1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • No coach
1895–96 collegiate men's basketball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wesleyan 10  1.000
Bloomsburg 61  .857
Minnesota A&M 102  .833
Mount Union 31  .750
Chicago 52  .714
Temple 157  .682
Yale 85  .615
Allegheny 11  .500
Washington 11  .500
Minnesota 35  .375
Iowa 25  .286
Bucknell 13  .250
Central Penn 02  .000
Drexel 01  .000
Macalester 04  .000
Savage School of Phys Ed 01  .000
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1895–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1895–96 season. The team finished the season with a 2–5 record.[1] This squad is historically significant to the sport of college basketball: when they played the University of Chicago on January 18, 1896, the teams faced off with only five players to a side, establishing the first "modern" game of college basketball ever played.[2][3] Chicago won the game, 15–12.[4]

References

  1. "Iowa season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  2. "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. "2007–08 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). History. University of Iowa. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  4. "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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