When was Iowa basketball's last trip to the Sweet 16?
It's been a while since Iowa men's basketball played in a Sweet 16. Find out about the last Hawkeye team to do it.
It's been a minute since the Iowa men's basketball team played in the Sweet 16. Twenty-seven years, to be exact. Coach Tom Davis' final Hawkeye team advanced to the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals in 1999, losing to eventual national champion UConn.
Iowa posted a 20-10 record during the 1998-99 season. The Hawkeyes beat UAB 77-64 and Arkansas 82-72 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament before losing to the Huskies 78-68. Some of Iowa's top players that season were Jess Settles, Dean Oliver, Kent McCausland and J.
R. Koch (whose son Cooper Koch is on the current Hawkeye team). Davis was informed before the 1998-99 season that his contract would not be renewed after 13 years in Iowa City.
His team sent him off on a positive note. Davis later coached at Drake before retiring. More: Follow live action from Iowa basketball vs Florida in NCAA Tournament 2nd round Davis' successors (Steve Alford, Todd Lickliter and Fran McCaffery) were unable to get the Hawkeyes to a Sweet 16.