The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ exhibition date versus Quincy on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. CT on B1G+ is now less than three weeks away.
Iowa’s men’s basketball season will officially begin in less than a month when the Hawkeyes welcome in North Dakota to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. CT on B1G+.
After a 19-14 (11-9 Big Ten) campaign, the Iowa Hawkeyes secured a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament trip last season. Now, forwards Kris Murray and Filip Rebraca both move on and take with them the Hawkeyes’ top two scorers and rebounders from last year.
Due in part to the unknown and the loss of that duo’s combined 34.3 points and 15.4 rebounds per game, Iowa was chosen to finish ninth in the preseason Big Ten media poll.
Iowa will turn to senior guard Tony Perkins, senior forward Patrick McCaffery and junior forward Payton Sandfort as its presumptive leaders. Perkins and Sandfort both averaged career highs in points per game last season with 12.3 and 10.3, respectively. Meanwhile, McCaffery was just outside double-figure scoring with 9.8 points per game last season.
With the season rapidly approaching, Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery was in Minneapolis, Minn., at the Target Center previewing the upcoming season for 2023 Big Ten Basketball Media Days.
Here’s everything Fran had to say about the upcoming season.