Fred Hoiberg’s heart visibly ripped in half on Nebraska’s grave 4-player mistake
As a coach, you CANNOT let something this happen out of a timeout. Fred Hoiberg knew it right away.
Was it a magnetic late Iowa run or, after being in control all game, a stunning late Nebraska collapse ? I suppose it depends on who you ask. But if there's a seminal sequence from the Hawkeyes' victory to advance to the Elite Eight, it's probably what happened in the last minute of the game.
With Iowa clinging to a three-point lead, Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg called a full timeout to organize his team. It looks like he did everything but. How do I know this?
Well, you see, Nebraska came out of this timeout, with the game and its season hanging in the balance, with four players on the court . Four . Yes, yikes.
Smelling blood in the water, Iowa promptly took advantage of this miscue with a full-court pass to a savvy, cherry-picking Alvaro Folgueiras, who finished an and-one dagger at the rim. If you root for Nebraska, this was a disastrous sequence in itself. But if you watch the devastating replay closely, trust me: you'll somehow feel even worse about how Hoiberg managed this clutch-time moment.