IOWA CITY -- After smoking a red-hot Purdue Boilermaker team 78-59 Wednesday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena - a victory that featured five Iowa Hawkeyes scoring in double-digits for the first time in 2006-07 - Coach Steve Alford's squad has its sights set squarely on what most would have thought as impossible in October: A third place finish in the Big Ten Conference.
"We have a very difficult stretch run, but it is a stretch run that we are excited about," Alford said after the Hawkeyes secured their 31st victory in their last 33 games at home. The win also guaranteed Iowa nothing worse than an 8-8 record in the league's 2007 regular season.
"We know that we could wake up Sunday morning and be in third place. There are not a lot of people that thought (back in October) we could be in third place with a week to go. These kids have done a lot of special things."
Third Place?
02-22-2007, 11:40 AM
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