It all comes down to this. The culmination of not just a season of work and effort, but of four years of building fandom, excitement and blood, sweat and tears for this group of Hawkeyes. Iowa is poised to take the floor for the final time in 2024 with a national championship on the line.
It’s a remarkable line to type and as a Hawkeye fan, it’s a remarkable line to read. Iowa is playing for a national championship. Again.
As exhilarating as it is to think about, it’s an entirely new challenge for this group of Hawkeyes, who are poised to face off with an undefeated South Carolina team that has won 85 of their last 86 games dating back to mid-March of 2022.