For the sixth time in Fran McCaffery’s decade as Iowa basketball coach, the Hawkeyes have won at least 20 games in a season. And for the sixth time in his tenure, the Hawkeyes will be headed to the NCAA Tournament. That marks the most tournament appearances in a decade span since Dr. Tom’s first ten seasons in Iowa City, when the Hawkeyes were building on back-to-back appearances under George Raveling and some of the best recruiting this program has ever seen.
The starting point couldn’t have been more different for Fran McCaffery, stepping in after one of the worst three year stretches in school history with recruiting essentially not happening.