Fran McCaffery on the win over Nebraska

Fran McCaffery came into Sunday looking to see his team advance to the Big Ten Tournament. With the league limiting participation in their post season event to the top 15 teams in the league standings, Iowa needed a win to qualify. They did just that, hammering Nebraska in Lincoln to survive and advance to Indianapolis for Wednesday evening date with Ohio State.
Following the dominating victory over the Cornhuskers, McCaffery met with the media to discuss the leadership and play of senior Payton Sandfort, who was surrounded by this teammates. He also discussed the defensive effort on Brice Williams from Nebraska, the play of his point guards Drew Thelwell and Brock Harding, and the spark that Pryce Sandfort gave them in the first half and his work on the glass.