Thursday night had all the makings of a classic, close-game Iowa loss. The Hawkeyes had a small, late-game lead, but were scoring below a point per possession all night and had missed some crucial free throws down the stretch. Fran, per usual, decided against taking a timeout at the end of regulation to draw up a play for the offense, and instead let his players try and make something happen organically. Of course, nothing good happened for the Hawkeyes at the end of regulation, as Mike Gesell dribbled the ball around for twenty-something seconds, drove to the baseline where he ended up being trapped by the boundary, and decided to reminisce on the old Lickliter days by doing one of those annoying jump passes that ended up deflecting out of bounds off the wrong side of the basket.
FRANALYSIS: IOWA EARNS CLOSE WIN, BEATS FLORIDA STATE
