The Iowa Hawkeyes saw an up and down season come to an end less than ten days ago when they fell flat against the Illinois Fighting Illini on senior day. The loss broke a two game winning streak as Iowa had won four of their prior five with the only other loss coming on the road to the aforementioned Illini.
While that loss wasn’t the final nail coffin for Iowa’s NCAA Tournament hopes, it made their first round Big Ten Tournament matchup with Ohio State a de facto playoff game for the two programs hoping to make the NCAA Tournament.