AH TV: Fran McCaffery and Iowa’s four All-Big Ten honorees meet the press
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Individual and team success both were hot topics when Fran McCaffery and four members of the Iowa men's basketball team met with the media on Tuesday.
Shooting guard Peter Jok, point guard Jordan Bohannon, power forward Tyler Cook and small forward Nicholas Baer all met with reporters a day after each was honored by the Big Ten Conference.
Jok was named first-team All-Big Ten, while Bohannon and Cook both made the Big Ten All-Freshmen team and Baer was named the conference's Sixth-Man of the Year. Each of the four players thanked their teammates and coaches for helping them to get recognized.
The players also talked about Thursday's game against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. It is widely believed that Iowa has to win at least two games in the Big Ten Tournament to have a realistic chance of making the NCAA Tournament for a fourth consecutive season.
ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the 18-13 Hawkeyes as one of his last four teams out of the NCAA Tournament. Iowa will enter the Big Ten Tournament with a four-game winning streak.
"We don't talk about it much at all," Cook said of Iowa's postseason chances. "We just know that if we keep winning it'll take care of itself. That's all we can control right now."
The Big Ten Tournament is being held for the first time at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. Iowa's game with Indiana will start at 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2.
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