Ben McCollum's hilarious postgame quip is giving Iowa fans Fran McCaffery flashbacks

It didn't start out pretty, but the Hawkeyes were able to overcome another slow start to knock off Maryland and punch their ticket to the next round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Iowa came out of the gates lethargically, and it nearly cost them a chance to move on in the tournament.

The score was 21-10 at one point, and Ben McCollum was visibly upset on the sidelines. While you couldn't see the veins popping out on his head, as Iowa fans remember from Fran McCaffery, he was noticeably upset.

McCollum, postgame, quipped that he might have to do that earlier for the Hawkeyes to start faster.

McCollum said he should just to 'lose my mind to start the game'

While Hawkeye fans are all too familiar with the "Francon" scale that was attributed to the program's former coach, we have not seen McCollum get nearly as animated on the sidelines.

He said he does get after them in the huddle, but now he might have to start doing that earlier for the squad to start faster.

McCollum was asked about overcoming another slow start, and he quipped that it was a "typical start for the old Hawkeyes."

He cannot pinpoint why they also start games slowly, but after he loses his mind in a few huddles, they tend to turn things around.

McCollum's fix: lose his mind to start the game instead of after the slow start has occurred.

While McCollum was joking when he said it, his quip about losing his mind to start the game brings up a more pressing issue.

Iowa can't keep starting games as slow as they have been because good teams will take advantage if you spot them a lead, and Iowa's offense isn't built for big comebacks.

Serious or not, Iowa has to fix their slow starts in the future to have sustained success.