Game Notes: Iowa vs. Richmond

THE SETTING
Iowa (26-9) earned the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will square-off against 12th-seeded Richmond (23-12) on Thursday at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, (2:10 p.m. CT). Fourth-seeded Providence (25-5) will play No. 13 seed South Dakota State (30-4) in the same afternoon session Thursday, with the two winners meeting on Saturday (time TBD). Fans are encouraged to visit ncaatickets.com for ticket availability.

ON THE AIR
Radio: Iowa games in the NCAA Tournament are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network, Sirius/XM, and Westwood One Sports. Gary Dolphin handles the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a 60-minute pregame show.
TV: Thursday’s NCAA First Round contest will be televised nationally on truTV. Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, and Evan Washburn will call the action.

NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND STORYLINES
• Both Iowa and Richmond won four games in four days to capture their respective conference tournament championship last weekend.
• Iowa has won an NCAA Tournament game each of its last four tournament appearances.
• The Hawkeyes have won 26 games, the second most single season total in program history (30 in 1987).
• Iowa has two New York natives on its roster: Riley Mulvey (Rotterdam) & Joe Toussaint (Bronx).
• The Hawkeyes have won 12 of their last 14 games — winning 10 of the 12 by double figures — dating back to Feb. 6. Iowa won all five of its neutral site contests in 2021-22.
• Keegan Murray became Iowa’s single-season scoring leader (801 points) at last weekend’s Big Ten Tournament, netting a single Big Ten Tournament record 103 points. After going 117 years without a player scoring 700 points in a single season, the Hawkeyes have had a player score over 700 points in each of the last three seasons: Luka Garza scored 740 in 2020 and 747 in 2021.
• Iowa posted its ninth upper division Big Ten finish in the last 10 seasons. Furthermore, the Hawkeyes have finished fifth place or better in the Big Ten regular season standings six of the last eight years.
• The Hawkeyes have won eight of their last nine games away from home (Maryland; Ohio State; Nebraska; Michigan; Northwestern; Rutgers; Indiana; Purdue).
• All-American Keegan Murray is the only player nationally to average 23+ points and 8+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks this season and one of three players from a major conference with those averages over the last decade.
• Twenty-one of Iowa’s 26 wins have come by 10+ points, including 12 by 20 points or more.
• Iowa is 12-2 since shifting Jordan Bohannon from off guard to point guard. Bohannon became just the third Hawkeye to score 2,000 points versus Rutgers (March 11).
• The Hawkeyes are tops in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75); fourth in fewest turnovers per game (9.2); and seventh in turnover margin (4.5).
• Iowa ranks No. 14 in the NCAA NET. The Hawkeyes posted four Quad 1 and eight Quad 2 wins. Five of Iowa’s nine losses are by a five-point margin or less, all in conference play.
• Keegan Murray is fourth in the country in points per game (23.6); 32nd in field goal percentage (.555); and 45th in blocks per contest (2.0) and double-doubles (10). Murray is a Sporting News First Team All-American, six-time Big Ten Player of the Week honoree and is on the Wooden Award National Ballot, Naismith Trophy Semifinalist, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Watch List, and Karl Malone Award Finalist.
• Iowa leads the Big Ten and is fourth nationally in scoring offense (83.8). The Hawkeyes have led the Big Ten in scoring four of the last eight seasons, including the last three.
• Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten honoree seven of the last nine years. He has guided Iowa to 20+ wins eight of the last 10 seasons, including four straight.

HAWKEYES WIN 4 GAMES IN 4 DAYS, WIN BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLE
Iowa outscored ninth-ranked Purdue 12-4 over the final 2:45 to post a 75-66 triumph and capture the program’s third Big Ten Tournament championship on Sunday in Indianapolis.
• The Hawkeyes (2001, 2022) join Michigan (2017, 2018) as the only schools to win Big Ten Tournament titles twice by winning four games in four days.
• All-American Keegan Murray was named the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, while Murray and Jordan Bohannon were named to the all-tournament team.
• Murray broke the record for most points (103) and field goals made (38) in a single Big Ten Tournament, surpassing the previous mark of 92 points and 34 field goals made by Ohio State’s Duane Washington Jr. in 2021.
• Murray posted his team-leading 10th double-double of the year (19 points, 11 rebounds).
• Indianapolis native, Tony Perkins, netted 11 points, reaching double figures four of the last six outings.
• Iowa boasted a +11 turnover margin, forcing 17 turnovers while committing only six.
• Both Iowa’s men’s and women’s basketball teams won the Big Ten Tournament title in the same year for a second time (2001 and 2022).

MURRAY IN ELITE COMPANY
Sophomore Keegan Murray has 801 points, 67 blocked shots and 66 3-pointers this season. Murray joins Kevin Durant (2006-07) as the only two players nationally over the last 30 years with 800+ points, 50+ blocks, and 50+ 3-pointers in a single season.
Murray is just the eighth men’s basketball player in Big Ten history win 800 points in a single season and second this century (Purdue’s Carsen Edwards, 874).

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS
Iowa and Richmond will meet for the first time on Thursday.

The Hawkeyes are 23-13 (.638) against current members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Iowa last played a team from the Atlantic 10 in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, bouncing No. 10 seed Davidson (83-52) in the first round in Seattle, Washington.

RECORD BREAKERS
The Hawkeyes put together one of the most dominating runs in Big Ten Tournament history, breaking six team single Big Ten Tournament records last week: total points (351); field goals made (123); field goal attempts (245); 3-point field goals made (48); 3-point field goal attempts (111); and assists (75).

In Iowa’s second round victory over Northwestern, the Hawkeyes broke four Big Ten Tournament records: total points (112); 3-pointers made (19); field goals made (43); and margin of victory (36). Iowa also broke/tied eight team records in a Big Ten Tournament game in the victory over the Wildcats: total points (112); points in a half (64); field goals (43); 3-pointers made (19); 3-point attempts (29); field goal percentage (.614); 3-point field goal percentage (.655); and assists (25).

Iowa broke another school Big Ten Tournament game record in its quarterfinals triumph over Rutgers, sinking 92.6 percent (25-of-27) from the foul line.

All-American Keegan Murray broke the record for most points (103) and field goals made (38) in a single Big Ten Tournament, surpassing the previous mark of 92 points and 34 field goals made by Ohio State’s Duane Washington Jr. in 2021.

