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2012-13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Iowa Athletics wordmark.svg
NIT Runner-up vs. Baylor, L 54–74
Conference Big Ten Conference
2012–13 record 25–13 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach Fran McCaffery (3rd year)
Assistant coach Sherman Dillard
Assistant coach Andrew Francis
Assistant coach Kirk Speraw
Home arena Carver-Hawkeye Arena
(Capacity: 15,400)
Seasons
← 2011–12
2013–14 →
2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 4 Indiana 14 4   .778     29 7   .806
No. 7 Ohio State 13 5   .722     29 8   .784
No. 9 Michigan State 13 5   .722     27 9   .750
No. 10 Michigan 12 6   .667     31 8   .795
No. 18 Wisconsin 12 6   .667     23 12   .657
Iowa 9 9   .500     25 13   .658
Illinois 8 10   .444     23 13   .639
Minnesota 8 10   .444     21 13   .618
Purdue 8 10   .444     16 18   .471
Nebraska 5 13   .278     15 18   .455
Northwestern 4 14   .222     13 19   .406
Penn State 2 16   .111     10 21   .323
2013 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The team was led by 3rd year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has been their home since 1983. They were members of the Big Ten Conference.

The team finished with a record of 25–13, 9–9 in conference play and finished 6th in the Big Ten. The 25 wins is the most wins in one season for the Hawkeyes since the 2005–2006 season, in which Iowa also had 25 wins. The team went to the 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament as a 6th seed where they defeated Northwestern in the 1st round but lost to Michigan State in the Quarterfinals. The team went on to earn a #3 seed in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated both Indiana State (68–52) and Stony Brook (75–63) in front of sellout home crowds. Iowa also defeated the #1 seeded Virginia Cavaliers, snapping the Wahoo's 19-game home winning streak, and moving on to the NIT Semifinals for the first time in school history. Iowa advanced to the Championship game after defeating Maryland (71–60) but lost to Baylor (74–54).

The 2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes squad contained 16 players which included 4 freshmen, 2 redshirt freshmen, 5 sophomores, 3 juniors, and 2 seniors.

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