After being ranked No. 19 overall in college basketball last week, the Hawkeyes stumbled to back-to-back losses, causing them to fall out of the rankings entirely.
Iowa is now 12-4 (2-3 Big Ten), unranked, and sitting at No. 11 in the Big Ten Conference standings before heading on the road for a crucial Big Ten matchup against the No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers.
While not all is lost, some frustration is bubbling to the surface, and Purdue is a challenging team to get right against.
The Boilermakers (15-1, 5-0 Big Ten) have only lost one game to this point against No.