2003–04 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2003–04 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
2003–04 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2003–04 record	16–13 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones; Greg Lansing;
MVP	Jeff Horner; Pierre Pierce
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 16–13 overall and 9–7 in Big Ten play.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	2	Jeff Horner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Mason City, Iowa
G	3	Pierre Pierce	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So	Westmont, Illinois
F	4	Glen Worley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Coralville, Iowa
C	5	Jared Reiner	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Sr	Tripp, South Dakota
G	11	Brody Boyd	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Dugger, Indiana
F	13	Justin Wieck	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	North Liberty, Iowa
C	34	Erek Hansen	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	So	Bedford, Texas
G	35	Mike Henderson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Waterloo, Iowa
F	44	Greg Brunner	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Charles City, Iowa
C	53	Sean Sonderleiter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	Des Moines, Iowa

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/25/2003*	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 74-56^[1]	2-0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/29/2003*	vs. No. 17 Louisville	W 70-69 ^{OT^[2]}	3-0	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
1/21/2004*	at Iowa State Rivalry	L 76-84^[3]	9-6	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Big Ten Regular Season
Big Ten Tournament
National Invitation Tournament
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^ "Davis has scrappy Drake team". ESPN. November 25, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes out rebound Cardinals". ESPN. November 29, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Hawks Cloned again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 22, 2004. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017.


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
No. 10 Wisconsin †	12	–	4	.750	25	–	7	.781
Michigan State	12	–	4	.750	18	–	12	.600
Iowa	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	23	–	11	.676
	8	–	8	.500	14	–	15	.483
	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Indiana	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
	3	–	13	.188	12	–	18	.400
	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 2004 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

v t Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) (1905–1922) (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	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Individual honors Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893–95 1895–96 1898–1901 1944–45 1947–48 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1960–61 1961–62 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics