Move over Breslin Center, as the more recent house of horrors for the Iowa Hawkeyes (15-8, 7-5) has been Mackey Arena as they haven’t won there since 2016 during that iteration’s torrid start to the Big Ten season. The Hawks face the #1 Purdue Boilermakers (22-2, 11-2) and national player of the year favorite, Zach Edey. They’re coming off a loss in Bloomington where the Hoosiers raced to a 50-35 halftime lead.
In addition to Edey being a runaway favorite for national awards, Purdue has put some distance between themselves and the three-way tie for second at 8-5.