The Iowa Hawkeyes (17-7, 7-6) begin an important three game stretch tonight against the Michigan Wolverines (13-10, 7-6). Considering both sit in a tie for 7th, the ability to cement themselves in the top half of the conference (barely) would allow the Hawkeyes to continue the momentum they developed against three basement teams. A loss would signal those prior three results were largely fools gold.
The Wolverines, have severely underperformed expectations, as The Gazette’s Mike Hlas pointed out. Yeah, this group was projected to win the conference (tied with Purdue) on the back of the conference’s best recruiting class and Hunter Dickinson’s return.