	SR	G	6-2	190	South Sioux City, NE	South Sioux City HS
11	Christian Williams	FR	G	6-6	195	Decatur, IL	St. Teresa HS
13	Steven Soukup	JR	G	6-4	175	Danville, IA	Danville (IA)
14	Peter Jok	JR	G	6-6	200	West Des Moines, IA	Valley HS
20	Jarrod Uthoff	SR	F	6-9	210	Cedar Rapids, IA	Jefferson
23	Okey Ukah	SR	F	6-7	220	Iowa City, IA	West
24	Brady Ellingson	FR	G	6-4	191	Menomonee Falls, WI	Hamilton HS
25	Dom Uhl	SO	F	6-8	195	Frankfurt, Germany	Point Pleasant Beach (NJ)
34	Adam Woodbury	SR	C	7-1	245	Sioux City, IA	East HS
51	Nicholas Baer	FR	F	6-7	218	Bettendorf, IA	Bettendorf HS

2015-16 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Final

#25

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #3
Lowest Rank: #25
Weeks in Poll: 11
Total Weeks: 19

Week-by-week rankings

11/16

11/23

11/30

12/7

12/14

12/21

12/28

1/4

#19

1/11

#16

1/18

1/25

2/1

2/8

2/15

2/22

2/29

#16

3/7

#20

3/14

Final

#25

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Men's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2015-16 at a glance

2015-16 Iowa Men's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #4 Michigan State

Signature Wins

Beat #1 Michigan State

Beat #14 Purdue

Beat #20 Wichita State

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost by 1 to Iowa State

Lost by 3 to Indiana

Faced #8 Maryland

2015-16 Schedule 33 games

Team & Player Stats

Per-Game Averages

Top Performers

Team Stats per Game

Player Stats — Per Game

Player Stats — Advanced

Game Logs

2015-16 Roster 15 players

2015-16 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll