Respect has been hard to come by for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Even early in the second half, up 18 points.
“We might have a game,” ESPN commentator Jim Calhoun said after a Michigan State dunk got him and the Breslin Center crowd riled up.
Calhoun admitted a few minutes earlier Thursday night that he had only seen the Hawkeyes play twice this season on film.
The former UConn coach certainly won’t be the only one paying more attention. A 76-59 road win means Fran McCaffery’s team has swept the season series with the No. 4 Spartans and thrust itself into a new stratosphere.