Iowa Hawkeyes Secure NCAA Tournament Spot

0:00On March 9th, Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team has secured a spot in NCAA Tournament field, landing as a number 10 seed in the latest ESPN. Bracketology update, they finish the regular season with 20 wins and 11 losses overall, going 10 and 10 in big 10 play. A late stretch of tough losses kept them from climbing higher on the seed lines. That number 10 projection sets them up against the number 7 Kentucky Wildcats in the first round. Let's note this could play to Iowa's strengths since the number 2 seed this year do not look as dominant as the top overall teams. Fans and experts see it as a manageable draw in a region headlined by number 1 Michigan and number 2 Yukon. Iowa's solid resume from earlier wins has kept them safely inside the 68 team field, even as bubble team scramble. Bubble Watch shows Santa Clara, Southern Methodist University, Virginia Commonwealth, and Auburn as the last 4 in. Ohio Indiana, Virginia Tech, Stanford, and New Mexico sit just outside.

1:02The big 10 earned 9 bids, trailing the SEC's 11. Iowa heads into the big 10 tournament with momentum to build, eyeing a chance to boost their seeding before March Mannes tips off.