The 5-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes (19-12, 11-9) take on a maybe-not-struggling 13-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes (14-18, 6-15) squad who have won three of their last four after a nine-game losing streak. Yikes! Last night they beat the Wisconsin Badgers-whose-presence-on-the-bubble-tells-you-the-state-of-college-basketball 65-57 in a game they led by 27 points early in the second half. Wisconsin did their best Iowa impression* by scoring 37 points over the final 15 minutes to make Ohio State sweat.
(Iowa scored 36 points in the final 7 minutes against Michigan State in that comeback)
Anyways, the last time these two met, Iowa won 92-75 in a game which didn’t seem that close as Connor McCaffery notched his magnum opus of seven points, 13 assists, six rebounds and zero turnovers.