The Hawkeyes finished the 2016 – 17 season with a record of 19 – 15 , 10 – 8 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place . In the Big Ten Tournament , as the 7th seed , Iowa was upset by 10th-seeded Indiana in the second round . Iowa was one of the First Four teams out of the NCAA Tournament , which earned the team a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament . They defeated South Dakota in the first round before losing to eventual NIT champions TCU in overtime in the second round
Big Ten Tournament
2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team