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT NOTEABLES
Other than the numerous team and individual records broken, there were plenty of highlights during Iowa’s four days to a championship.
• Iowa rallied from double-digit first-half deficits in its quarterfinals and semifinals wins (10, Rutgers and 12, Indiana).
• Jordan Bohannon drained a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift Iowa to a 77-74 win over Indiana in the semifinals. The sixth-year senior made three of his four triples over the final 2:30 against the Hoosiers.
• All-American Keegan Murray tallied a game-best 32 points, bolstered by shooting a blistering 8-of-10 from 3-point range, and pulled down a team-best nine rebounds in the win over Indiana.
• Trailing by six (71-65), Iowa outscored the Hoosiers 15-6 over the final 3:27.
• Iowa made 77 percent (57-of-74) of its free throw attempts in the four games. The Hawkeyes missed only four combined free throws versus Rutgers and Indiana (35-of-39, .897). Iowa made its first 22 attempts from the charity stripe versus the Scarlet Knights.
• Bohannon became just the third Hawkeye to score 2,000 points when he reached the milestone against Rutgers. He has scored in double figures 100 times in his career.
• Murray surpassed 2021 National Player of the Year Luka Garza’s single-season scoring record on March 11 versus the Scarlet Knights.
• All 14 players scored in Iowa’s 36-point victory over Northwestern in the second round.
• The Hawkeyes drained a staggering 19 3-pointers against Northwestern. Ten different Hawkeyes made at least one 3-pointer against the Wildcats.
• Iowa tallied 64 first-half points against Northwestern, the most the Hawkeyes scored in a half (first or second) this season.

MURRAY REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS
Sophomore Keegan Murray raised his career scoring total to 1,025 points on Saturday. He is just the fifth Hawkeye to reach over 1,000 career points in their first two seasons, joining Sam Williams, John Johnson, Fred Brown and Reggie Evans. Murray is the 51st Hawkeye with 1,000 career points.

IOWA HISTORY
Iowa has played 2,907 games since beginning basketball in 1902. Iowa’s overall record is 1,718-1,189 (.591). Iowa’s 1,718 wins are 36th most among Division I programs. That includes a 1,097-377 (.744) record in home games, a 621-812 (.433) record in contests away from Iowa City, an 814-813 (.501) mark in Big Ten games and a 501-151 (.768) record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

SCOUTING RICHMOND
• Richmond defeated Davidson in the Atlantic 10 championship game (64-62) to earn the automatic qualifier bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Spiders outscored the top-seeded Wildcats 7-0 over the final 70 seconds to earn their 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.
• Richmond entered the A-10 Tournament as the No. 6 seed and strung together wins against No. 11 Rhode Island, No. 3 VCU, and No. 2 Dayton before beating top-seeded Davidson.
• The Spiders hold a 1-2 record in Quad 1 games, and a 6-9 record in Quad 2, with their only additional loss outside of the first two quadrants coming back in December.
• The Spiders rank between 71-83 in the predictive metrics of the NET, KenPom, BPI, and Sagarin. The team’s highest metric comes in the results-based KPI where they are 52nd, and their lowest is 91st in Torvik’s predictive metric.
• Richmond’s offense ranks 68th in the country, according to KenPom, and they are top 10 in the nation in turnover percentage at 14.4 percent.
• Former Hawkeye Darius Stokes (2011-14) is the video coordinator on Richmond’s staff.
• Richmond is 5-3 on neutral courts this year.
• Tyler Burton is the team’s leading scorer and rebounder at 16.3 PPG and 7.7 RPG. Burton also leads the team in 3-PT% at .377.
• Grant Golden and Jacob Gilyard each average double-digits scoring at 14.1 and 13.3, respectively. They were both named to the A-10 All-Championship team, with Gilyard earning Most Outstanding Player.
• Richmond’s last NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2011, when it won the A-10, entered as a 12 seed, and made a Sweet Sixteen run before losing to No. 1 seed Kansas in the Southwest Region.
• Chris Mooney has been the head coach at Richmond since 2005-06 and is the winningest coach in program history. This will be Mooney’s third time taking the Spiders to the NCAA Tournament (2010, 2011, 2022).

STAT OF THE WEEK
Big Ten players with 23+ ppg, 8+ rpg, and 55+% field goal percentage since 1970-71:

1970-71 to 2019-20 (50 seasons)
Mychal Thompson (MINN): 1975-76
Alan Henderson (IND): 1994-95

2020-21 to 2021-22 (2 seasons)
Luka Garza (IOWA): 2020-21
Keegan Murray (IOWA): 2021-22

McCAFFERY CLIMBING WINS CHART
Fran McCaffery and the Hawkeyes have reached 20 wins eight of the last 10 seasons. McCaffery and Tom Davis (10) are the only Iowa coaches to win 20 or more games in at least eight seasons.

Iowa won its 26th game of the season on Sunday versus ninth-ranked Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament Championship, the second most victories in school history (30 in 1987).

Among Iowa’s head basketball coaches, McCaffery ranks second in tournament appearances behind Davis (9). Davis is Iowa’s all-time winningest coach, while McCaffery is second.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK — 3
Iowa is seeking to become the first school to have a men’s basketball player lead the Big Ten in scoring three straight seasons since Purdue from 1968-70.

Iowa’s Luka Garza led the conference in scoring average in 2020 (26.2 ppg) and 2021 (21.9 ppg). Keegan Murray leads the league this season, averaging 23.6 points per game in all games. Murray finished the 20-game league schedule as the Big Ten’s leading scorer, averaging 22.8 points per contest.

Purdue legend Rick Mount led the Big Ten in scoring in 1968 (29.7 ppg), 1969 (35.2 ppg), and 1970 (39.4 ppg).

KEEGAN MURRAY ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST
Keegan Murray has been selected to the Wooden Award National Ballot (semifinalist), Naismith Trophy Semifinalist, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award Midseason List, Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist, Sporting News First Team All-America, NABC All-District First Team, Big Ten Player of the Week six times this season (Nov. 22; Dec. 20; Jan. 3; Feb. 14; Feb. 28; March 7), and the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Feb. 14).

Iowa has had a player named a Wooden Award National Semifinalist three straight years and four of the last seven. Former Hawkeye Luka Garza earned the 2021 John R. Wooden Award and was a finalist in 2020, while Jarrod Uthoff was a semifinalist in 2016. Garza was also the recipient of the 2021 Lute Olson Award.

Murray joins Ohio State’s Evan Turner (7 in 2009-10) and Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan (6 in 2016-17) as the only players since the Big Ten weekly award was introduced prior to the 1981-82 season to earn six or more weekly honors in a single season.

Murray, who is the program’s first sophomore to be voted to the All-Big Ten First Team since Ronnie Lester in 1978, became Iowa’s single-season scoring leader with 801 points after totaling a single Big Ten Tournament record 103 points in four days last weekend.

Murray has totaled 25 points or more an NCAA-best 16 times this year. He is also the only Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) with five 30+ performances in a single season.
Murray averaged 7.2 points per game last year and is averaging 23.6 this season (+16.4). The last Big Ten player to increase his scoring by 16 points per game from one season to the next was Illinois’ Rick Schmidt, who went from 3.8 ppg in 1972-73 to 21.4 ppg in 1973-74 (+17.6).

Murray, who has posted a team-leading 10 double-doubles this season, combined for 65 points in two games against Maryland. He amassed 35 points and eight rebounds on Jan. 3 and tallied 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting from the field and 4-of-7 from the foul line and grabbed seven rebounds at Maryland on Feb. 10.

Murray poured in a game and career-best 37 points, six rebounds, and a game bests in steals (3) and blocks (2) against Nebraska on Feb. 13. The 37 points are believed to be the third most by any men’s basketball player in Carver-Hawkeye Arena’s 39-year history (45 by Brian Quinnett of Washington State in 1986; 41 by Iowa’s Luka Garza in 2020).

