Hindsight's obviously 20/20, but I don't think it takes an optometrist to see that Iowa was playing against some big-ass dudes tonight. Dembele was working. And if fatigue wasn't a factor — Fran didn't even wait for me to finish my postgame question to say it wasn't — then lineup construction was the fault in a game where Iowa was outscored by 10 in second-chance points and lost by 9.
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No. 3 ISU 89, Iowa 80: Small-Ball Works... Until It Doesn't
Iowa was outscored 20-10 on second-chance points in a nine-point loss to Iowa State.
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