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1987-1988 Iowa Basketball Year in Review

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SUMMARY VIDEO

Summary: They finished the season 24â€“10 overall and 12â€“6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #5 seed in the West Region. After defeating Florida State in the first round and UNLV in the second round, they lost to #1 seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Tom Davis

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RESULTS

Date	Opponent / Score	Hilites	Full Game
11/27/1987	#11 Iowa vs Stanford Maui Invitational Tournament (Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, HI) W 78 - 75
11/28/1987	#11 Iowa vs #7 Kansas Maui Invitational Tournament W 100 - 81
11/29/1987	#11 Iowa vs Villanova Maui Invitational Tournament W 97 - 74
12/1/1987	#6 Iowa vs Drake W 70 - 59
12/4/1987	#6 Iowa vs Navy Amana-Hawkeye Classic W 91 - 61
12/5/1987	#6 Iowa vs UC-Irvine Amana-Hawkeye Classic W 124 - 88
12/12/1987	#3 Iowa vs #4 Arizona L 59 - 66
12/19/1987	#7 Iowa @ #20 Iowa State L 100 - 102
12/21/1987	#7 Iowa vs Texas-Rio Grande Valley W 110 - 64
12/29/1987	#14 Iowa vs Illinois State All-College Basketball Classic (Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK) L 88 - 89
12/30/1987	#14 Iowa vs Oral Roberts All-College Basketball Classic (Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK) W 126 - 94
1/6/1988	#16 Iowa vs #12 Indiana W 84 - 70
1/9/1988	#16 Iowa @ #10 Purdue L 79 - 80
1/11/1988	#16 Iowa vs Lafayette W 109 - 68
1/14/1988	#17 Iowa @ Ohio State L 83 - 87
1/16/1988	#17 Iowa vs Northwestern W 92 - 68
1/21/1988	#19 Iowa vs #13 Illinois W 93 - 79
1/23/1988	#19 Iowa vs Dartmouth W 102 - 87
1/25/1988	#19 Iowa @ Wisconsin W 104 - 89
1/30/1988	#16 Iowa vs Minnesota W 76 - 51
2/3/1988	#13 Iowa @ #11 Michigan L 103 - 120
2/6/1988	#13 Iowa vs Michigan State W 101 - 77
2/10/1988	#13 Iowa vs Ohio State W 92 - 75
2/15/1988	#13 Iowa vs #2 Purdue L 68 - 73
2/20/1988	#13 Iowa @ Minnesota W 107 - 86
2/24/1988	#13 Iowa @ Northwestern W 91 - 74
2/27/1988	#13 Iowa vs #7 Michigan W 95 - 87
3/3/1988	#11 Iowa @ Michigan State W 103 - 87
3/6/1988	#11 Iowa @ Illinois L 81 - 94
3/10/1988	#15 Iowa vs Wisconsin W 103 - 70
3/12/1988	#15 Iowa @ Indiana L 89 - 116
3/18/1988	#17 Iowa vs Florida State NCAA Tournament 1st Round (Pauley Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA) W 102 - 98
3/20/1988	#17 Iowa vs #12 Nevada-Las Vegas NCAA Tournament 2nd Round (Pauley Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA) W 104 - 86
3/25/1988	#17 Iowa vs #2 Arizona NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals (Kingdome, Seattle, WA) L 79 - 99