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YES. GOSH, THAT’S HOW IT IS IN THIS TOURNAMENT RIGHT? IT’S WIN OR GO HOME. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT LAST GAME IS GOING TO BE FOR SOME TEAMS. AND THERE’S IOWA TEAM TODAY, TRAILED BY AS MANY AS 17 IN THE SECOND HALF, ONLY TO SEE THAT DEFICIT CUT TO FOUR. COULDN’T GET ANYTHING PAST THAT, THOUGH. AS YOU SAID IT, IOWA IS GOING HOME ONE IN ONE FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. IT WAS COLD SHOOTING THAT DOOMED THE HAWKEYES IN THIS GAME, TRYING TO FLIP THE SCRIPT AGAINST AN AUBURN TEAM THAT HOLDS THEIR OPPONENTS TO JUST 29% SHOOTING FROM DEEP ALL SEASON LONG. IOWA SHOT 26% OVERALL FROM BEYOND THE ARC IN THIS GAME, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST HALF THAT REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SHOCKINGLY LOW NUMBER. HAWKEYE SHOT 38% FROM THE FIELD IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF THIS GAME, WHICH WAS EVEN WITH THE TIGERS. THE NUMBER THAT STANDS OUT 049 SCOTT FROM DEEP IN THAT FIRST 20 MINUTES, IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE NOT USED TO SEEING FROM THIS IOWA TEAM. THEY KNEW THE CHALLENGES THAT OFTEN PRESENTED. THEY STILL COULDN’T ADJUST EARLY. THINK THEY’RE JUST RUN US OFF THE LINE. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT. THEY’RE GOING TO GO DOWNHILL WITH THEIR SHOT BLOCKING. I THINK THAT’S BASICALLY JUST THE RUN UP THE LINE. JUST PLAY PHYSICAL WITH US ON THE THREE POINT LINE. THEY’RE REALLY PHYSICAL AND THEY REALLY TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T SHOOT THREES. THEY REALLY FLY AT SHOOTERS AND THEY TRY TO GET YOU TO DRIBBLE INTO THE LANE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOU MAKE TWOS AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S MY BAD. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. BUT ANYWAYS, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT TOOK A SECOND. AND I ALSO THINK WE HAD SOME GOOD LOOKS. WE JUST MISSED. YEAH, IT IS THE END OF THE LINE NOW FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYES, WHO, AS I MENTIONED, WILL GO HOME AFTER THE FIRST ROUND FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. THEY WILL FINISH THIS SEASON WITH THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES, MAYBE ASKING THEMSELVES WHAT IF, WHAT IF THEY DIDN’T LOSE TO NEBRASKA AT THE END OF THE YEAR? WHAT IF THEY DIDN’T LOSE TO OHIO STATE? WHAT SEED COULD THEY HAVE BEEN? WHAT THEY HAVE GOT IN THIS GAME AGAINST AUBURN? THAT IS A WHAT IF FOREVER, I GUESS. SCOTT REPORTING LIVE, THOUGH, FROM BIRMINGHAM. ONE FINAL TIME