It doesn't matter how you look at Friday's game for the Cyclones. It is going to be tough. Incredibly tough.
The Virginia Cavaliers are a fantastic basketball team by any stretch of the imagination. They are ranked number one overall in KenPom's college basketball rankings right now. They are sixth overall on offense and fourth overall on defense. This team gets it done at elite levels on both sides of the floor.
The Cavs took some bad losses early on in conference play, dropping games on the road to Virginia Tech (if you want the feeblest of stats to hang your hat on, ISU destroyed that same Hokie team by 22 points in November), Georgia Tech and Florida State.