The past two weeks have been some of the worst the Iowa men’s basketball team has experienced in some time. The Hawkeyes followed up an historically bad performance against Eastern Illinois with consecutive conference losses against Nebraska and Penn State which dropped their Big Ten record to 0-3 on the year. Unfortunately for Iowa, the bad news doesn’t appear to be stopping any time soon.
Hawkeye basketball star Patrick McCaffery announced his intention to take an indefinite leave of absence from the team on Wednesday, citing mounting struggles with anxiety which are impacting his health off the court and his performance on it.