No. 9 Iowa knocked out No. 1 Florida in a 73-72 upset thriller in the second round of the NCAA tournament, playing spoiler to the defending champs’ repeat hopes this March. The Hawkeyes clinched one of their all-time biggest wins in program history after Alvaro Folgueiras sank a go-ahead three-pointer with just seconds remaining, a player who stayed in the game despite being involved in an ugly incident in the first half.
Early in the game, Folgueiras was seen throwing a punch while tussling for the ball with Florida’s Alex Condon, but he didn’t get ejected. The Iowa forward got tangled up with Condon while both players were battling for a rebound; Condon twisted his body and threw Folgueiras to the floor, and then Folgueiras clenched his fist and threw a punch toward the ball—or at Condon, or both.
