Iowa finished the season ranked at #25 in the final USA Today/coaches poll. It's the first time in 10 years Iowa has finished the season ranked in the top 25.
The #11 seed UNI Panthers had a 12 point lead on #3 seed Texas A&M with only 44 seconds left in regulation. Panther fans were already celebrating an unlikely birth in the Sweet 16. But then March came back and bit UNI.
Remember the football season and lack of respect Iowa received? The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starts in 54 days and one of the first prognostications shows a TON of respect to the Iowa Hawkeyes and also has Iowa State playing fairly close to home.