The Iowa Hawkeyes continued their hot streak on Thursday night as they cruised to an 82-71 victory over the Michigan Wolverines. That makes five straight victories for the Hawkeyes and eight of their last nine. Since the calendar turned to February, the Hawkeyes have just the lone home loss to Michigan with every other game being a double-digit victory.
For the Illini, it’s been more of an up and down journey the last several. But as it is, Illinois comes in off a pair of wins over Michigan and Penn State. Thanks to Nebraska’s upset of Wisconsin, they’re playing for a the top seed in the Big Ten Tournament, but would fall to the three seed behind Wisconsin and Purdue if they fall to the Hawkeyes tonight.