It stunk. All of it. Every second of the last four days, beginning at 2:10pm CT on St. Patrick’s, has stunk. There’s no other way to say it without earning an “R” rating. And yet this movie had a very familiar plot line.
The Iowa men’s team entered Thursday’s matchup against the Richmond Spiders with perhaps as much hype as we’ve seen since the last time they were in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes were among the heaviest favorites of any team without a 1 or 2 seed in the first round and thanks to an incredible run not just in the Big Ten Tournament but in the days and weeks leading up to it really since the calendar turned to February.