Balance will be a key as the Iowa basketball team looks for a fifth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
The Hawkeyes have a solid nucleus returning from last year’s team that finished 19-14 but for the first time in several years don’t have a go-to scorer after Kris Murray left early for the NBA.
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. With the star power gone so are the expectations. The Hawkeyes have been picked by many to finish in the lower half of the Big Ten.
Six newcomers are on the roster. including four freshmen who McCaffery expects to play significant minutes.
Iowa opens at home on November seventh against North Dakota.
