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O'Connor coached the
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221:. O'Connor is best known in Iowa basketball history for recruiting and coaching the players who comprised the "Fabulous Five":
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582: Division regular season and conference tournament champion
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List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
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563: Conference regular season champion
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691:. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from
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1126:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball coaches
631:"Frank "Bucky" O'Connor, Monroe, 1967"
576: Division regular season champion
16:American basketball coach (1913–1958)
7:
589: Conference tournament champion
550: National champion
757:Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore
261:and Brendan O'Connor (2015–2019).
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1106:American men's basketball players
1101:American men's basketball coaches
689:"Bucky O'Connor Coaching Record"
182:team from 1949 to 1958. Born in
1131:People from Jasper County, Iowa
639:. April 2, 1967. Archived from
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1111:Basketball coaches from Iowa
664:Finn & Leistikow, p. 106
208:United States Army Air Corps
673:Finn & Leistikow, p. 90
251:University of San Francisco
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145:Accomplishments and honors
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636:The Des Moines Register
75:Black Hawk County, Iowa
204:Harrisburg High School
176:Frank "Bucky" O'Connor
760:. Sports Publishing.
715:"Iowa Hawkeyes Index"
161:champion (1955, 1956)
695:on September 8, 2011
273:Statistics overview
268:Head coaching record
215:Boone Junior College
124:Head coaching record
40:Biographical details
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31:O'Connor from 1956
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346:Big Ten Conference
306:Big Ten Conference
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219:Big Ten Conference
192:Newton High School
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140:NCAA: 5-3 (.625)
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58:Monroe, Iowa
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1096:1958 deaths
1091:1913 births
1062:(2007–2010)
1054:(1999–2007)
1046:(1986–1999)
1038:(1983–1986)
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1022:(1970–1974)
1014:(1964–1970)
1006:(1958–1964)
998:(1951–1958)
990:(1950–1951)
974:(1942–1950)
966:(1929–1942)
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934:(1913–1918)
926:(1912–1913)
918:(1910–1912)
910:(1908–1910)
902:(1907–1908)
894:(1906–1907)
886:(1905–1906)
878:(1904–1905)
870:(1903–1904)
862:(1902–1903)
854:(1901–1902)
846:(1898–1901)
838:(1895–1898)
830:(1893–1895)
822:(1892–1893)
351:(1951–1958)
311:(1950–1950)
293:Postseason
287:Conference
235:Bill Schoof
137:Tournaments
1085:Categories
1028:Lute Olson
932:Maury Kent
610:References
243:Final Four
239:Bill Logan
51:1913-12-21
1044:Tom Davis
956:Sam Barry
721:August 3,
699:August 3,
647:August 3,
290:Standing
231:Carl Cain
87:1933–1936
1070:(2010– )
836:No coach
820:No coach
598:See also
284:Overall
900:Ed Rule
884:Ed Rule
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852:Ed Rule
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828:No team
498:1957–58
477:1956–57
451:1955–56
425:1954–55
402:1953–54
381:1952–53
358:1951–52
278:Season
159:Big Ten
129:Overall
33:Hawkeye
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77:, U.S.
60:, U.S.
519:Iowa:
502:Iowa
481:Iowa
388:12–10
385:Iowa
322:Iowa
281:Team
91:Drake
762:ISBN
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701:2010
649:2010
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487:4–10
484:8–14
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460:20–6
456:Iowa
437:11–3
434:19–7
430:Iowa
414:11–3
411:17–5
407:Iowa
370:11–3
367:19–3
363:Iowa
318:1950
237:and
202:and
194:and
188:golf
114:Iowa
65:Died
45:Born
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508:7–7
490:8th
466:1st
440:1st
417:2nd
394:6th
391:9–9
373:2nd
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328:6–5
325:6–5
157:2×
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