Technically, the Iowa basketball team has already begun playing the Las Vegas Invitational with two opening games versus North Florida and Cal Poly, both easy wins for the Hawks. But the real competition begins tomorrow in Las Vegas when the Iowa basketball team gets their first shot at a ranked opponent this season, the last year’s national champion runner-up Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Win that, and the Hawks are in the invitational’s championship game against the winner of Creighton and San Diego State.
Lose that and they play the loser of the aforementioned game above.