The #23/24 Iowa Hawkeyes (14-3, 3-3) travel to State College, PA to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (7-10, 0-6) in another pseudo-house of horrors. Iowa is just 3-4 at the Bryce-Jordan Center under Fran McCaffery and currently sport a two-game losing streak.
Penn State’s strength of schedule ranks fourth according to KenPom, with eight of their 17 games coming against foes ranked 32nd or better. They were able to pick off Virginia Tech (7) at home in November but also sport losses to DePaul (105) and Bradley (207).
Tony Carr’s declaration to the NBA Draft has left them rudderless on offense as their offense has dropped 120 spots via KenPom.