Iowa basketball discusses wild final minute vs. Nebraska

Following ninth-seeded Iowa 's (24-12, 10-10 Big Ten) wild 77-71 victory in the Sweet 16 over fourth-seeded Nebraska (28-7, 15-5 Big Ten) at Houston's Toyota Center, the Hawkeyes discussed a bizarre late-game sequence that proved to be a final difference-maker. When asked about his perspective on the critical Hawkeyes' unprecedented late-game man-advantage with only four Cornhuskers players on the court, Alvaro Folgueiras took a jab at Nebraska for their lack of awareness in that moment. "I'm from the south of Spain.

I'm from a small neighborhood called El Palo, and we are known for being, you know, a little more life smart than some other places," Folgueiras said with a rye smile to various media members after the game. "So I just noticed that they were all trying to figure out who they were guarding and that there were just four players on the court. I could make eye contact with Kael (Combs).

The referee gave the ball. After like two or three seconds of me jumping, saying, 'Let's go, let's go, let's go,' and we had enough time to get the pass ready because there were just four players and I was the only one open at the end of the court. " I asked Alvaro Folgueiras about noticing that Nebraska had only 4 players on the court when he received his cherry-pick-slam-dunk "I'm from south Spain...

we are known by being a little more, life-smart than some other places" #MarchMadness pic. twitter. com/tIV7WZx4cT — Collin Carrithers (@c_carrithers33) March 27, 2026 "I was pretty shocked to see Alvaro wide open," Bennett Stirtz said.