Let’s chalk the Bryant game up to a weird situation where Fran had a short bench and Bryant had a team perfect for counterpunching the Iowa basketball team. Outside of the Bryant game, the Hawks haven’t really played a tough game since their victory over Iowa State, which was nearly one month ago. In that time, we’ve seen the Hawks fall one spot every single week in the AP Rankings for no apparent reason.
Having started Big Ten play off poorly with losses to #22 Wisconsin and #8 Michigan State, it’ll be nice to see the Iowa basketball team get back in action and begin the rest of their Big Ten slate of games starting with the Purdue Boilermakers.