What a difference a year makes. On February 25th, 2018, Iowa’s regular season ended after a 77-70 win over the Northwestern Wildcats to finish 13-18 and 4-14 in conference. Now we sit at February 26th, 2019 and the #22/21 Iowa Hawkeyes (21-6, 10-6) have a chance – about 4% according to KenPom – to match last year’s conference losses in the win column. Obviously, that chance is enabled by the Big Ten’s 20-game season, but it doesn’t really make it any less impressive to be in this position. While the Path to 14 is a long shot, the Path to 11 begins tonight in Columbus against the Ohio State Buckeyes (17-10, 7-9). The Hawks last won where there in December of 2014. Because I have you here, the last calendar year Iowa won at Ohio State before 2014 (where they won in January and December) was 2004. Fun times! The…
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