Murray is the first Hawkeye to score 30+ points in back-to-back Big Ten games since Matt Gatens 10 years ago in 2012 (30 vs. Indiana and 33 vs. Wisconsin).

Murray exploded for a then career-best 35 points versus Utah State. He scored 18 straight Iowa points spanning 6:08 in the first half. Murray was six points from the Sanford Pentagon record.

Murray had a historic stat line against N.C. Central, registering 27 points, 21 rebounds, and four blocks. He became the fourth Hawkeye over the last five decades, and first since 1977, to score 20+ points and grab 20+ rebounds.

Murray posted game bests in points (29), rebounds (10), and blocks (3), while also dishing out three assists in Iowa’s win over Western Illinois. He shot a blistering 65 percent from the field, making 13-of-20 attempts.

3 HAWKEYES GARNER POSTSEASON ALL-BIG TEN RECOGNITION
Keegan Murray is a unanimous first team selection by both the media and coaches, marking the third straight season a Hawkeye has been a unanimous first team selection (Luka Garza in 2020 and 2021). Murray was also tabbed a unanimous first-team all-conference honoree by the Associated Press. Jordan Bohannon earned honorable mention recognition, while Patrick McCaffery is the recipient of Iowa’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Sportsmanship Award.

Head coach Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten honoree in seven of the last nine seasons, the most over a nine-year span since 1944-52. Murray joins Devyn Marble (2014), Aaron White (2015), Jarrod Uthoff (2016), Peter Jok (2017), and Garza (2020 and 2021) as first team selections.

Murray (6-foot-8, 225 pounds) ranks first in the country in Player Efficiency Rating (38.5); fourth in points per game (23.6); 29th in field goal percentage (.555); 39th in blocks per contest (2.0); and 46th in double-doubles (10). His 23.6 points per game average is tops among players from a major conference.

Bohannon has earned postseason conference recognition for a fifth time, earning third team accolades as a junior, honorable mention honors three times, and voted to the All-Freshman Team in 2017. He ranks second on the team in points per game (11.1) and assists (1.77), and first in 3-pointers per game (2.54).

McCaffery ranks third on the team in points per game (10.3), and fourth in rebounds (3.6) and blocks (0.5) per contest. The Iowa City native has been playing his best basketball the past month. He has netted double figures in scoring 10 of the last 17 games played.

BOHANNON JOINS SIBLINGS IN WINNING A TOURNAMENT TITLE
Jordan Bohannon became the third Bohannon sibling to win a basketball conference tournament title.

Matt and the Northern Iowa Panthers won the Missouri Valley Tournament title his redshirt senior year in 2016.

Jason and the Wisconsin Badgers won the Big Ten Conference Tournament championship as a sophomore in 2008.

Zach did not win a conference tournament title, but Zach and the Wisconsin Badgers advanced to the 2014 Final Four.

TWICE AS NICE
Sophomores Keegan and Kris Murray rank first and fourth, respectively, in team scoring. Keegan averages 23.6 points, while Kris averages 9.9 points. Keegan also ranks first on the squad in rebounds per game (8.6), blocks per game (2.0), and free throws made (137), while Kris ranks second on the squad in blocks per contest (0.9), 3-point accuracy (.406, 43-of-106), and third in rebounds (4.2).

Keegan is a phenomenal finisher around the rim, hitting 62 percent on 2-point tries and he is second on the team in 3-point accuracy (40.5 percent).

Kris is averaging 10 points and 4.3 rebounds in 18 minute per game, while ranking fourth on the team with 26 steals. He is averaging 22.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per 40 minutes played this year.

JORDAN BOHANNON HOLDS 5 IOWA RECORDS
Jordan Bohannon, competing in his sixth season, is the program’s career leader in four statistical categories: assists (701), 3-pointers made (453), games played (178), and free throw percentage (.887, 370-417). He sank a school and Xfinity Center record 10 3-pointers at Maryland on Feb. 10, 2022. The 10 triples were one shy of tying the Big Ten record. His 453 triples are the most in Big Ten history and 190 more than any other Hawkeye.

He has made 89 treys this season, second most in the Big Ten.

Bohannon (178) is the NCAA all-time leader in career games played. He is fourth in the NCAA with 453 career 3-point field goals made. The 453 triples are the second most by a player from a major conference (457 by Duke’s J.J. Reddick). He ranks third in career scoring at Iowa (2,027) and sixth in field goals made (602).

In four games at the B1G Tournament, he averaged 13 points a game, shooting 45.5 percent from the field, 43.3 percent from three-point range and 90 percent from the foul line. He connected on the game-winning three-point basket with 1.1 seconds remaining in the semifinal win over Indiana. He was one of two Hawkeyes named to the all-tournament team.
Bohannon, an honorable mention all-conference honoree in 2021 and 2022, is the only Division I player over the last 25 years to make 75+ 3-pointers in five seasons.

Bohannon ranked first in the league in 3-point accuracy (.394) and second in 3-pointers made per game (2.58) in 2021. He was second in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.07) and fourth in assists per contest (4.4).

He is the only Division I player to amass more than 700 assists and 450 3-pointers.

Bohannon is one of only three Hawkeyes to post four 100-assist seasons (Jeff Horner, Dean Oliver). He has accumulated seven points-assists double-doubles, the most in school history. Bohannon registered a school-record eight games with 10 or more assists.

HAWKEYE FASTBREAKS
• Iowa is making its 28th NCAA Tournament appearance, only 15 schools playing in this tournament have competed in more. The Hawkeyes are the overall 20th seed.
• Eight of Iowa’s nine losses during the regular season came to teams who qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
• The Big Ten matched its highest number of teams to qualify for an NCAA Tournament with nine. The conference also sent nine a year ago.
• Iowa has been ranked seventh or better in its last five NCAA Tournament appearances: No. 7 seed in 2015, 2016 and 2019; No. 2 seed in 2021 and No. 5 seed in 2022.
• Iowa has been a top five seed in the last three B1G Tournaments.
• The Hawkeyes are a perfect 20-0 this season when outrebounding their opponents and 12-0 when Iowa shoots 50 percent or better from the field.
• Iowa has won 10 or more Big Ten games seven of the last eight seasons.
• Iowa scored 700 points over an eight game stretch from Feb. 10 to March 3 (87.5 ppg). That is the most points by any team in an eight-game span of Big Ten play since 1995, when the Hawkeyes themselves had 709 in eight games from Feb. 9 to March 8.
• The Hawkeyes have had scoring runs of 10-0 or more a combined 26 times in 35 games.
• Sophomore Keegan Murray has totaled 25 points or more an NCAA-best 16 times this season. Murray is also the only Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) with five 30+ performances in a single season.
• The Hawkeyes notched at least one victory over Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Indiana for the first time in the same season since 2006.
• Iowa is 130-28 when scoring 80 points or more, the last 12 seasons. The Hawkeyes are 91-3 when holding opponents to fewer than 61 points, the last 12 years.
• Jordan Bohannon (124) and Connor McCaffery (105) rank second and fifth, respectively, in career wins among active Big Ten players.
• Iowa went 7-1 during the month of February, its most wins in February since winning all eight February contests in 1981.
• The Hawkeyes posted three regular season sweeps over Big Ten opponents this season. Iowa swept Maryland, Minnesota and Nebraska. Iowa notched single-play wins over Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Ohio State.
• Kris and Keegan Murray lead the squad in 3-point accuracy. Keegan has made 40.6 percent (43-of-106) of his attempts, while his brother Kris is second (.405, 66-of-163). Keegan made a combined 11-of-18 (.611) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and championship.
• The Hawkeyes advanced to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game for the fourth time and captured their third tournament title in program history (2001, 2006, 2022, lost in 2002).
• Iowa joins Michigan State as the only schools to have their football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball teams compete in the Big Ten Conference Championship all in the same season since the football championship game was introduced (2011-12).
• Iowa has been making the most of its trips to the foul line. The Hawkeyes are shooting 75.1 percent from the foul line, which ranks fifth in the Big Ten and 73rd nationally. Iowa’s 488 free throw makes are tops in the Big Ten and 33rd most in the NCAA. Iowa made its first 22 free throw attempts in the tournament win over Rutgers and ended the game 25-27, setting an Iowa tournament record for accuracy.
• Iowa’s Keegan Murray (7 games this season) and Luka Garza (19 in a row) are the only two Big Ten men’s basketball players to have scored 20+ points in seven straight games over the last decade.
• Jordan Bohannon (30) and Keegan Murray (30) became the first Hawkeye duo to score 30+ points in the same game (at Maryland) since Bruce King (36) and Scott Thompson (30) at Michigan on Jan. 31, 1976.
• The Hawkeyes boasted a 15-3 record in home games this season. Iowa has won 14+ home contests each of the last four years.
• Keegan Murray and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley (2007-08) are the only two players from a major conference to score 24+ points in each of their first five games of the season over the last 15 years. He is one of three Big Ten players since the 2002-03 season with six consecutive 20-point games to start the season.
• Iowa posted school single-game records in 3-pointers made (20) and attempted (44) against Alabama State on Nov. 18, besting the previous records of 19-of-43 against Savannah State on Dec. 22, 2018. Iowa’s 20 3-pointers made equals the Carver-Hawkeye Arena record (20 by Purdue on Jan. 20, 2018).
• The Hawkeyes topped the century mark in three of their first five games (Longwood, Alabama State, Western Michigan). The last time an Iowa team scored 100+ points in three of its first five games was the start of the 1997-98 season.
• Iowa is the only Division I program with two sets of brothers on the 2021-22 roster, with one being identical twins. Connor and Patrick McCaffery are two years apart, while Keegan and Kris Murray are identical twins. The Murray twins are one of five twins on Division I rosters this season (Arizona State, San Diego State, SIUE, and Wisconsin).
• Iowa has won three straight games over Michigan State, dating back to 2021; that is the longest win streak over the Spartans since 2006. The Hawkeyes have defeated the Spartans by a combined 56 points in its last two victories — 88-58 on Feb. 13, 2021, in East Lansing and 86-60 on Feb. 22, 2022. The 26-point victory is the largest margin in Iowa City since 1996 (83-47).
• Virginia has allowed 75+ points at home only six times under head coach Tony Bennett. Iowa has accounted for two of those six (75 in 2021 and 75 in 2013).
• At Virginia and versus Illinois, the Hawkeyes committed a season-low four turnovers, tying the third fewest total in a single-game in the Fran McCaffery era. The four turnovers against the Cavaliers are the fourth lowest in any Big Ten/ACC Challenge game.
• The Hawkeyes have won seven of their last nine, including four straight, Big Ten/ACC Challenge games.
• Iowa has qualified for six NCAA tournaments over the last eight completed seasons (2014-16, 2019, 2021) and nine postseason tournaments over the last 10 completed seasons (6 NCAA; 3 NIT).
• Florida State has won an NCAA-record 13 straight overtime games, dating back to January, 2018. The last team to beat the Seminoles in overtime was Iowa (78-75) on Dec. 2, 2015, in Iowa City. That game featured 21 lead changes.

STEALING THE ROCK
Iowa ranks first in the Big Ten and 81st nationally in steals per game (7.4). The last time a Hawkeye team led the conference in steals was during the 2016-17 season (8.1 per game). The Hawkeyes recorded 10 steals in wins over Northwestern and Michigan the last week of the regular season.

PATRICK McCAFFERY PLAYING HIS BEST BASKETBALL
Redshirt sophomore Patrick McCaffery, who is Iowa Men’s Basketball’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree, has been playing his best basketball the past month. McCaffery has netted double figures in scoring 10 of the last 17 games played. He did not play in Iowa’s home win over Northwestern due to a hip injury but returned to play just over 18 minutes in the win at Michigan.

McCaffery scored a season-high 18 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds in Iowa’s win over Minnesota on Feb. 6. McCaffery has made at least one 3-pointer in 11 of the last 17 games, including sinking three in both games against Penn State.

He added 13 points and five rebounds in a home loss to Michigan. He added seven points and five rebounds in Iowa’s win at No. 18 Ohio State and five points and six rebounds in a win over Michigan State. He netted 10 points at Nebraska (Feb. 25). He also sat out Iowa’s game at Illinois due to his hip injury and a non-COVID illness. He returned to the starting lineup and scored 10 points in the Big Ten Tournament win over Northwestern and scored 16 points in the semifinal victory over Indiana.

VALUING THE BASKETBALL
The Hawkeyes are tops in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75); fourth in fewest turnovers per game (9.2); and seventh in turnover margin (4.5).

Connor McCaffery has continued his mastery of limiting turnovers in 2021-22 with 62 assists and only 12 turnovers (one per 46.4 minutes played), boasting a robust 5.17 assist-to-turnover ratio. Joe Toussaint’s 2.35 ratio is sixth best in the league and 35th nationally.

Iowa ranked first in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02) last season. The Hawkeyes had two players ranked high nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio. Connor McCaffery was fourth in the country with a 3.73 ratio (112 assists; 30 turnovers), while Jordan Bohannon was 13th with a 3.07 ratio (135 assists; 44 turnovers).

SPOTLIGHTING KEEGAN MURRAY’S DOMINATING EFFORT
Keegan Murray posted 27 points, 21 rebounds, four blocks, and two assists in Iowa’s win over North Carolina Central on Nov. 16. He accomplished something that has not been done in over four decades by a Hawkeye.

Murray is the first Hawkeye to total 25+ points and 20+ rebounds in a game since Bruce King in 1977. King had 31 points and 21 rebounds vs. Ohio State in 1977.

Murray is one four players over the last five decades to post a 20-20 game: Kevin Kunnert (24-23) vs. Illinois in 1972; Fred Haberecht (29-20) vs. Wisconsin in 1975; Bruce King (42-20) vs. Pittsburgh in 1976; Bruce King (31-21) vs. Ohio State in 1977.

The last Big Ten player to have a 20-20 performance was Purdue’s Trevion Williams at Michigan on Jan. 9, 2020 (36-20).

