1944–45 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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1944–45
Big Ten
Record17–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDick Ives
Herb Wilkinson
Home arenaIowa Field House
Seasons
1944–45 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iowa 11 1   .917 17 1   .944
Ohio State 10 2   .833 15 5   .750
Illinois 7 5   .583 13 7   .650
Purdue 6 6   .500 9 11   .450
Michigan 5 7   .417 12 7   .632
Wisconsin 4 8   .333 10 11   .476
Minnesota 4 8   .333 8 13   .381
Northwestern 4 8   .333 7 12   .368
Indiana 3 9   .250 10 11   .476
Chicago 0 0   7 8   .467
Rankings from
AP Poll

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]

Despite being Big Ten champions, Iowa declined a bid to the 8-team NCAA tournament.[3] The conference's bid went to Ohio State. The Buckeyes, who finished a game behind Iowa in the standings, defeated Kentucky to reach the Final Four.

Roster

1944–45 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F
3 Murray Wier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Muscatine HS Muscatine, IA
F
4 Ned Postels
Jr    
7 Dick Ives 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Diagonal, Iowa
C 11 Clayton Wilkinson
Jr East HS
Salt Lake City, Utah
G
20 Jack Spencer
So    
G
28 Herb Wilkinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So East HS
Salt Lake City, Utah
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site
city, state
Regular reason
Dec 9, 1944*
Western Illinois W 101–23  1–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 11, 1944*
South Dakota State W 87–37  2–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 16, 1944*
at Nebraska W 61–45  3–0
Nebraska Coliseum 
Lincoln, Nebraska
Dec 19, 1944*
Denver W 60–41  4–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 23, 1944*
Notre Dame W 63–46  5–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 30, 1944*
Michigan State W 66–29  6–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 6, 1945
Minnesota W 41–34  7–0
(1–0)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 13, 1945
Purdue W 61–34  8–0
(2–0)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 19, 1945
at Michigan W 29–27  9–0
(3–0)
Yost Field House 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 22, 1945
Indiana W 56–51  10–0
(4–0)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 26, 1945
at Illinois
Rivalry
L 42–43  10–1
(4–1)
Huff Hall (6,000)
Champaign, Illinois
Feb 3, 1945
Michigan W 50–37  11–1
(5–1)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 10, 1945
at Indiana W 45–40  12–1
(6–1)
The Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 12, 1945
at Purdue W 48–43  13–1
(7–1)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 1945
Wisconsin W 54–53  14–1
(8–1)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 24, 1945
at Wisconsin W 68–38  15–1
(9–1)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 26, 1945
at Minnesota W 55–48  16–1
(10–1)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 3, 1945
Illinois W 43–37  17–1
(11–1)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll
. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Iowa season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
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  3. ^ "Iowa Turned Down NCAA Bids in '40s". Sports Illustrated. March 13, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.