1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	No coach;

1895–96 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wesleyan		–		–	1	–	0	1.000
Bloomsburg		–		–	6	–	1	.857
Minnesota A&M		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Mount Union		–		–	3	–	1	.750
Chicago		–		–	5	–	2	.714
Temple		–		–	15	–	7	.682
Yale		–		–	8	–	5	.615
Allegheny		–		–	1	–	1	.500
Washington		–		–	1	–	1	.500
Minnesota		–		–	3	–	5	.375
		–		–	2	–	5	.286
Bucknell		–		–	1	–	3	.250
Central Penn		–		–	0	–	2	.000
Drexel		–		–	0	–	1	.000
Macalester		–		–	0	–	4	.000
Savage School of Physical Education		–		–	0	–	1	.000

The 1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1895–96 season. The team finished the season with a 2–5 record.^[1] This squad is historically significant to the sport of college basketball: when they played the University of Chicago on January 18, 1896, the teams faced off with only five players to a side, establishing the first "modern" game of college basketball ever played.^[2]^[3] Chicago won the game, 15–12.^[4]

References

^ "Iowa season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). History. University of Iowa. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[SR-1] "Iowa season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[2] "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[3] "2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). History. University of Iowa. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[4] "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

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Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	"Iowa Fight Song" Herky the Hawk Gambling scandal First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics