Big Ten Basketball: Preseason power rankings for 2019-20 season

By Adam Childs | Sep 5, 2019

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 17: Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany presents head coach Tom Izzo the championship trophy after the Michigan State Spartans beat the Michigan Wolverines 65-60 in the championship game of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /

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EAST LANSING, MI – DECEMBER 03: Joe Wieskamp #10 of the Iowa Hawkeyes drives to the basket while defended by Joshua Langford #1 of the Michigan State Spartans in the second half at Breslin Center on December 3, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

10. Iowa

Iowa is a tricky team to predict this year. They still have some talent in Joe Wieskamp and Luka Garza, but leading scorer Tyler Cook elected to head to the NBA and Isaiah Moss who was a good role player transferred. Add in that Jordan Bohannon is out indefinitely with a hip injury and it makes for a lot of question marks in Iowa City.

Wieskamp and Garza are some of the best scorers in the Big Ten, but they will need help and Bohannon may return but that is still uncertain of when if at all.

The other thing the Hawkeyes need to do is learn how to play defense. They did it better at times last year, but it was still their downfall throughout the year. They did win some big games as they blew out Michigan at home and beat a healthy Oregon team early in the year, but they had too many games they had to escape against inferior opponents last year.

They still have tournament potential but with so many question marks they fall to the bottom of the rankings. Fran McCaffrey could be coaching for his job this year and based on some of his actions on and off the court he probably has a very short leash.

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