(Houston, TX) — The University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska are 301 miles apart but both men’s basketball teams have headed south to Houston, Texas to collide in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 tonight.
The teams split their Big Ten meetings during the regular season — Iowa winning at home 57-52 on February 17 and Nebraska winning in overtime at home 84-75 on March 8. Iowa Head Coach Ben McCollum says that the Huskers just played better the 2nd time around
Nobody expected Iowa to advance past the defending champion Florida Gators to be in this game but Iowa Senior Bennett Stirtz says that the guys believed in themselves
Nebraska Senior Rienk Mast says the teams know each other so well, the team that executes the best will win
Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg says that rebounding will be a huge key tonight
9th seeded Iowa (23-12) battles 4th seeded Nebraska (28-6); game time tonight is at 6:30 pm, it will be televised by TBS.
