Iowa's Sweet 16 Dream Stays Unbroken as Clemson Keeps It in Check!
Iowa basketball is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years. Hawkeye fans were buzzing across social media.
Get your dance shoes ready, Iowa fans, the Hawks are going dancing again. For the first time in three years, the Hawkeyes heard their name called on Selection Sunday . They found out they're heading down to Tampa Bay, Florida, for a matchup with the Clemson Tigers in the 8/9 matchup of the South Region.
The winner of that game will most likely match up with the one-seed in the Florida Gators for a spot in the Sweet 16. With the Hawkeyes back in the tournament after a multi-year absence, social media was buzzing with its thoughts on the matchup and Iowa's ceiling in the tournament. Social media reacts to Iowa basketball's NCAA Tournament bid Iowa reacts to making the NCAA Tournament.
Hawkeyes earn a 9-seed and will play 8-seed Clemson. pic. twitter.
com/gbJjjKg3jj — Tyler Tachman (@Tyler_T15) March 15, 2026 Ben McCollum makes the tournament in year 1 at Iowa while Darian DeVries will watch from home as he has to completely rebuild his roster again. What a difference a year makes in perspective. — Matt (@MattchewMills) March 16, 2026 Listened to both Iowa and Clemson pressers and it’s staggering how much more Brownell knows about Iowa than McCollum knows about Clemson.