Since the cancellation of last year’s NCAA Tournament, Hawkeye basketball fans have been fixated on the idea of their team returning to the Final Four for the first time since 1980 and winning the first national championship in program history. After a successful season, Iowa has now earned a #2 seed in the tournament, its highest seeding since the program made the Elite Eight in 1987. While Iowa’s path to the Final Four is finally laid out for them, the Hawkeyes will have to sidestep several dangerous pitfalls in the early rounds and prevail in likely showdowns against two of the sport’s elite programs if they hope to find themselves playing in April with a chance to cut down the nets.
Iowa’s Path to the Final Four
