Iowa is averaging 70.8 points per game against Big Ten opponents, the result of middling efficiency (9th in the conference) and an unhurried tempo, which has the Hawkeyes slotted at No. 357 of 365 Division I teams. That sets a base line for this game, which is both decidedly not against the average Big Ten defense and also probably a bad matchup for the Hawkeyes. Michigan is an elite two-point defense thanks to its trio of stellar bigs, and while Iowa is going to try and pick-and-roll its way to Bennett Stirtz-fueled buckets I’m not sure he’s getting enough firepower from the supporting cast to carve up the Wolverines efficiently.
