After dropping one to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Iowa Hawkeyes have seen a small slide in the latest ESPN NCAA Tournament bracketology update.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are still firmly in the field for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, but the seed they could end up with still remains quite in flux. The Hawkeyes dropped one to Minnesota in a very winnable game that would have helped them avoid having to play as many high-leverage games as they will down the stretch.
Iowa is undoubtedly still good enough and productive enough to make a run in the Big Ten and flush the loss to Minnesota rather quickly, as the Big Ten regular season slate is a gauntlet for even the best teams in the conference.
Still, the loss did impact Iowa's current March Madness seeding. In ESPN's latest bracketology update, the Hawkeyes slid down one seed line.
Iowa Hawkeyes' seed
- Seed: No. 7 seed
- Opponent: No. 10 Miami
Bracket
- No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 16 Merrimack / No. 16 UMES
- No. 8 Seton Hall vs. No. 9 Saint Louis
- No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 12 TCU / No. 12 Creighton
- No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington
- No. 6 Clemson vs. No. 11 LSU / No. 11 UCLA
- No. 3 Houston vs. No. 14 Wright State
- No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Miami
- No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 Austin Peay
Top Seeds
- No. 1 seeds: UConn, Iowa State, Michigan, Arizona
- No. 2 seeds: Purdue, Duke, Gonzaga, Vanderbilt
- No. 3 seeds: Nebraska, Michigan State, BYU, Houston
- No. 4 seeds: Alabama, Texas Tech, Illinois, Arkansas
Bubble Watch
- Last Four Byes: Miami, Kentucky, NC State, Ohio State
- Last Four In: LSU, UCLA, TCU, Creighton
- First Four Out: Baylor, Texas A&M, New Mexico, Oklahoma
- Next Four Out: Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Missouri
Conference Breakdown
- Big Ten: 10
- SEC: 9
- Big 12: 8
- ACC: 8
- Big East: 5
- Atlantic 10: 2
- West Coast: 2
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