Overreaction Monday: Time for a Hawkeye Hoops Reality Check

No more miracles in Iowa City. Reality has set in and it’s not pretty.If a Hollywood writer were putting together a script for this Iowa basketball team’s season, it would have looked much like what we saw for the first 27 games of the year. There would have been ups and downs, drama and learning moments. The incredible comebacks and buzzer-beaters we saw over the span of 2 weeks may have been a bit much, but even the harshest of critics could have handled it.

As the season nears an end, that same writer would have likely put together a script much like what Hawkeye fans envisioned for this final stretch. It would have included a team coming together and overcoming the adversity of the last…