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109 T he 2016 men's basketball senior class has exemplified what it means to be a University of Iowa student-athlete both on and off the court over the past four years. Iowa's 2012 senior class — the year before Anthony Clemmons, Mike Gesell, and Adam Woodbury arrived on campus — won 54 games in four years. With the addition of Jarrod Uthoff and Okey Ukah in 2013, the current senior class has won 88 games entering postseason competition — a total that ranks as the third-most in program history. is class has helped shape the positive direction of Hawkeye men's basketball. "(eir character) typifies our ability to have success," said UI head coach Fran McCaffery. "What is character? It means you're going to be a great teammate, be coachable, a worker, and work year-round. You take care of your business off the court and academically, and you're going to be respectful and represent your family and institution the right way when people approach you. "If you were to give these guys a set of guidelines of how to act when they get here, these five guys would be the blueprint of what you use." Listed below is a sample of the accomplishments this class has achieved both collectively as a team and individually. TEAM • Won 20 or more games all four years — its longest streak in 15 years • Won 58 home games — second-most in school history over a four-year span • Won 42 Big Ten regular season games — most over a four-year span since 1986-89 (46) • Advanced to three straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 1991-93 • Iowa's No. 3 ranking (Jan. 25, 2016) is its highest since being ranked third in the AP Poll on Dec. 8, 1987 • Posted upper-division finishes in the Big Ten Conference all four years • Recorded regular-season sweeps over Michigan State and Michigan this season, accomplishments that have not been attained since the 1954 season • Won five games versus AP Top 25 teams this season, tying for second-most by the Hawkeyes over the last 20 seasons • Won 12 Big Ten games in consecutive seasons (2015-16) for the third time in school history (1981-82 and 1987-88). INDIVIDUALLY • Jarrod Uthoff is one of only three Hawkeyes to amass 1,000 points and 150 blocks • Mike Gesell is one of only three Hawkeyes to total 1,000 points, 525 assists, and 150 steals • Adam Woodbury became the first Hawkeye to average 10 rebounds in league play since Reggie Evans in 2001-02 (10.7 rpg) • One of Iowa's best on-ball defenders, Anthony Clemmons, consistently held the player he was guarding to below their scoring average • Okey Ukah spent countless hours in the gymnasium as a walk-on, working with the scout team to prepare the team for each opponent ACADEMICALLY • Gesell became Iowa's third player to earn multiple Academic All-America laurels • Uthoff was named Academic All-American of the Year in 2016 • Gesell, Uthoff, and Woodbury are three-time Academic All-Big Ten honorees