No. 20 Iowa basketball is about to hit a five-game gauntlet to finish up its regular season. The Hawkeyes face No. 25 Ohio State on Thursday, Michigan State, No. 9 Penn State, Purdue, and then Illinois. Four of those teams sit within the top six Big Ten spots.
In other words, these games will make of break where Iowa ends up in the Big Ten Tournament. It’ll be a test for a Hawkeye team that lost guard CJ Fredrick to injury for the time being.
Ahead of Iowa’s game against Ohio State, here’s a look at this week’s Hawkeye basketball stock watch.