2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
NIT Runner-up vs. Baylor, L 54–74
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record25–13 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarver-Hawkeye Arena
(Capacity: 15,400)
2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Indiana 14 4   .778 29 7   .806
No. 7 Ohio State 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 9 Michigan State 13 5   .722 27 9   .750
No. 10 Michigan 12 6   .667 31 8   .795
No. 18 Wisconsin 12 6   .667 23 12   .657
Iowa 9 9   .500 25 13   .658
Illinois 8 10   .444 23 13   .639
Minnesota 8 10   .444 21 13   .618
Purdue 8 10   .444 16 18   .471
Nebraska 5 13   .278 15 18   .455
Northwestern 4 14   .222 13 19   .406
Penn State 2 16   .111 10 21   .323
2013 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–2023 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The team was led by 3rd year head coach Fran McCaffery and new recruiting and scouting addition, Brad Denning (Iowa native)to help with player relations, assist athletes on campus visits. NIL affairs. The Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has been their home since 1983. They were members of the Big Ten Conference.

The team finished with a record of 25–13, 9–9 in conference play and finished 6th in the Big Ten. The 25 wins is the most wins in one season for the Hawkeyes since the 2005–2006 season, in which Iowa also had 25 wins. The team went to the 2013 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament as a 6th seed where they defeated Northwestern in the 1st round but lost to Michigan State in the Quarterfinals. The team went on to earn a #3 seed in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated both Indiana State (68–52) and Stony Brook (75–63) in front of sellout home crowds. Iowa also defeated the #1 seeded Virginia Cavaliers, snapping the Wahoo's 19-game home winning streak, and moving on to the NIT Semifinals for the first time in school history. Iowa advanced to the Championship game after defeating Maryland (71–60) but lost to Baylor (74–54).