2019-20 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2019-20 Iowa Men's Basketball

20-11

Overall

11-9

Big Ten

#17

Peak AP rank

Fran McCaffery

Head coach

2019-20 Schedule 31 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 8	Home Southern Illinois-Edwardsville	87–60	W
Nov 11	Home DePaul	78–93	L
Nov 15	Home Oral Roberts	87–74	W
Nov 21	Home North Florida	83–68	W
Nov 24	Home Cal Poly	85–59	W
Nov 28	Neutral Texas Tech	72–61	W
Nov 29	Neutral San Diego State	73–83	L
Dec 3	Away Syracuse	68–54	W
Dec 6	Away Michigan	91–103	L
Dec 9	Home Minnesota	72–52	W
Dec 12	Away Iowa State	84–68	W
Dec 21	Neutral Cincinnati	77–70	W
Dec 29	Home Kennesaw State	93–51	W
Jan 4	Neutral Penn State	86–89	L
Jan 7	Away Nebraska	70–76	L
Jan 10	Home Maryland	67–49	W
Jan 14	Away Northwestern	75–62	W
Jan 17	Home Michigan	90–83	W
Jan 22	Home Rutgers	85–80	W
Jan 27	Home Wisconsin	68–62	W
Jan 30	Away Maryland	72–82	L
Feb 2	Home Illinois	72–65	W
Feb 5	Away Purdue	68–104	L
Feb 8	Home Nebraska	96–72	W
Feb 13	Away Indiana	77–89	L
Feb 16	Away Minnesota	58–55	W
Feb 20	Home Ohio State	85–76	W
Feb 25	Away Michigan State	70–78	L
Feb 29	Home Penn State	77–68	W
Mar 3	Home Purdue	68–77	L
Mar 8	Away Illinois	76–78	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

77.7 vs 72.3

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+5.4 points per game

Field goal %

45.1% vs 43.0%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+2.1 percentage points

3-point %

34.7% vs 32.1%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

+2.6 percentage points

Free throw %

75.0% vs 72.6%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+2.4 percentage points

Total rebounds

37.5 vs 35.3

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

+2.2 rebounds per game

Assists

17.4 vs 15.5

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+1.9 assists per game

Turnovers

12.1 vs 12.4

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

-0.3 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Luka Garza

23.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.2 apg (31 games).

Top playmaker

Connor McCaffery

4.0 apg, 6.2 ppg, 0.9 TO (31 games).

