The team was led by eighth-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

12 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Illinois before losing to Michigan in the second round.

In the Big Ten tournament, as the 7th seed, Iowa was upset by 10th-seeded Indiana in the second round.

[7] As a result, it is anticipated that the Big Ten regular season will begin in mid-December.

[8] Coaches have requested that no Big Ten game be scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Day, accordingly each team will play two conference games in early December before finishing non-conference play.