Murray is the first Hawkeye since Greg Brunner in 2006 to grab 20+ rebounds in a game; Brunner had 23 against Minnesota on Jan. 18, 2006. Murray is the first major conference player with 27+ points, 21+ rebounds, and 4+ blocks since Kansas State’s Michael Beasley versus Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2007.

SPOTLIGHTING JORDAN BOHANNON’S RECORD PERFORMANCE
Jordan Bohannon added another school record to his collegiate resume on Feb. 10, 2022, at Maryland.

Bohannon drained a school-record 10 3-pointers, surpassing the school’s 28-year record previously set twice by Chris Kingsbury (9) in 1994. His 16 3-point attempts tied a personal high (16 versus North Carolina in 2020).

The 10 triples are an Xfinity Center record and ties for second most by a Big Ten player ever. Bohannon’s previous high was eight 3-pointers (at Maryland in 2017 and vs Nebraska in 2021).
Bohannon finished the contest with 30 points in 30 minutes, tying his career high (versus UAB on Nov. 22, 2017).

GUARD COMBINATION CONTRIBUTES
In addition to senior Jordan Bohannon scoring in double figures in 11 of the last 13 games, Iowa’s guard combination of Tony Perkins, Joe Toussaint and Ahron Ulis played well during Iowa’s 9-1 record in its last 10 contests.

That trio contributed 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists at No. 18 Ohio State, with just two turnovers in a combined 49 minutes of action.
Against Michigan State the trio added 12 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and just two turnovers in a combined 52 minutes.

Perkins had a career-best 20 points in the win at Nebraska, hitting 8-of-10 field goal attempts, and matching a career best with five boards. He also was credited with a personal-best five steals in the home win over Northwestern. In the win at Michigan, the group added 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals.

Perkins continued his balanced play in the loss at Illinois, collecting his first career double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, along with five assists and a steal, with just one turnover in 34 minutes of action. He added 16 points and three assists in the tournament win over Rutgers, eight points and five assists in the semifinal win over Indiana, and 11 points, four assists, and four rebounds in the championship victory over No. 9 Purdue.

Playing in his hometown of Indianapolis, Perkins played a key role for the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Tournament. In four games he averaged 10.3 points and three rebounds, with 18 assists and two steals.

KEEGAN MURRAY TABBED PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN
Sophomore forward Keegan Murray was named to the 2021-22 All-Big Ten Team.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native was one of only five players nationally — and only bench player — to amass 200 points, 35 blocks, 25 steals, and 15 3-pointers. He was the team’s leading scorer (7.8) and rebounder (5.5) off the bench in conference play. Murray led Iowa in blocks 12 times and steals five times. The 6-foot-8 forward was second on the team in steals (26) and ranked 11th in the Big Ten in blocked shots per game (1.26). His 39 blocks tie for fourth most by a freshman in program history.

Murray totaled 13 points, seven rebounds, four blocks, three assists, and a steal in Iowa’s first-round NCAA victory over Grand Canyon to become the first Hawkeye ever to stuff the stat sheet with those numbers in an NCAA Tournament contest.

LUKA GARZA’S NO. 55 FORMALLY RETIRED
The University of Iowa Athletics Department formally retired two-time National Player of the Year Luka Garza’s No. 55 on Feb. 22. Iowa also retired the jerseys of former Hawkeye greats Charles “Chuck” Darling, Roy Marble and Murray Wier.

Additionally, all other retired numbers and jerseys for the Iowa men’s and women’s basketball programs are now hanging from the Carver-Hawkeye Arena rafters.

Garza swept all major postseason men’s basketball awards in 2021 (Wooden, Naismith, Associated Press, Oscar Robertson, NABC, Lute Olson, Sporting News) to become the program’s first consensus National Player of the Year. Garza is Iowa’s only two-time unanimous consensus first-team All-American and only recipient in program history of the Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year.

He was named national player of the year by six national outlets in 2020, as well being a two-time honoree of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year and Pete Newell Big Man of the Year.

RECENT GRADUATES PLAYING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
A number of recent Iowa basketball graduates are playing professionally: Joe Wieskamp (NBA San Antonio Spurs), Luka Garza (NBA Detroit Pistons), Jarrod Uthoff (Japan), Devyn Marble (Israel), Tyler Cook (NBA Chicago Bulls), Anthony Clemmons (Italy), Gabriel Olaseni (Turkey), Ryan Kriener (Matsuyama), Bakari Evelyn (Germany), Peter Jok (France), Melsahn Basabe (Puerto Rico), and Aaron White (Serbia).

MARGARET McCAFFERY RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED AWARD
Margaret McCaffery, wife of head coach Fran McCaffery, received the American Cancer Society’s distinguished St. George Award during last Sunday’s game versus Nebraska in Iowa City.
The St. George Award is one of the highest volunteer honors of the American Cancer Society and is presented to outstanding volunteers nationwide who have made significant contributions to the American Cancer Society’s strategic goals.

Margaret has served on the ACS National Board of Directors since 2018. Margaret, along with Fran, have been a champion for the Coaches vs. Cancer program and have raised significant funds to support American Cancer Society efforts, including more than $4.5 million the past 20 years. In addition to their work with the American Cancer Society and Coaches vs. Cancer, the McCaffery’s helped spearhead the launch of the new Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program in Iowa City. The American Cancer Society awarded the McCafferys with the Fighting Spirit Award in 2015.

First conceived in 1949, the St. George National Award has been presented to more than 1,400 Society volunteers nationwide.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
Fran McCaffery has the most experienced coaching staffs in the country. The Iowa men’s basketball staff has 75 years of combined collegiate head coaching experience and more than 125 years of collegiate coaching under their belts.

IOWA BY SEEDING
This year marks the fifth time Iowa has garnered the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The No. 5 seed is its fourth best seed in the 24-year history of the event (No. 2 seed in 2006).

ILLINOIS EDGES HAWKEYES IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
Kris Murray’s 3-point attempt from the corner rimmed out as time expired giving No. 20 Illinois a 74-72 victory over No. 24 Iowa in the regular season finale in Champaign, Illinois.
• Iowa lost for just the second time in 10 games, dating back to Feb. 6. Sunday’s loss snapped a five-game overall win streak and a four-game road win streak for the Hawkeyes.
• Iowa finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten standings with a 12-8 league record. The Hawkeyes earned the No. 5 seed at the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament.
• Iowa has lost by five points or less in each of its last three visits to the State Farm Center (74-72 in 2022; 80-75 in 2021; 78-76 in 2020).
• Two Hawkeyes posted double-doubles: Keegan Murray and Tony Perkins.
• All-American Keegan Murray posted his team-leading ninth double-double of the season (22 points, 11 rebounds); he also rejected a game-best four shots. He is fourth in Iowa single-season scoring with 698 points. The 698 points are the most by any Hawkeye sophomore in program history (previous best was 553 by Chris Kingsbury in 1996).
• Sophomore Tony Perkins registered his first double-double of his career, totaling 17 points and a personal-best 12 rebounds. He has netted double figures in scoring three of the last four contests.
• Redshirt sophomore Patrick McCaffery did not play in Sunday’s game (hip/non-covid illness).
• Sunday was Iowa’s fourth straight “Senior Night” game, playing three on the road and one at home (3-1).
• Three Illini scored in double figures: Kofi Cockburn (21); Alfonso Plummer (15); and Andre Curbelo (14). Cockburn also registered a game-best 14 rebounds and blocked three shots.

