During the 2013 – 2014 season , Iowa achieved a non-conference record of 11 – 2 , including a runner-up finish in the 2013 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and a loss to in-state rival Iowa State . The Hawkeyes finished the Big Ten Conference season with a 9 – 9 record and a regular season record of 20 – 12 . The Hawkeyes were seeded sixth in the Big Ten Conference tournament but lost to No. 11-seeded Northwestern 67 – 62 , a team that the Hawkeyes had twice beaten by 26 points in two conference season games . The Hawkeyes played in the ' first four ' during the 2014 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament , playing Tennessee in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament . This was their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2005 – 2006 season
Big Ten Conference tournament
2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball