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Iowa Basketball: Weekly Big Ten Power Rankings

By Kenny Levine

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14. Iowa (9-9, 0-5)

BLOOMINGTON, IN – FEBRUARY 11: Head coach Fran McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes looks on against the Indiana Hoosiers in the second half of the game at Assembly Hall on February 11, 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana defeated Iowa 85-78. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN – FEBRUARY 11: Head coach Fran McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes looks on against the Indiana Hoosiers in the second half of the game at Assembly Hall on February 11, 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana defeated Iowa 85-78. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

I hate to do this to you Hawkeye fans, but early on in the conference season they look like the worst team in the Big Ten.  After three losses this week, Iowa finds itself 0-5 in Big Ten play.  This week Iowa went 0-3 and Fran McCaffery was ejected in the loss Sunday at Maryland.

Sure, Iowa lost to three teams that should be ranked pretty high on this list.  But in losses to Michigan, Ohio State and Maryland, there was never really a doubt that Iowa was going to lose.  The Hawkeyes surrendered 46 first half points to Michigan and 48 first half points to Ohio State and Maryland and surrendered over 90 in both of those game as well.

The good news for Iowa is that it has two winnable games coming up against Illinois and Rutgers.  The bad news is that both of those games are on the road.

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