The Iowa Hawkeyes (10-6, 2-3) face the improved Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-4, 3-2) in an early evening tipoff on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. With a win, the Hawkeyes even up their conference record after a shaky 0-3 start and create a tie of at least four teams, pending today’s other results.
Minnesota have already exceeded last year’s win totals (9-22, 2-17) and have seen improvements in their offense with notable upticks in eFG% and offensive rebounding. Defensively, they limit opponent three point attempts to force long twos. Midrange jumpers are somewhere the Hawkeyes have excelled so if Ben Krikke, Tony Perkins, and Payton Sandfort are hitting those shots, it bodes well for tonight’s outing.