I am formally petitioning our site editor to stop having me take over the takeaway articles because only bad things happen when I do.
The No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes faced a significant challenge in the No. 16 Indiana Hoosiers on Thursday night. Traveling to Bloomington, the Hawkeyes faced a team seeking revenge after being on the receiving end of an 84-57 blowout victory against the Hawkeyes earlier this year on Jan. 13. The Hoosiers were determined to come away with the upset victory and surged on by the home crowd, defeating Iowa 86-69.
This was one of those games that you could kind of see the writing on the wall early on. Indiana was doing everything right, while seemingly nothing was going right for the Hawkeyes.
Indiana was intense on defense, throwing everything at Clark and daring the other Hawkeyes to make their shots. Neither did this night. Nobody on the Hawkeyes could defend either on the other end, pretty much letting Indiana score at will.
Iowa doesn’t lose very often, but when they do, it’s in the most frustrating and worrying ways. Here are the takeaways.