The Vols survived a pesky Colgate team on Friday, creating an intriguing match-up with the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday. Iowa is a very inconsistent team, they went from a top 25 team in February to a team that had losses to Rutgers, Illinois, and Nebraska in March. The Hawkeye’s slump in March also included 2 blowout losses to Wisconsin (65-45) and Michigan (74-53).
For the Vols to reach their first Sweet 16 since the 2014 season, they will need to shutdown the Iowa offense. Iowa’s offense all starts with Tyler Cook (14.6 PPG) and Luka Garza (13.