Most prominently on social media, teams like San Diego State and Dayton are drawing attention to the Iowa basketball team. Today, we ask why.
Everyone loves the underdog. If we, as a society did not, movies like Rudy would never have existed.
Of any sport out there, college basketball offers the best opportunity for an underdog to prove themselves. Teams like Butler and Gonzaga have come from underdog roots to become relative powerhouses in the sport.
Because of the ability within this sport for these teams to rise above a majority of the Power 5 schools, I do not understand why teams like Dayton and San Diego State have targeted Iowa basketball.