NCAA Tournament March Madness

#23 Iowa

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Projected seed: 8

Iowa’s profile reads like a team with enough top-end wins to merit serious consideration but also enough damaging defeats to temper expectations: signature victories over UCLA, Xavier and USC and neutral-site wins over Mississippi and Grand Canyon show it can beat quality opponents, and a true road victory at Indiana proves it can win away from home, while heavy losses at Michigan State and Iowa State and additional setbacks at Minnesota, Illinois and Purdue undermine that résumé and expose inconsistency; routine wins over low-major foes do little to mask a middling strength of schedule. With meaningful road tests at Oregon and Washington and several conference games remaining at Purdue, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Michigan plus winnable home dates that could firm up the case, Iowa has clear opportunities to climb but must avoid more damaging losses away from home to move into the next tier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Robert Morris193W101-69
11/7W Illinois357W77-58
11/14Xavier89W81-62
11/18SE Missouri St251W99-70
11/20Chicago St358W93-54
11/25(N)Mississippi73W74-69
11/26(N)Grand Canyon75W59-46
12/2@Michigan St7L71-52
12/6Maryland122W83-64
12/11@Iowa St5L66-62
12/14W Michigan266W91-51
12/20(N)Bucknell327W94-39
12/29MA Lowell319W90-62
1/3UCLA39W74-61
1/6@Minnesota82L70-67
1/11Illinois4L75-69
1/14@Purdue9L79-72
1/17@Indiana31W74-57
1/20Rutgers155W68-62
1/28USC47W73-72
2/1@Oregon9877%
2/4@Washington4858%
2/8Northwestern6283%
2/11@Maryland12283%
2/14Purdue947%
2/17Nebraska1149%
2/22@Wisconsin4152%
2/25Ohio St4073%
2/28@Penn St12583%
3/5Michigan232%
3/8@Nebraska1128%