One area throughout the season where I’ve found myself continuously yelling inside my head while watching the #5 Iowa Hawkeyes - the oft nearby, potentially asleep infant keeps me from screaming out loud - is when Fran McCaffery rolls out Jack Nunge and Luka Garza to play together.
Too often, it seems, they’re a collective step slow on defense and occupy too much of the same space on offense. However, a recent deep dive into Pivot Analysis’ database has shown that to not be the case. At least, not always.
At face value, the dueling bigs lineup has Iowa playing below when either Garza or Nunge are on the floor.