Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Schedule 2012, Plus Previews

For one, Iowa had a fine recruting class.

For two, Iowa is building off a winning record and NIT Tournament bid, the first postseason success in what seemed like forever (but actually wasn't as long as it seemed)

Here are a few season previews of what to look forward to before Iowa shows its stuff this Sunday in an exhibition game.

CBS Sports Preview

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McCaffery Eyes Rotation of 10 or 11 Players for First Game

2012 Schedule

Date Opponent / Event Location Time 10/19/12 Black and Gold Blowout # Iowa City, Iowa 8:00 PM 11/04/12 vs. Quincy (Ill.) #  Iowa City, Iowa 1:00 PM 11/09/12 vs. Texas-Pan American  Iowa City, Iowa 8:00 PM 11/12/12 vs. Central Michigan  Iowa City, Iowa 6:30 PM Cancun Challenge - Preliminary Games 11/15/12 vs. Howard  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM 11/17/12 vs. Gardner-Webb  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM Cancun Challenge 11/20/12 vs. Western Kentucky  Cancun, Mexico 8:30 PM 11/21/12 vs. DePaul / Wichita State  Cancun, Mexico 6/8:30 PM ACC/Big Ten Challenge 11/27/12 at Virginia Tech  Blacksburg, Va. 6:15 PM 12/01/12 vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi  Iowa City, Iowa 12:00 PM 12/04/12 vs. South Dakota  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM 12/07/12 vs. Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM Big Four Classic 12/15/12 vs. UNI  Des Moines, Iowa 1:30 PM 12/19/12 vs. South Carolina State  Iowa City, Iowa 8:00 PM 12/22/12 vs. Coppin State  Iowa City, Iowa 12:00 PM 12/31/12 vs. Indiana *  Iowa City, Iowa 3:00 PM 01/06/13 at Michigan *  Ann Arbor, Mich. TBA 01/10/13 vs. Michigan State *  Iowa City, Iowa 6:00 PM 01/13/13 at Northwestern *  Evanston, Ill. 4:30 PM 01/19/13 vs. Wisconsin *  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM 01/22/13 at Ohio State *  Columbus, Ohio 5:30 PM 01/27/13 at Purdue *  West Lafayette, Ind. 2:30 PM 01/31/13 vs. Penn State *  Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 PM 02/03/13 at Minnesota *  Minneapolis, Minn. 12:00 PM 02/06/13 at Wisconsin *  Madison, Wis. 8:00 PM 02/09/13 vs. Northwestern *  Iowa City, Iowa 3:30 PM 02/14/13 at Penn State *  University Park, Pa. 8:00 PM 02/17/13 vs. Minnesota *  Iowa City, Iowa 1:00 PM 02/21/13 at Nebraska *  Lincoln, Neb. 8:00 PM 02/27/13 vs. Purdue *  Iowa City, Iowa 7:30 PM 03/02/13 at Indiana *  Bloomington, Ind. 6:30 PM 03/05/13 vs. Illinois *  Iowa City, Iowa 6:00 PM 03/09/13 vs. Nebraska *  Iowa City, Iowa 1:15 PM 03/14/13 Big Ten Tournament Chicago, Ill. TBA 03/15/13 Big Ten Tournament Chicago, Ill. TBA 03/16/13 Big Ten Tournament Chicago, Ill. TBA 03/17/13 Big Ten Tournament Chicago, Ill. TBA

Schedule via: Hawkeyesports.com