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125 Listed below are highlights from the 2014-15 season: • e University of Iowa won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2001 in convincing fashion, beating Davidson by 31 points. Not only was it the largest margin of victory in an NCAA Tournament game in program history, but it was the largest margin of victory in a 7/10 matchup in any NCAA Tournament. • e Hawkeyes finished third in the conference, which marked the program's third consecutive upper division finish. • Iowa was the first team in the country to post road wins over two ranked opponents: No. 12 North Carolina (60-55) and No. 18 Ohio State (71-65). • e Hawkeyes won seven true road games for the first time since 1987. • Twelve conference wins are the most during the McCaffery era (2010-present) and most since 1997. • Iowa defeated Ohio State, Indiana, and Michigan on the road in the same season for the first time since 1969-70. • Twenty-one regular-season wins are the most in the McCaffery era and most in nine years. • Junior Jarrod Uthoff, a third-team All-Big Ten honoree, was the only player in the country to post 55 or more blocks, 50 or more 3-pointers, and 35 or more steals. • Junior guard Mike Gesell earned Academic All- America distinction, while Uthoff was an Academic All-District honoree. • White was the only player in the country to average 16 or more points and seven or more rebounds while shooting better than 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line. • With four juniors and a sophomore with starting experience returning, McCaffery has the nucleus in place for another successful season in 2015-16. A season is not defined by one game, it's a journey highlighted by memorable moments over the course of five months. Although the University of Iowa men's basketball team lost in the NCAA Round of 32 to nationally ranked Gonzaga on March 22, there were a number of positives the team can reflect on. Head coach Fran McCaffery has rebuilt his fourth basketball program and has UI basketball back to national prominence. McCaffery has guided his Hawkeye teams to steady improvement each year since his arrival in 2010, which includes back- to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. e backbone of the 2015 Hawkeyes was its senior class comprised of Gabriel Olaseni, Josh Oglesby, Aaron White, and Kyle Denning. is group won more home games (59) than any other four- year class in program history, while its 85 total wins are seventh best. White, a first-team All-Big Ten and All- District selection, cemented himself as one of the best statistically in Hawkeye history, leaving his footprint all over the Hawkeye record books. Olaseni was a model of consistency off the bench and was rewarded for his efforts being named Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year. Oglesby finished his career with 146 3-point field goals, going down as one of Iowa's top long-range shooters in program history, while Denning led the scout team in practice to help the Hawkeyes prepare for opponents.