The team was led by 14th-year head coach Fran McCaffery and played its home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

They finished the season 19–15, 10–10 in Big Ten play, resulting in a three-way tie for sixth place.

Following a win against Kansas State, the Hawkeyes lost in the second round to Utah.

The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.

8 seed in the Midwest region where it lost to Auburn in the First Round.