Rutgers suffers heavy loss to Iowa in Big Ten Tournament, putting NCAA Tournament chances in question
season now enters an agonizing two-day pause after an 84-74 loss to Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, a one-sided defeat that could pop their NCAA Tournament bubble.
The Scarlet Knights had a chance to lock up a stunning NCAA Tournament at-large bid and clear a path to the Big Ten Tournament final with a win, but they ran into the hungry Hawkeyes , whoRutgers was one of the few teams that limited Iowa’s high-powered offense this season, holding them to a season-low in Piscataway during a 48-46 victory, but the Scarlet Knights had no answers for the Hawkeyes on Friday. Rutgers allowed Iowa to score 1.
While Iowa came into the game hot, Rutgers got out to a blazing start. The Scarlet Knights took a 15-5 lead after four minutes before the Hawkeyes grabbed control of the game with a 31-9 run over a 12-minute span. The Scarlet Knights could not control the Hawkeyes on the floor or on the glass, and at one point Rutgers missed 12 shots out of 14 attempts.
The Hawkeyes took a game-high 18-point lead with a 16-6 run midway through the second half, a meltdown by the Scarlet Knights in which they could not get a stop on defense, could not get many good looks offensively and committed a number of killer errors. None hurt more than strength and conditioning coach David van Dyke’s technical foul for screaming an obscenity at an official from the bench with 13:31 to play. That led to a 4-point play for Iowa.
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