ESPN picked the 63 best NCAA games organized by seed matchup/round-of-X and each Iowa team is represented. ISU’s win over Miami of Ohio in 1986 is the surprise guest here, an 81-79 overtime win on Jeff Hornacek’s last-second shot. UNI’s upset of Kansas in 2010 is here as well. The three losses, of course, are Iowa State’s, Iowa’s, and Drake’s worst first-round appearances of all time.
As one of now seven 15-over-2 games, Hampton keeps on haunting: “This game embodied the David vs. Goliath theme that attracts so many sports fans to college basketball in March.” Because when you hear about a basketball Goliath, you think about a team that has been to the Sweet 16 three times in its entire history.
(The best part of the Ultimate Bracket? Kansas loses three times.)