\'\'
Home   >   Sports   >   Local Sports   >   Men’s College Hoops: Iowa, Iowa State, Illinois All Lose

Men’s College Hoops: Iowa, Iowa State, Illinois All Lose

By on March 16, 2013
KBUR Sports

IT WAS A ROUGH DAY FRIDAY FOR AREA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS…

 

AT THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT IN CHICAGO, IOWA LOST A TEN-POINT HALFTIME LEAD AND THEN THE GAME FRIDAY AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE AS THE SPARTANS CLAIMED A 59-56 WIN OVER THE HAWKEYES.

 

ILLINOIS STRUGGLED SHOOTING THE BASKETBALL EARLY IN A GAME FRIDAY AGAINST INDIANA AND NEVER REALLY RECOVERED, LOSING TO THE THIRD-RANKED HOOSIERS 80-64 IN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND OF THE BIG TEN TOURNEY.

 

AND IOWA STATE COULDN’T GET A WIN AT THE BIG XII CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT IN KANSAS CITY FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVENTH-RANKED KANSAS CAME OUT A BIT SLOWLY AGAINST THE CYCLONES, BUT THEN THE JAYHAWKS PUSHED AHEAD LATE IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE EVENTUALLY CLAIMING AN 88-73 WIN.

 

NOW ALL THREE TEAMS WAIT TO SEE IF THEY’LL GET AT-LARGE SPOTS IN THE UPCOMING N-C-A-A TOURNAMENT. ALL THE N-C-A-A TOURNAMENT SELECTIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED JUST AFTER 5 PM SUNDAY. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT ILLINOIS WILL MAKE THE N-C-A-A FIELD, WHILE IOWA STATE IS ON SLIGHTLY LESS SOLID GROUND BUT STILL LIKELY TO GET IN… FOR IOWA, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A LONG WAIT. THE HAWKEYES COULD EITHER BE ONE OF THE LAST TEAMS IN… OR ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS LEFT OUT…