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Hey! The Hawkeyes play later today, and I’ll have a more detailed writeup on the matchup. But we’re 19 games into the season, including 11 of 23 against Power 5-ish competition, so there’s a fair amount to unpack. Here are some of the most interesting ones, from my perspective:

The shooting and Jordan Bohannon’s dip

The Hawks are shooting the three ball at their least prolific rate since 2015, at 33.8% on the season. It’s even worse in conference play, at 30.2%, and ranks tied for last with Nebraska. Iowa shot it at 40.5% in conference play last season, so that’s quiiite the drop after losing three 40%+ shooters in Luka Garza, Joe Wieskamp, and CJ Fredrick.

The most fingers get pointed a…