Frustration is mounting in Iowa City. It’s understandable after No. 19 Wisconsin made the plays late and topped Iowa, 74-63, on Saturday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
With the win, the Badgers completed a season sweep of Iowa. The Hawkeyes have now lost six of their past seven games and fell to 13-10 (4-8 Big Ten).
While several key opportunities remain against No. 24 Maryland, No. 25 Illinois and No. 9 Michigan State, Iowa is running out of chances to enhance a potential at-large NCAA Tournament resume with just eight regular season games remaining.
Iowa was led by sophomore forward Pryce Sandfort’s 14 points, but Iowa couldn’t overcome Wisconsin senior guard John Tonje’s 22 points and the Badgers’ 12 made 3-pointers.
As Iowa continues its descent, here’s how social media reacted to the Wisconsin loss.
Hawks lose. Again.
Running out of things to say at this point. Just keep blowing games
— Barstool Iowa (@BarstoolUIowa) February 8, 2025
MBB FINAL: Wisconsin 74, Iowa 63
Iowa led 59-58 with 7:36 left. Scored 4 points the rest of the way. Four.
— Chad Leistikow🆑 (@ChadLeistikow) February 8, 2025
Guys the basketball season has been an absolute disaster but next weekend I’ll have Iowa baseball on my TV as their games against South Florida are on ESPN+ so at least they got me to this point this year.
— Scott (@IndyHawk89) February 8, 2025
Student section sat the entire game. Top 20 opponent, Iowa led for most of it or it’s been a 1-2 possession game. Sitting down. There’s not much worse out there
— Rick Webster (@TheRickWebster) February 8, 2025
That wasn’t over-and-back, right?
— Chad Leistikow🆑 (@ChadLeistikow) February 8, 2025
Seydou Traore is playing like a man possessed right now.
He’s been stellar this second half.
— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) February 8, 2025
Wisconsin is power bombing our players, crowd is actually boo’ing, and Fran McCaffery is just standing with his hands in his pockets. 5 years ago he’d be throwing chairs at the refs.
Bye Fran
— Hawkeye Enjoyer 🐤 (@HawkGuyEnjoyer) February 8, 2025
I’m ready for Fran McCaffery to not be coaching Iowa basketball
— Leviticus (@LeviHayes21) February 8, 2025
No. 21 Wisconsin beats Iowa 74-63. Badgers hit 12 3-pointers, making their two-game total against the Hawkeyes this year … 33.
— Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) February 8, 2025
Fans headed for the exits. Another winnable game dropped by Iowa, and the #Hawkeyes have lost six of their last seven.
— Eliot Clough (@EliotClough) February 8, 2025
Pryce Sandfort with his best half of the season on both ends.
He has 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting and two assists. Really good minutes from him today so far.
— Sean Bock (@SBock247) February 8, 2025
Iowa missing the Big Ten Tournament is looking very likely at this point. They’d currently be the 15th and final team in with more games to be played today. They’ll only be favored in 1 of their final 8 games and 5 are on the road.
— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) February 8, 2025
“Just sick of losing. That’s the mindset. I want to f***ing win.” — Pryce Sandfort
— Chad Leistikow🆑 (@ChadLeistikow) February 8, 2025
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This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Social media reacts as Iowa basketball gets swept vs Wisconsin
