1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 24–10 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #5 seed in the West Region. After defeating Florida State in the first round and UNLV in the second round, they lost to #1 seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen.

Schedule/results
!colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference Regular Season

!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Regular Season

!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament

Awards and honors

 * Ed Horton – First-team All-Big Ten, Big Ten Rebounding Leader

Team players in the 1988 NBA draft
Overall, five players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.