EVANSTON, Illinois — At the start of his postgame press conference on Saturday, head coach Joe McKeown was asked what it took for his team to defeat Iowa, a squad that had beaten his Wildcats all but once in their last 12 meetings.
“I didn’t know that,” replied McKeown. “But hey, they’ve been really good for a long time.”
Perhaps the Hawkeyes’ recent dominance of Northwestern was more of a storyline in the eyes of the reporters covering the game than it was to those participating in it, but regardless, McKeown seemed happy to have gotten a 77-67 win against a talented team in what he called a “typical Big Ten game.