The Hoosiers were favorites coming into this contest, but the absence of the Hawkeyes' second-leading scorer Anthony Tucker might have increased expectations for IU.
Tucker has not played with the team in nearly a month and has been suspended since Dec. 20, according to the Des Moines Register.
Tucker was arrested and charged with public intoxication for the second time in 13 months, according to the paper.
IU just missed him, since Tucker is slated to return to practice on Monday.
Without his 11.9 points and 31.9 minutes of play, Iowa has gone 4-5.
The Hawkeyes are 1-5 in the Big Ten, with their only win coming against the Penn State team IU defeated Thursday.
Here's what Iowa coach Todd Lickliter told the Iowa paper just before his team took for Bloomington.
It looks like he'll start practice when we get back on Monday. I just got notice that everything isn't complete, but everything is set in motion and all that he could complete to date is.
So we'll see how that goes. But we're going to make practice available to him and give him an opportunity.
