1944–45 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1944–45 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1944–45 season. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2]

1944–45 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten
1944–45 record17–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDick Ives
Herb Wilkinson
1944–45 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Iowa111 .917  171  .944
Ohio State102 .833  155  .750
Illinois75 .583  137  .650
Purdue66 .500  911  .450
Michigan57 .417  127  .632
Wisconsin48 .333  1011  .476
Minnesota48 .333  813  .381
Northwestern48 .333  712  .368
Indiana39 .250  1011  .476
Chicago00   78  .467
Rankings from AP Poll

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Iowa season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.


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