To say that Iowa basketball has been painful to watch this year would be an understatement. 

The Hawkeyes are off to one of the worst starts in school history and have lost their last 13 games on the road.  Their three wins on the season were far-from-impressive performances over teams nobody has heard of.

Things aren't getting any better, either.  The terrible chain of events this week has been like rubbing salt in an open wound.

In the span of the past week, the team lost to in-state rival Northern Iowa, then were stranded in a hotel by a blizzard for two days before being beat down by in-state rival Iowa State, all while their head coach recovered from emergency surgery.

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