Go Iowa Awesome – Iowa a 5-Seed in 2023 Big Ten MBB Tournament Bracket

The 2022-23 Large Ten males’s basketball common season wrapped up on Sunday, leaving only one ultimate occasion earlier than the 2023 NCAA Match: the 2023 Large Ten Match.

This 12 months’s Large Ten Match is being held in Chicago, IL; the United Heart (dwelling of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks) would be the website of all match video games. The match is scheduled to happen from Wednesday, March 8 to Sunday, March 12.

A full bracket for the match has been launched by the Large Ten:

On account of Iowa’s disappointing dwelling loss to Nebraska and Northwestern’s street win over Rutgers, Iowa earned the #5 seed within the Large Ten Match and can play on Thursday. Iowa is scheduled to play the winner of Wednesday’s Wisconsin (#12 seed) versus Ohio State (#13 seed) sport on Thursday, March 9 at roughly 1:30 PM CT (half-hour after the conclusion of the Rutgers-Michigan sport). BTN will broadcast the sport.

The opposite groups in Iowa’s half of the bracket are Purdue (#1 seed), Michigan State (#4 seed), Michigan (#8 seed), and Rutgers (#9 seed). If Iowa beats Wisconsin/Ohio State on Thursday, the Hawkeyes will play Michigan State within the quarterfinals on Friday at roughly 1:30 PM CT. BTN will even broadcast that sport.

The Hawkeyes went simply 1-3 towards the Buckeyes and Badgers in the course of the common season. Wisconsin beat Iowa in time beyond regulation in Iowa Metropolis again in December and likewise in Madison a couple of weeks in the past in certainly one of Iowa’s worst offensive performances of the season. Iowa break up two video games with Ohio State, dropping 93-77 in Columbus, however torching the Buckeyes 92-75 in Iowa Metropolis final month.

Iowa’s quarterfinal opponent could be Michigan State; Iowa additionally break up two video games towards the Spartans in the course of the common season. The Hawkeyes misplaced 63-61 in East Lansing, then prevailed 112-106 in OT only a week in the past in Iowa Metropolis in one of many wildest video games of the season. A rubber match with the Spartans might be one other thriller.

One silver lining to the 5-seed? Iowa was the 5-seed final 12 months… and gained 4 video games in 4 days and have become 2022 Large Ten Match champions. Time to see if historical past can repeat itself.

Full particulars on the 2023 Large Ten Match (together with ticketing information) is accessible right here.