The Hyball is a weekly basketball column.
You hear this a lot in the NFL, and it does seem to be more true than not: you are never as good as your best win but never as bad as your worst loss.
And maybe it's obvious in some ways. We are of course an average of all of our best and worst qualities.
Well, Iowa men's basketball moved that average up this week. After an 0-3 start to Big Ten play and a three-game losing streak that also included EIU, the Hawkeyes are -- don't say it don't say it don't say it -- back on track after a huge OT win against Michigan last night.
Off the dome, three potential reasons why the season has been salvaged.
1) Rebrača: Becoming more of a dude. I've loved watching Rebrača play since the moment he stepped on campus, and, lately, our man vaulted from a serviceable starter to the occasional problem.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/the-hyball-back-on-track
You hear this a lot in the NFL, and it does seem to be more true than not: you are never as good as your best win but never as bad as your worst loss.
And maybe it's obvious in some ways. We are of course an average of all of our best and worst qualities.
Well, Iowa men's basketball moved that average up this week. After an 0-3 start to Big Ten play and a three-game losing streak that also included EIU, the Hawkeyes are -- don't say it don't say it don't say it -- back on track after a huge OT win against Michigan last night.
Off the dome, three potential reasons why the season has been salvaged.
1) Rebrača: Becoming more of a dude. I've loved watching Rebrača play since the moment he stepped on campus, and, lately, our man vaulted from a serviceable starter to the occasional problem.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/the-hyball-back-on-track
