The Iowa Hawkeye men’s basketball team is barreling toward the end of their regular season with a season finale matchup with the Illinois Fighting Illini on the docket this Sunday. With the post-season now breathing down our necks, all focus is shifting to seeding for next week’s Big Ten Tournament and of course, bubble watch for the NCAA Tournament later this month.
The Hawkeyes have fought tooth and nail for the last several weeks to go from afterthought for the tournament to firmly being on the bubble. By and large, however, Iowa finds itself on the wrong side of the bubble heading into the weekend despite the vast majority of their peers on the bubble doing more harm to their resumes than good since Iowa last took the floor.