As we enter the second week of February, the home stretch for the 2021-2022 college basketball season is within site. With that comes the hope and anticipation for the NCAA Tournament. For the Iowa Hawkeyes, that comes with a lot more angst than in the recent past.
A season ago, Iowa was more worried about whether they could vie for a 1 seed than whether or not they would make the tournament. Now, the Hawkeyes are without National Player of the Year Luka Garza and despite the emergence of another NPOY candidate in Keegan Murray, they’ve had a much more up-and-down season.