Consider this, the last time the Iowa basketball team made the Sweet Sixteen, three of its current players weren’t even born yet, and most were still in diapers. It’s been that long since the Iowa basketball team experienced the thrill of winning two games in a row in the NCAA Tournament.
The Hawks have been close. There was the 2000-2001 team that advanced to the second round before falling to 2nd seeded Kentucky by 13. There was also the Jarrod Uthoff-era where the 7th seeded Hawks advanced to the second round in back to back years before falling to the second-seeded time.