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

31.0

0.0

Minutes

40.0

0.0

27.2

26.3

+0.9

FGA

60.3

61.1

-0.8

FG%

45.1%

43.0%

+2.1

7.9

7.8

+0.1

3PA

22.7

24.5

-1.8

3P%

34.7%

32.1%

+2.6

19.3

18.5

+0.8

2PA

37.6

36.7

+0.9

2P%

51.3%

50.3%

+1.0

15.5

11.9

+3.6

FTA

20.7

16.4

+4.3

FT%

75.0%

72.6%

+2.4

ORB

11.5

10.9

+0.6

DRB

26.0

24.4

+1.6

TRB

37.5

35.3

+2.2

AST

17.4

15.5

+1.9

STL

6.2

0.0

BLK

3.9

3.7

+0.2

TOV

12.1

12.4

-0.3

16.0

19.0

-3.0

PTS

77.7

72.3

+5.4

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Luka GarzaFAA-1,AP-AA-1,NABC-AA-1,SN-AA-1,USBWA-AA-1,W-AA-1	31	31	32.0	9.3	17.1	54.2	1.3	3.5	35.8	4.1	6.3	65.1	9.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.8	23.9
Joe WieskampG	31	31	32.5	4.6	10.9	42.7	1.7	4.8	34.7	3.1	3.6	85.6	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.6	14.0
CJ FredrickG	25	25	28.7	3.5	7.2	48.3	1.9	4.1	46.1	1.4	1.8	79.5	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.3	10.2
Jordan BohannonG	10	6	25.0	2.5	8.4	29.8	2.0	6.1	32.8	1.8	1.8	100.0	1.6	3.3	0.8	0.0	1.1	8.8
Ryan KrienerF	31	6	18.3	3.0	5.5	54.4	0.5	1.5	32.6	1.3	1.7	76.9	4.1	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.3	7.7
Joe ToussaintG	31	20	17.9	2.2	5.8	37.8	0.4	1.2	29.7	1.7	2.1	83.1	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.1	2.0	6.5
Connor McCafferyG	31	31	30.1	1.8	5.2	34.4	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.6	2.1	78.1	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.1	0.9	6.2
Jack NungeF	6	5	14.7	2.0	5.5	36.4	0.5	2.3	21.4	0.5	0.7	75.0	3.8	1.5	0.2	0.0	1.0	5.0
Bakari EvelynG	31	0	18.3	1.1	3.2	34.0	0.6	2.2	29.9	0.9	1.0	87.1	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	1.4	3.7
Patrick McCafferyF	2	0	13.5	1.5	5.0	30.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	3.0
Cordell PemslF	28	0	12.7	0.9	1.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	0.9	1.5	61.9	3.2	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.9	2.8
Austin AshG	8	0	3.0	0.4	1.5	25.0	0.4	1.4	27.3	0.4	0.5	75.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.5
Riley TillF	18	0	5.1	0.2	0.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	—	0.2	0.6	36.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.7
Michael BaerF	5	0	3.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Nicolas HobbsG	5	0	2.8	0.2	1.2	16.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Luka GarzaF	31	991	34.4	59.4	—	33.4	12.5	21.2	16.9	9.3	1.5	6.1	8.4	4.7	1.4	6.1	11.7	640
Joe WieskampG	31	1007	18.5	55.8	—	21.2	5.0	15.4	10.3	9.1	1.8	1.6	11.4	2.4	1.0	3.4	5.9	397
CJ FredrickG	25	717	16.2	63.7	—	15.8	2.5	4.8	3.7	17.3	1.3	0.8	13.7	1.9	0.3	2.2	5.6	240
Connor McCafferyG	31	933	12.9	50.7	—	11.3	2.5	12.0	7.3	21.4	2.1	0.4	12.4	1.8	0.8	2.6	5.0	240
Ryan KrienerF	31	566	19.5	61.7	—	20.1	8.5	16.1	12.3	8.9	1.0	4.6	17.1	1.3	0.6	1.9	4.9	219
Austin AshG	8	24	16.1	43.2	—	32.2	0.0	22.6	11.4	15.0	7.1	0.0	12.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	4.7	11
Cordell PemslF	28	356	13.2	54.1	—	13.5	6.9	20.4	13.7	15.8	1.3	2.8	26.3	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.6	96
Jordan BohannonG	10	250	12.7	47.5	—	20.2	0.4	6.5	3.5	22.8	1.8	0.0	10.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	3.2	91
Joe ToussaintG	31	554	13.9	47.7	—	24.0	4.0	8.2	6.1	29.2	3.7	0.4	22.7	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	230
Bakari EvelynG	31	567	6.8	50.1	—	13.5	2.6	6.7	4.7	17.4	1.1	0.4	27.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	-0.2	135
Jack NungeF	6	88	12.2	43.0	—	22.6	8.9	19.7	14.4	18.8	0.6	0.0	14.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	-1.7	33
Riley TillF	18	91	6.1	34.8	—	11.3	7.3	9.5	8.5	6.9	1.9	6.0	18.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	-2.1	16
Patrick McCafferyF	2	27	6.9	30.0	—	18.0	8.3	12.0	10.2	6.5	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-5.6	7
Michael BaerF	5	15	7.5	33.9	—	9.6	14.9	21.7	18.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-8.1	3
Nicolas HobbsG	5	14	-18.0	16.7	—	27.8	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-29.1	2

