Throwback Thursday: Iowa Basketball Gets Mad Again

Seven years ago today, Roy Devyn Marble led Iowa to the NIT Championship game.When Fran McCaffery was introduced as Iowa’s next head coach, he came to Iowa City promising and uptempo offense that was going to excite the fanbase. But more importantly, he promised to make Hawkeye fans mad again. Of course, he was talking about getting back to March Madness, though we would soon learn that he was also planning to get literally mad.

During his first few years, he made strides toward that goal with each passing year. In his first yea, despite a record similar to what Iowa fans saw under Todd Lickliter at just 11-20, Hawkeye fans could feel the difference. The style of play was better and things…