I don’t think anyone expected Iowa to go this far in March Madness, but I think it made this season even more exciting!
When we beat Clemson, it was good, but not totally exciting or crazy! However, once we played the 1 seed and former champions, Florida, everyone had their eyes on the Hawkeyes. Not only did we put up a good fight… WE WON in the last few seconds of the game! I was SO excited, I think everyone was! There were almost no perfect brackets, or none, if I am correct after this upset!
Now, to make the sweet 16 even sweeter, we were playing Nebraska! I was pretty confident as we had beaten them earlier, but they were a good team and seeded higher than us! I remember I got out of my lab 40 minutes early and RAN back home to be able to watch the rest of the game. AND WE WON AGAIN! Iowa was going to the ELITE 8 for the first time in 39 YEARS!
Our Elite 8 opponent was the Illini of the University of Illinois, so another Big 10 team. My friends and I watched the game together, and it was tense the whole time! The game was close… until the end, when Illinois started gaining on us, and unfortunately, our run was ended.
Even though that game may not have ended how I had hoped, I was still excited and happy to see the Hawkeyes get this far!