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 8	SIU Edwardsville	W 87–60	26-56	46.4	53.6	8-25	32.0	7	24	31	17	9	12
Nov 11	DePaul	L 78–93	24-56	42.9	48.2	6-18	33.3	7	19	26	12	10	19
Nov 15	Oral Roberts	W 87–74	32-68	47.1	52.9	8-24	33.3	15	25	40	21	5	8
Nov 21	North Florida	W 83–68	32-72	44.4	48.6	6-22	27.3	19	25	44	22	3	6
Nov 24	Cal Poly	W 85–59	30-57	52.6	58.8	7-16	43.8	11	28	39	21	8	11
Nov 28	vs Texas Tech	W 72–61	23-56	41.1	50.9	11-27	40.7	4	30	34	20	8	14
Nov 29	vs San Diego State	L 73–83	23-57	40.4	48.2	9-23	39.1	11	16	27	16	8	13
Dec 3	@ Syracuse	W 68–54	26-61	42.6	51.6	11-34	32.4	11	24	35	17	10	10
Dec 6	@ Michigan	L 91–103	35-74	47.3	49.3	3-15	20.0	14	14	28	13	1	7
Dec 9	Minnesota	W 72–52	26-61	42.6	50.8	10-21	47.6	10	26	36	20	6	8
Dec 12	@ Iowa State	W 84–68	28-65	43.1	50.8	10-28	35.7	14	26	40	13	8	11
Dec 21	vs Cincinnati	W 77–70	23-50	46.0	57.0	11-24	45.8	9	35	44	16	3	24
Dec 29	Kennesaw State	W 93–51	39-65	60.0	64.6	6-16	37.5	8	23	31	27	14	6
Jan 4	vs Penn State	L 86–89	31-65	47.7	56.2	11-26	42.3	12	26	38	16	4	15
Jan 7	@ Nebraska	L 70–76	32-77	41.6	44.2	4-33	12.1	16	27	43	17	6	11
Jan 10	Maryland	W 67–49	23-61	37.7	45.1	9-23	39.1	13	28	41	16	10	17
Jan 14	@ Northwestern	W 75–62	26-55	47.3	56.4	10-22	45.5	5	25	30	24	5	7
Jan 17	Michigan	W 90–83	27-53	50.9	59.4	9-16	56.3	8	26	34	22	2	14
Jan 22	Rutgers	W 85–80	29-55	52.7	60.9	9-25	36.0	10	26	36	19	3	13
Jan 27	Wisconsin	W 68–62	20-60	33.3	35.8	3-20	15.0	11	31	42	10	2	9
Jan 30	@ Maryland	L 72–82	25-69	36.2	42.0	8-24	33.3	12	21	33	15	7	8
Feb 2	Illinois	W 72–65	25-50	50.0	60.0	10-23	43.5	8	22	30	19	7	13
Feb 5	@ Purdue	L 68–104	23-54	42.6	48.1	6-25	24.0	7	12	19	13	7	14
Feb 8	Nebraska	W 96–72	35-72	48.6	56.3	11-28	39.3	9	28	37	20	11	8
Feb 13	@ Indiana	L 77–89	26-52	50.0	53.8	4-14	28.6	6	20	26	9	7	18
Feb 16	@ Minnesota	W 58–55	23-56	41.1	44.6	4-13	30.8	8	26	34	14	5	10
Feb 20	Ohio State	W 85–76	29-52	55.8	65.4	10-25	40.0	5	21	26	18	6	9
Feb 25	@ Michigan State	L 70–78	26-65	40.0	44.6	6-27	22.2	15	22	37	14	5	12
Feb 29	Penn State	W 77–68	28-66	42.4	47.7	7-17	41.2	11	28	39	22	4	9
Mar 3	Purdue	L 68–77	21-56	37.5	44.6	8-30	26.7	8	22	30	17	7	15
Mar 8	@ Illinois	L 76–78	26-52	50.0	58.7	9-19	47.4	5	25	30	18	0	11

2019-20 Roster 15 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
0	Michael Baer	JR	F	6-7	215	Bettendorf, IA	Bettendorf HS
1	Joe Toussaint	FR	G	6-0	190	Bronx, NY	Cardinal Hayes (NY)
2	Jack Nunge	SO	F	6-11	245	Newburgh, IN	Castle High School
3	Jordan Bohannon	SR	G	6-1	175	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar High School
4	Bakari Evelyn	SR	G	6-2	180	Detroit, MI	Gilbert Christian/Hillcrest Academy
5	CJ Fredrick	FR	G	6-3	195	Cincinnati, OH	Covington HS
10	Joe Wieskamp	SO	G	6-6	212	Muscatine, IA	Muscatine HS
13	Austin Ash	SO	G	6-3	179	Cedar Rapids, IA	Mount Vernon HS
15	Ryan Kriener	SR	F	6-10	255	Spirit Lake, IA	Spirit Lake High School
20	Riley Till	JR	F	6-7	200	Dubuque, IA	Wahlert Catholic High School
22	Patrick McCaffery	FR	F	6-9	200	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City West (IA)
24	Nicolas Hobbs	JR	G	6-2	200	Chicago, IL	Fenwick HS
30	Connor McCaffery	SO	G	6-5	205	Iowa City, IA	West High School
35	Cordell Pemsl	JR	F	6-9	250	Dubuque, IA	Wahlert Catholic High School
55	Luka Garza	JR	F	6-11	265	Washington, DC	Maret High School

2019-20 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Final

#25

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #17
Lowest Rank: #25
Weeks in Poll: 11
Total Weeks: 19

Week-by-week rankings

11/11

11/18

11/25

12/2

12/9

12/16

12/23

#25

12/30

#23

1/6

1/13

1/20

#19

1/27

#18

2/3

#17

2/10

#21

2/17

#20

2/24

#18

3/2

#18

3/9

#25

Final

#25

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Men's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2019-20 at a glance

2019-20 Iowa Men's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #12 Maryland

Signature Wins

Beat #12 Texas Tech

Beat #16 Penn State

Beat #19 Michigan

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost by 3 to Penn State

Lost by 2 to Illinois

Faced #4 Michigan