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS
• Iowa holds a commanding 122-60 advantage over Northwestern in the series. The Hawkeyes have won 14 of the last 17 meetings, including seven straight. Iowa won this season’s only regular season meeting (82-61 on Feb. 28 in Iowa City).
• Iowa holds a 24-13 edge in the series against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes have won 12 of the 18 meetings since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011. Iowa swept the Huskers in the regular season: 98-75 on Feb. 13 in Iowa City and 88-78 on Feb. 25 in Lincoln.

MURRAY NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Keegan Murray has been named Big Ten Player of the Week each of the last two weeks and a program-best six times this season.
Murray averaged 21.5 points and 8.2 rebounds in wins over Michigan State and at Nebraska two weeks ago.

Last week, Murray averaged a double-double in three games, averaging 23.7 points and 12 rebounds. The All-American also averaged three blocks, 2.7 3-pointers, and 2.3 assists. He shot 53 percent (8-15) from 3-point range and 77 percent (17-22) from the foul line.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK — 3
Iowa is seeking to become the first school to have a men’s basketball player lead the Big Ten in scoring three straight seasons since Purdue from 1968-70.

Iowa’s Luka Garza led the conference in scoring average in 2020 (26.2 ppg) and 2021 (21.9 ppg). Keegan Murray leads the league this season, averaging 23.3 points per game in all games. Murray finished the 20-game league schedule as the Big Ten’s leading scorer, averaging 22.8 points per contest.

Purdue legend Rick Mount led the Big Ten in scoring in 1968 (29.7 ppg), 1969 (35.2 ppg), and 1970 (39.4 ppg).

KEEGAN MURRAY GARNERS NATIONAL ATTENTION
Keegan Murray has been selected to the Wooden Award National Ballot (semifinalist), Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award Midseason List, Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist, Sporting News First Team All-America, Big Ten Player of the Week six times this season (Nov. 22; Dec. 20; Jan. 3; Feb. 14; Feb. 28; March 7), and the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Feb. 14).

The Hawkeyes have had a student-athlete named a Wooden Award National Semifinalist three straight years and four of the last seven seasons. Former Hawkeye Luka Garza was the recipient of the 2021 John R. Wooden Award and was a finalist in 2020 award, while Jarrod Uthoff was a semifinalist in 2016. Garza was also the recipient of the 2021 Lute Olson Award.

Murray joins Ohio State’s Evan Turner (7 in 2009-10) and Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan (6 in 2016-17) as the only players since the Big Ten weekly award was introduced prior to the 1981-82 season to earn six or more weekly honors in a single season.

Murray has totaled 25 points or more 13 times this year, which are the most of any player from a major conference. He is also the only Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) with four 30+ performances in a single season.

Murray averaged 7.2 points per game last year and is averaging 23.3 this season (+16.1). The last Big Ten player to increase his scoring by 16 points per game from one season to the next was Illinois’ Rick Schmidt, who went from 3.8 ppg in 1972-73 to 21.4 ppg in 1973-74 (+17.6).

Murray, who has posted a team-leading nine double-doubles this season, combined for 65 points in two games against Maryland. He amassed 35 points and eight rebounds on Jan. 3 and tallied 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting from the field and 4-of-7 from the foul line and grabbed seven rebounds at Maryland on Feb. 10.

Murray poured in a game and career-best 37 points, six rebounds, and a game bests in steals (3) and blocks (2) against Nebraska on Feb. 13. The 37 points are believed to be the third most by any men’s basketball player in Carver-Hawkeye Arena’s 39-year history (45 by Brian Quinnett of Washington State in 1986; 41 by Iowa’s Luka Garza in 2020).

Murray is the first Hawkeye to score 30+ points in back-to-back Big Ten games since Matt Gatens 10 years ago in 2012 (30 vs. Indiana and 33 vs. Wisconsin).
Murray exploded for a then career-best 35 points versus Utah State. He scored 18 straight Iowa points spanning 6:08 in the first half. Murray was six points from the Sanford Pentagon scoring record.

Murray had a historic stat line against N.C. Central, registering 27 points, 21 rebounds, and four blocks. He became the fourth Hawkeye over the last five decades, and first since 1977, to score 20+ points and grab 20+ rebounds.

Murray posted game bests in points (29), rebounds (10), and blocks (3), while also dishing out three assists in Iowa’s win over Western Illinois. He shot a blistering 65 percent from the field, making 13-of-20 attempts.

3 HAWKEYES GARNER POSTSEASON ALL-BIG TEN RECOGNITION
Keegan Murray is a unanimous first team selection by both the media and coaches, marking the third straight season a Hawkeye has been a unanimous first team selection (Luka Garza in 2020 and 2021). Murray was also tabbed a unanimous first-team all-conference honoree by the Associated Press. Jordan Bohannon earned honorable mention recognition, while Patrick McCaffery is the recipient of Iowa’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Sportsmanship Award.

Head coach Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten honoree in seven of the last nine seasons, the most over a nine-year span since 1944-52. Murray joins Devyn Marble (2014), Aaron White (2015), Jarrod Uthoff (2016), Peter Jok (2017), and Garza (2020 and 2021) as first team selections.

Murray (6-foot-8, 225 pounds) ranks first in the country in Player Efficiency Rating (37.8); fourth in points per game (23.3); 29th in field goal percentage (.554); 39th in blocks per contest (2.1); and 46th in double-doubles (9). His 23.3 points per game average is tops among players from a major conference.

Bohannon has earned postseason conference recognition for a fifth time, earning third team accolades as a junior, honorable mention honors three times, and voted to the All-Freshman Team in 2017. He ranks second on the team in points per game (10.9) and assists (1.7), and first in 3-pointers per game (2.45).

McCaffery ranks third on the team in points per game (10.5), and fourth in rebounds (3.8) and blocks (0.5) per contest. The Iowa City native has been playing his best basketball the past month. He has netted double figures in scoring eight of the last 13 games played.

TWICE AS NICE
Sophomores Keegan and Kris Murray rank first and fourth, respectively, in team scoring. Keegan averages 23.3 points, while Kris averages 10.3 points. Keegan also ranks first on the squad in rebounds per game (8.6), blocks per game (2.1), and free throws made (124), while Kris ranks second on the squad in blocks per contest (0.97), third in rebounds (4.5), and first in 3-point accuracy (.402, 39-of-97).

Keegan is a phenomenal finisher around the rim, hitting 63.1 percent on 2-point tries and is second on the squad in 3-point accuracy (.380, 52-of-137).

Kris is averaging 10.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 18 minute per game, or 0.6 points and 0.3 rebounds per minute, while ranking third on the team with 25 steals.

