The 2016 Big Ten Tournament is underway (yes, games involving Minnesota and Rutgers do count), but it really gets underway today with four second round games, including Iowa's game against Illinois. Iowa's had a very... conflicted... relationship with the Big Ten Tournament over the year. When the tournament was introduced (in 1998), Iowa didn't do well -- they lost as a #5 seed in 1998 and 1999. Tom Davis went 0-2 in his brief experience with the Big Ten Tournament.
But after that rocky start, Iowa became very, very good at winning Big Ten Tournament games -- they finally won their first BTT game in 2000 and a year later they authored what's still the most magical and memorable run in the history of the event, winning four games in four days to win the 2001 Big Ten Tournament title thanks to a pair of game-winning free throws from Brody Boyd in the title game against Indiana.