Ben McCollum and his team will learn, and learn very quickly, that you cannot sleepwalk through the first half and win in the Big Ten.
The Big Ten Conference is a gauntlet in men’s basketball every year, with six teams currently holding a spot in the AP Top 25 rankings.
A day after being the biggest riser in the most recent AP Top 25 poll, the No. 19 Iowa Hawkeyes were in Minneapolis to take on a Golden Gophers squad that has already knocked off a ranked opponent at home (73-64 against No. 22 Indiana)…