Sometimes even when you win, you lose. Iowa basketball concluded the regular season with a hard-fought 77-73 victory over their rivals the Wisconsin Badgers, but this triumph came at an extremely high cost. Hawkeye nation took a collective gasp when star small forward Joe Wieskamp crumbled to the ground with an apparent ankle injury midway through the first half, and the health of the dynamic wing scorer may well dictate how many more games this Iowa team will play before its season comes to an end.
Reports trickled out at halftime that Wieskamp would be sidelined for the remainder of the game against Wisconsin, but assistant coaches expressed optimism about the long-term prognosis of the injury.