Iowa, the No. 3 seed in its NIT bracket, faces No. 6 seed Kansas State on Tuesday night at Carver Arena in Iowa City in the first round of the 2024 NIT. The Hawkeyes come into Tuesday’s game with an 18-14 record on the season, which includes a 10-10 mark in Big Ten play that left the team in sixth place in the conference. On the other side, Kansas State was 19-14 on the year but just 8-10 in Big 12 play, finishing ninth in an incredibly tough conference. Jerome Tang’s squad is looking to use its experience from conference play to fuel a deep run in the NIT.
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Game Date: Mar. 19, 2024
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The Wildcats struggled on offense this season, ranking 255th in Division I in offensive rating at 102.7. They just snuck inside the top 100 in defensive rating, landing 99th after allowing 100.7 points per 100 possessions.
Tylor Perry led the Wildcats in scoring, putting up 15.5 points per game.
As for Iowa, the Hawkeyes looked like the opposite of what Iowa’s football program looked like this year—in Carver Arena, the offense came easy but the defense struggled. Iowa was 14th in the country in scoring offense but 336th in scoring defense.
This is the first meeting of the season between these two sides. Iowa is 0-2 against the Big 12 this season, losing to Oklahoma and Iowa State. Kansas State lost its only game against a Big Ten school, falling to Nebraska back in December,
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