The Iowa Hawkeyes (25-9, 12-8) are taking on the Purdue Boilermakers (27-6, 14-6) later this afternoon to crown a Big Ten Tournament Champion. Both teams have an element of unfinished business to them: Purdue missing out on a regular season title by virtue of a number of close losses, Iowa looking to validate the last month and a half of basketball as who this team actually is.
These teams are basically the Spiderman meme. Elite offense (they’re the nation’s top 2) and complementary defense (100ish). They sit 13 & 14 in KenPom’s rankings, 12 & 14 in Bart Torvik’s, 11 & 14 in the NET.