JORDAN BOHANNON HOLDS 5 IOWA RECORDS
Jordan Bohannon, competing in his sixth season, is the program’s career leader in four statistical categories: assists (692), 3-pointers made (440), games played (174), and free throw percentage (.887, 361-407). He sank a school and Xfinity Center record 10 3-pointers at Maryland on Feb. 10, 2022. The 10 triples were one shy of tying the Big Ten record. His 440 triples are the most in Big Ten history and 178 more than any other Hawkeye.

He has made 76 treys this season, second most among Big Ten student-athletes.

Bohannon (174) is the NCAA all-time leader in career games played. He is sixth in the NCAA with 440 career 3-point field goals made. The 440 triples are the second most by a player from a major conference (457 by Duke’s J.J. Reddick). He ranks third in career scoring at Iowa (1,975) and eighth in field goals made (587).

Bohannon, an honorable mention all-conference honoree in 2021 and 2022, is the only Division I player over the last 25 years to make 75+ 3-pointers in five seasons.

Bohannon ranked first in the league in 3-point accuracy (.394) and second in 3-pointers made per game (2.58) in 2021. He was second in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.07) and fourth in assists per contest (4.4).

He is believed to be the only Division I player to amass more than 675 assists and 440 3-pointers.

Bohannon is one of only three Hawkeyes to post four 100-assist seasons (Jeff Horner, Dean Oliver). He has accumulated seven points-assists double-doubles, the most in school history. Bohannon registered a school-record eight games with 10 or more assists.

McCAFFERY CLIMBING WINS CHART
Fran McCaffery and the Hawkeyes have reached 20 wins eight of the last 10 seasons. McCaffery and Tom Davis (10) are the only Iowa coaches to win 20 or more games in at least eight seasons.

Among Iowa’s head basketball coaches, McCaffery ranks second in tournament appearances behind Davis (9). Davis is Iowa’s all-time winningest coach, while McCaffery is second.

HAWKEYE FASTBREAKS
• The Hawkeyes are a perfect 18-0 this season when outrebounding their opponents and 11-0 when Iowa shoots 50 percent or better from the field.
• Iowa has won 10 or more Big Ten games seven of the last eight seasons.
• Iowa scored 700 points over an eight game stretch from Feb. 10 to March 3 (87.5 ppg). That is the most points by any team in an eight-game span of Big Ten play since 1995, when the Hawkeyes themselves had 709 in eight games from Feb. 9 to March 8.
• The Hawkeyes have had scoring runs of 10-0 or more a combined 24 times in 31 games.
• Sophomore Keegan Murray has totaled 25 points or more 13 times this season, the most of any player from a major conference. Murray is also the only Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) with four 30+ performances in a single season.
• Iowa is 127-28 when scoring 80 points or more, the last 12 seasons. The Hawkeyes are 91-3 when holding opponents to fewer than 61 points, the last 12 years.
• Jordan Bohannon (120) and Connor McCaffery (101) rank second and fifth, respectively, in most career wins among active Big Ten players.
• The Hawkeyes have three regular season sweeps over Big Ten opponents this season. Iowa has swept Maryland, Minnesota and Nebraska. Iowa has notched single-play wins over Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Ohio State.
• Kris Murray leads the squad in 3-point accuracy, making 40 percent (39-of-97) of his attempts, while Kris’ brother Keegan Murray is second (.380, 52-of-127). The two brothers combined for four triples in Iowa’s last game at No. 20 Illinois.
• Iowa has been making the most of its trips to the foul line. The Hawkeyes are shooting 74.6 percent from the foul line, which ranks fifth in the Big Ten and 73rd nationally. Iowa’s 456 free throw makes are tops in the Big Ten and 33rd most in the NCAA.
• Iowa’s Keegan Murray (7 games this season) and Luka Garza (19 in a row) are the only two Big Ten men’s basketball players to have scored 20+ points in seven straight games over the last decade.
• Jordan Bohannon (30) and Keegan Murray (30) became the first Hawkeye duo to score 30+ points in the same game (at Maryland) since Bruce King (36) and Scott Thompson (30) at Michigan on Jan. 31, 1976.
• The Hawkeyes boasted a 15-3 record in home games this season. Iowa has won 14+ home contests each of the last four years.
• Keegan Murray and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley (2007-08) are the only two players from a major conference to score 24+ points in each of their first five games of the season over the last 15 years. He is one of three Big Ten players since the 2002-03 season with six consecutive 20-point games to start the season.
• Iowa posted school single-game records in 3-pointers made (20) and attempted (44) against Alabama State on Nov. 18, besting the previous records of 19-of-43 against Savannah State on Dec. 22, 2018. Iowa’s 20 3-pointers made equals the Carver-Hawkeye Arena record (20 by Purdue on Jan. 20, 2018).
• The Hawkeyes topped the century mark in three of their first five games (Longwood, Alabama State, Western Michigan). The last time an Iowa team scored 100+ points in three of its first five games was the start of the 1997-98 season.
• Iowa is the only Division I program with two sets of brothers on the 2021-22 roster, with one being identical twins. Connor and Patrick McCaffery are two years apart, while Keegan and Kris Murray are identical twins. The Murray twins are one of five twins on Division I rosters this season (Arizona State, San Diego State, SIUE, and Wisconsin).
• Iowa has won three straight games over Michigan State, dating back to 2021; that is the longest win streak over the Spartans since 2006. The Hawkeyes have defeated the Spartans by a combined 56 points in its last two victories — 88-58 on Feb. 13, 2021, in East Lansing and 86-60 on Feb. 22, 2022. The 26-point victory is the largest margin in Iowa City since 1996 (83-47).
• Virginia has allowed 75+ points at home only six times under head coach Tony Bennett. Iowa has accounted for two of those six (75 in 2021 and 75 in 2013).
• At Virginia and versus Illinois, the Hawkeyes committed a season-low four turnovers, tying the third fewest total in a single-game in the Fran McCaffery era. The four turnovers against the Cavaliers are the fourth lowest in any Big Ten/ACC Challenge game.
• The Hawkeyes have won seven of their last nine, including four straight, Big Ten/ACC Challenge games.
• Iowa has won an NCAA Tournament game each of its last four tournament appearances.
• Iowa has qualified for five NCAA tournaments over the last seven completed seasons (2014-16, 2019, 2021) and eight postseason tournaments over the last nine completed seasons (5 NCAA; 3 NIT).
• Florida State has won an NCAA-record 13 straight overtime games, dating back to January, 2018. The last team to beat the Seminoles in overtime was Iowa (78-75) on Dec. 2, 2015, in Iowa City. That game featured 21 lead changes.

STEALING THE ROCK
Iowa ranks first in the Big Ten and 81st nationally in steals per game (7.5). The last time a Hawkeye team led the conference in steals was during the 2016-17 season (8.1 per game). The Hawkeyes recorded 10 steals in each of their last two wins (Northwestern and Michigan).

PATRICK McCAFFERY PLAYING HIS BEST BASKETBALL
Redshirt sophomore Patrick McCaffery, who is Iowa Men’s Basketball’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree, has been playing his best basketball the past month. McCaffery has netted double figures in scoring eight of the last 13 games played. He did not play in Iowa’s outing against Northwestern due to a hip injury but returned to play just over 18 minutes in the win at Michigan.

