On to Tennessee

Has the lower seed next to Iowa EVER won an ncaa game? It's chalk all the way in our bracket.

But at least the Hawks pulled one today..
I thought this was an interesting question, so I looked it up.

The last time Iowa played a non-chalk opponent in the NCAA tournament was in 1987, when #2 seed Iowa played #6 Oklahoma (who beat #3 Pitt in the previous game) in the regional semifinal - one game before the meltdown against UNLV.

The year before, #11 seed Iowa could have played #14 Arkansas Little Rock in the second round had they won, but they lost to #6 NC State in 2OT in the first round.

Crazy.

**edit, missed the play in game against Tennessee
 
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