NCAA Tournament March Madness

#23 Iowa

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Projected seed: 8

Iowa’s resume reads like a team that can beat quality opponents away from home yet still carries enough damaging setbacks to keep the committee cautious. Road wins at Oregon and Washington and a neutral-site triumph over Mississippi paired with a home statement against UCLA show the Hawkeyes can win in tough environments, but a heavy defeat at Michigan State and setbacks to Illinois, Purdue and Iowa State along with a road loss at Maryland expose inconsistency against the league’s top tier. Blowouts over lesser nonconference opponents bolster offensive impressions without erasing those blemishes, and a slate of remaining games against Purdue, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan gives Iowa clear opportunities to flip a resume hole into a signature victory or to reinforce its current standing by protecting home court and avoiding any more bad road results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Robert Morris184W101-69
11/7W Illinois361W77-58
11/14Xavier94W81-62
11/18SE Missouri St242W99-70
11/20Chicago St350W93-54
11/25(N)Mississippi71W74-69
11/26(N)Grand Canyon69W59-46
12/2@Michigan St13L71-52
12/6Maryland126W83-64
12/11@Iowa St7L66-62
12/14W Michigan277W91-51
12/20(N)Bucknell332W94-39
12/29MA Lowell317W90-62
1/3UCLA42W74-61
1/6@Minnesota80L70-67
1/11Illinois6L75-69
1/14@Purdue9L79-72
1/17@Indiana35W74-57
1/20Rutgers160W68-62
1/28USC50W73-72
2/1@Oregon101W84-66
2/4@Washington47W84-74
2/8Northwestern68W76-70
2/11@Maryland126L77-70
2/14Purdue946%
2/17Nebraska1251%
2/22@Wisconsin3044%
2/25Ohio St4172%
2/28@Penn St12383%
3/5Michigan126%
3/8@Nebraska1229%