Watch The Celebration

Watch The Celebration

March 13, 2006

A few thousand brave souls charged through thunderstorms that rumbled through eastern Iowa last night to greet Steve Alford’s Iowa Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and celebrate Iowa’s 2006 Big Ten Conference Tournament championship.

Led by the tournament’s most valuable player, senior guard Jeff Horner, and a talented and confident cast of Hawekyes, Iowa defeated Minnesota, Michigan State and, Sunday afternoon, Ohio State – the Big Ten’s regular season champion – to claim its second league tournament title and the Big Ten’s automatic entry in the Big Dance, the 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Iowa’s reward for its efforts? A No. 3 seed in among the field of 65. The Hawkeyes open that part of their journey Friday against Northwestern State in a first round game to be played in The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Click HERE to review the bracket for the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

And click HERE to visit Hawkeye All-Access and watch a video of last night’s celebration inside the home of the Hawkeyes, award-winning Carver-Hawkeye Arena.