The Iowa men’s basketball team has shown a real talent for winning close games in spectacular fashion this season, but it turns out the best way to defend against the Hawkeyes’ late-game heroics is to never let the game be competitive in the first place. After two consecutive blowout losses to Ohio State and Rutgers, the same Iowa program that was riding high only a few weeks ago is now in serious danger of another late-season collapse. Fran McCaffery deserves a great deal of credit for righting the ship after the disastrous 2017-18 season, but with Iowa’s head coach serving the second and final game of his suspension for his unsportsmanlike post-game behavior towards an official, the Hawkeyes will need to look elsewhere for stability if they expect to rediscover their winning ways in Thursday night’s game against Wisconsin (20-9, 12-6).
Iowa Basketball Takes On Wisconsin
