It’s been nearly just over 14 years since the last time the Iowa basketball team took on the Cincinnati Bearcats in a basketball game.
14 years ago, Joe Wieskamp wasn’t even in Kindergarten, Fran McCaffery was the head coach at North Carolina-Greensboro, and Jordan Bohannon’s oldest brother Jason was finishing up a stellar prep career at Linn-Mar before heading to Wisconsin.
Obviously, a lot has changed in that time. The Hawkeyes have been through two head coaches and are currently on their third and the Bearcats moved on from Bob Huggins immediatly after that 2005 season.
One commonality though is that neither of these teams have experienced much tournament success since their first-round meeting 14 years ago.