No, this isn't a dream. Iowa basketball is in the Elite Eight.
This all seems almost too good to be true — like some Iowa basketball fever dream. But it isn't a dream. The Hawkeyes are in the Elite 8.
HOUSTON — No, this isn’t a fever dream. Alvaro Folgueiras’ game-winning 3-pointer to slay 1-seed Florida. The resilient 77-71 win over rival Nebraska in the Sweet 16, a game in which Iowa didn’t take its first lead until a little more than two minutes remaining.
It all seems almost too good to be true — like some Iowa basketball dream. The type where, eventually, you wake up disappointed, because you realize that it wasn’t real. Except, all of it — the clutch 3-pointers by Bennett Stirtz and Tate Sage, the timely buckets by Folgueiras, the hugs on the court after the win over Nebraska — is real.
This isn’t a dream. The Hawkeyes are in the Elite Eight. Considering where Iowa was — and where it is now — it’s difficult to wrap your mind around the fact that this is reality.
Around this time last year, the program had been almost completely turned upside down. The roster was depleted. The future was hopeful but uncertain.
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