There should be a rule that Iowa is never again allowed to be an 8/9 seed.
We already had that enough in the Tom Davis era.
BTW, a few fun facts. With one more win, the 25-26 team will become the 32nd group in program history to win at least 20 games. The hope is that this begins another run of 20+ win seasons, of which the record stands at 5 having happened in three separate stretches. Once under Lute Olson, once in the transition from the George Raveling era to the Tom Davis era, and then again in the latter stages of the Tom Davis era. The most Fran had was 4 on a couple occasions.
For those wondering about the dreaded 8/9 game, Iowa has had the misfortune of being seeded there 4 times in its 29 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, three times as an 8 seed (1985, 1997, 2023), and once as a 9 (1992). Iowa is 2-2 in those games.
Their most-played seed line/game is actually as a 7 seed and in the 7/10 game. They've been a 7 seed five times (1983, 1991, 2001, 2015, 2016), and a 10 seed twice (2005, 2019), with a record of 6-1 in those games.
