Jordan Bohannon walked off the floor at the with just over eight minutes left in the first half against DePaul shaking his head.

The Hawkeyes were down to DePaul 35-13 after allowing a barrage of 3-pointers without getting anything of their own to fall.

After allowing two 3-pointers to start the game, it felt as if things could get out of hand quickly. That’s exactly what happened.

Iowa fell to the Blue Demons 93-78 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday, kicking off the rest of its season with a sobering loss in the first of many tough non-conference games on its schedule.

It appears as if Iowa hasn’t closed the yearbook on a 2018-19 season that saw the Hawkeyes reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

It looked like this team hasn’t learned how to play with each other without the likes of Tyler Cook and Isaiah Moss to bail them out when times are tough.

Instead, it was a bunch of puzzle pieces in the wrong places trying to connect, looking dysfunctional from a distance.

Joe Wieskamp wasn’t effective. Bakari Evelyn wasn’t aggressive. Jordan Bohannon didn’t look like himself. Luka Garza struggled with consistency. The list goes on.

“Everyone’s got to be on the same page,” Iowa forward Ryan Kriener said. “I can remember one or two times we broke the timeout, and we didn’t execute like the way we wanted to. We ran a play wrong, and one time we just didn’t run the play at all. Those are two things that really go into being connected.”

Through it all, Iowa kept thinking it would mount a comeback. It never did.

The only bright spots for the Hawkeyes were Kriener, who ended the night with 13 points to go along with eight rebounds, and C.J. Fredrick, who posted a team-high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Joe Toussaint also had a solid outing, scoring 13 points in 13 minutes of action.

They sparked everything on the floor, whether it came from tipping a pass or knocking down a jumper. Outside of that trio, Mediacom Court looked like a wasteland of opportunity that was never taken.

The Hawkeyes’ new gold uniforms with the script “Iowa” written on the front looked cool, but they would have looked a lot cooler if they weren’t being worn by someone giving up a 3-pointer in their face or committing one of the 19 turnovers the Hawkeyes gave away.

Yes, it was only one game. But a performance like this against DePaul was the worst-case scenario for a team favored by double digits. It wasn’t a pretty game by any means, and things won’t get easier for the Hawkeyes.

They still have defending national runners-up Texas Tech on the schedule this month with a matchup against either Creighton or San Diego State coming up after. Then, a matchup with Syracuse in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge awaits before Iowa begins conference play against Michigan on Dec. 6.

Iowa needs to fix its problems before then, or it could be a long season.

“I think you’re always concerned when you don’t play well,” McCaffery said. “I’m not concerned that this team has problems that are not fixable. It’s a good team, a good group of young men, and we’ll be better.”