The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team hosts the Iowa Hawkeyes in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge so we reached out to Iowa’s SB Nation home Black Heart Gold Pants to help us preview the game. Iowa enters the game after finishing second in the Las Vegas Invitational Championship losing to the San Diego State Aztecs.
Iowa enters the game with the 9th-best Adjusted Offense in KenPom’s ratings. What has made them so successful to start the season and how do you think they’ll look to attack the Syracuse zone?
So far this season, Iowa’s done a better job of being clean with the ball and, as a main component of Fran’s offense, getting to the line.