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The No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini and Iowa Hawkeyes meet in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Saturday's game will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams.
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Bennett Stirtz has been unbelievable during March Madness.
Record-breaking temperatures outside Carver-Hawkeye Arena turned Iowa’s basketball home into a sauna Saturday afternoon, and the second-seeded Hawkeyes nearly melted down in the oppressive heat. With the on-floor temperature peaking at 90 degrees during the fourth quarter,
Coach Ben McCollum leaned on Missouri roots and former Northwest Missouri State stars like Bennett Stirtz to lift Iowa into the Sweet 16.
Iowa only led for 2:08 of clock against Nebraska but is moving onto the Elite Eight anyway. Here are the highlights from the Sweet 16 win:
Tampa, Florida; Friday, 6:50 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hawkeyes -2.5; over/under is 129.5 BOTTOM LINE: Clemson and Iowa square off in the NCAA Tournament first round. The Tigers have gone 14-7 against ACC teams,
Iowa advances toward the Final Four on an unprecedented path, following a 77-71 Sweet 16 win over Nebraska.
Caitlin Clark has taken on a bigger challenge now but three years ago but three years ago, she achieved something that put him in history books of both men and women's hoops.