McCaffery scored a season-high 18 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds in Iowa’s win over Minnesota Feb. 6. McCaffery has made at least one 3-pointer in eight of the last 13 games, including sinking three in both games against Penn State last month.

He added 13 points and five rebounds in a home loss to Michigan. He added seven points and five rebounds in Iowa’s win at No. 18 Ohio State and five points and six rebounds in a win over Michigan State. He netted 10 points at Nebraska (Feb. 25). He also sat out Iowa’s most recent outing at Illinois due to his hip injury and a non-Covid illness.

VALUING THE BASKETBALL
The Hawkeyes are tops in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.76); second in fewest turnovers per game (9.0); and fourth in turnover margin (5.2).

Connor McCaffery has continued his mastery of limiting turnovers in 2021-22 with 50 assists and only 11 turnovers (one per 44.4 minutes played), boasting a robust 4.9 assist-to-turnover ratio. Joe Toussaint’s 2.48 ratio is third best in the league and 29th nationally.

Iowa ranked first in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02) last season. The Hawkeyes had two players ranked high nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio. Connor McCaffery was fourth in the country with a 3.73 ratio (112 assists; 30 turnovers), while Jordan Bohannon was 13th with a 3.07 ratio (135 assists; 44 turnovers).

SPOTLIGHTING KEEGAN MURRAY’S DOMINATING EFFORT
Keegan Murray posted 27 points, 21 rebounds, four blocks, and two assists in Iowa’s win over North Carolina Central on Nov. 16. He accomplished something that has not been done in over four decades by a Hawkeye.

Murray is the first Hawkeye to total 25+ points and 20+ rebounds in a game since Bruce King in 1977. King had 31 points and 21 rebounds vs. Ohio State in 1977.

Murray is one four players over the last five decades to post a 20-20 game: Kevin Kunnert (24-23) vs. Illinois in 1972; Fred Haberecht (29-20) vs. Wisconsin in 1975; Bruce King (42-20) vs. Pittsburgh in 1976; Bruce King (31-21) vs. Ohio State in 1977.

The last Big Ten player to have a 20-20 performance was Purdue’s Trevion Williams at Michigan on Jan. 9, 2020 (36-20).

Murray is the first Hawkeye since Greg Brunner in 2006 to grab 20+ rebounds in a game; Brunner had 23 against Minnesota on Jan. 18, 2006. Murray is the first major conference player with 27+ points, 21+ rebounds, and 4+ blocks since Kansas State’s Michael Beasley versus Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2007.

SPOTLIGHTING JORDAN BOHANNON’S RECORD PERFORMANCE
Jordan Bohannon added another school record to his collegiate resume on Feb. 10, 2022, at Maryland.

Bohannon drained a school-record 10 3-pointers, surpassing the school’s 28-year record previously set twice by Chris Kingsbury (9) in 1994. His 16 3-point attempts tied a personal high (16 versus North Carolina in 2020).

The 10 triples are an Xfinity Center record and ties for second most by a Big Ten player ever. Bohannon’s previous high was eight 3-pointers (at Maryland in 2017 and vs Nebraska in 2021).

Bohannon finished the contest with 30 points in 30 minutes, tying his career high (versus UAB on Nov. 22, 2017).

GUARD COMBINATION CONTRIBUTES
In addition to senior Jordan Bohannon scoring in double figures in eight of the last nine games, Iowa’s guard combination of Tony Perkins, Joe Toussaint and Ahron Ulis played well during Iowa’s recent five-game winning streak.

That trio contributed 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists against Ohio State, with just two turnovers in a combined 49 minutes of action.

Against Michigan State the trio added 12 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and just two turnovers in a combined 52 minutes.

Perkins had a career-best 20 points in the win at Nebraska, hitting 8-10 field goal attempts, and matching his career-best five rebounds. He also was credited with a personal-best five steals in Iowa’s win over Northwestern. In the win at Michigan the group added 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals.
Perkins continued his balanced play in the loss at Illinois, collecting his first career double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, along with five assists and a steal, with just one turnover in 34 minutes of action.

KEEGAN MURRAY TABBED PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN
Sophomore forward Keegan Murray was named to the 2021-22 All-Big Ten Team.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native was one of only five players nationally — and only bench player — to amass 200 points, 35 blocks, 25 steals, and 15 3-pointers. He was the team’s leading scorer (7.8) and rebounder (5.5) off the bench in conference play. Murray led Iowa in blocks 12 times and steals five times. The 6-foot-8 forward was second on the team in steals (26) and ranked 11th in the Big Ten in blocked shots per game (1.26). His 39 blocks tie for fourth most by a freshman in program history.

Murray totaled 13 points, seven rebounds, four blocks, three assists, and a steal in Iowa’s first-round NCAA victory over Grand Canyon to become the first Hawkeye ever to stuff the stat sheet with those numbers in an NCAA Tournament contest.

LUKA GARZA’S NO. 55 FORMALLY RETIRED
The University of Iowa Athletics Department formally retired two-time National Player of the Year Luka Garza’s No. 55 on Feb. 22.

Iowa also retired the jerseys of former Hawkeye greats Charles “Chuck” Darling, Roy Marble and Murray Wier.

Additionally, all other retired numbers and jerseys for the Iowa men’s and women’s basketball programs are now hanging from the Carver-Hawkeye Arena rafters.

Garza swept all major postseason men’s basketball awards in 2021 (Wooden, Naismith, Associated Press, Oscar Robertson, NABC, Lute Olson, Sporting News) to become the program’s first consensus National Player of the Year. Garza is Iowa’s only two-time unanimous consensus first-team All-American and only recipient in program history of the Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year.

He was named national player of the year by six national outlets in 2020, as well being a two-time honoree of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year and Pete Newell Big Man of the Year.

RECENT GRADUATES PLAYING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
A number of recent Iowa basketball graduates are playing professionally: Joe Wieskamp (NBA San Antonio Spurs), Luka Garza (NBA Detroit Pistons), Jarrod Uthoff (Japan), Devyn Marble (Israel), Tyler Cook (NBA Chicago Bulls), Anthony Clemmons (Italy), Gabriel Olaseni (Turkey), Ryan Kriener (Matsuyama), Bakari Evelyn (Germany), Peter Jok (France), Melsahn Basabe (Puerto Rico), and Aaron White (Serbia).

COACHING EXPERIENCE
Fran McCaffery has the most experienced coaching staffs in the country. The Iowa men’s basketball staff has 75 years of combined collegiate head coaching experience and more than 125 years of collegiate coaching under their belts.

IOWA HISTORY
Iowa has played 2,903 games since beginning basketball in 1902. Iowa’s overall record is 1,714-1,189 (.590). Iowa’s 1,714 wins are 36th most among Division I programs. That includes a 1,097-377 (.744) record in home games, a 617-812 (.432) record in contests away from Iowa City, an 814-813 (.501) mark in Big Ten games and a 501-151 (.768) record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.