2004–05 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 21–12 overall and 7–9 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #10 seed in the Austin Regional. The season ended with an opening round loss to #7 seed Cincinnati, 76–64.

2004–05 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–12 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones Greg Lansing
MVP	Greg Brunner Jeff Horner
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Illinois †	15	–	1		.938			37	–	2		.949
No. 15 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Minnesota	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Ohio State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Iowa	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
Penn State	1	–	15		.063			7	–	23		.233
† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 15, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2004–05 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 1 Adam Haluska 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Carroll, Iowa G 2 Jeff Horner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Jr Mason City, Iowa G 3 Pierre Pierce 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr Westmont, Illinois F 5 Alex Thompson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Fr Ames, Iowa F 13 Justin Wieck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr North Liberty, Iowa F 23 Doug Thomas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Fr Inglewood, California G 25 Carlton Reed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr Waterloo, Iowa C 34 Erek Hansen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Jr Bedford, Texas G 35 Mike Henderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — So Waterloo, Iowa F 44 Greg Brunner 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr Charles City, Iowa C 53 Seth Gorney 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) — Fr Vandalia, Ohio	Head coach Steve Alford (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Brian Jones (Northern Iowa) Greg Lansing (South Dakota) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 19, 2004*		Western Illinois	W 85–62	1–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Nov 22, 2004*		vs. No. 14 Louisville Maui Invitational First Round	W 76–71	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
Nov 23, 2004*		vs. No. 15 Texas Maui Invitational Semifinal	W 82–80	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
Nov 24, 2004*		vs. No. 11 North Carolina Maui Invitational Championship	L 92–106[2]	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
Nov 30, 2004*	No. 23	at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 91–75	4–1	Knapp Center  Des Moines, IA
Dec 3, 2004*	No. 23	Centenary	W 88–53	5–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 4, 2004*	No. 23	UNC Greensboro	W 83–58	6–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 7, 2004*	No. 17	Northern Iowa	W 76–73	7–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 10, 2004*	No. 17	Iowa State Rivalry	W 70–63	8–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Dec 18, 2004*	No. 16	Western Carolina	W 88–75	9–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 21, 2004*	No. 17	vs. Texas Tech	W 83–53	10–1	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
Dec 28, 2004*	No. 16	Air Force	W 73–63	11–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 31, 2004*	No. 16	Saint Louis	W 67–58	12–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 2005	No. 14	Michigan	L 63–65	12–2 (0–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 8, 2005	No. 14	at Ohio State	L 69–81	12–3 (0–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 15, 2005	No. 24	Minnesota	W 66–60	13–3 (1–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 20, 2005	No. 23	at No. 1 Illinois	L 68–73 OT[3]	13–4 (1–3)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 22, 2005	No. 23	Purdue	W 71–57	14–4 (2–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 26, 2005	No. 23	at Northwestern	L 74–75 OT	14–5 (2–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 29, 2005	No. 23	Indiana	W 72–57	15–5 (3–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 5, 2005		No. 12 Michigan State	L 64–75	15–6 (3–5)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 9, 2005		at No. 20 Wisconsin	L 69–72	15–7 (3–6)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 12, 2005		Northwestern	W 64–54	16–7 (4–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 16, 2005		at Purdue	L 63–66	16–8 (4–7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 2005		No. 1 Illinois	L 65–75	16–9 (4–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 23, 2005		at Minnesota	L 57–65	16–10 (4–9)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 26, 2005		at Penn State	W 78–56	17–10 (5–9)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
Mar 2, 2005		Ohio State	W 74–72	18–10 (6–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 5, 2005		at Michigan	W 74–72 OT	19–10 (7–9)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Big Ten tournament
Mar 10, 2005*		vs. Purdue Opening round	W 71–52[4]	20–10	United Center  Chicago, IL
Mar 11, 2005*		vs. No. 13 Michigan State Quarterfinals	W 71–69[5]	21–10	United Center  Chicago, IL
Mar 12, 2005*		vs. No. 23 Wisconsin Semifinals	L 56–59[6]	21–11	United Center  Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2005*	(10)	vs. (7) No. 23 Cincinnati First Round	L 64–76[7]	21–12	RCA Dome  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

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