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Iowa players deal with another frustrating loss

by:Tom Kakert•about 13 hours•

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Pryce Sandfort(1) — Pryce Sandfort and Seydou Traore talk loss to Wisconsin.

The Iowa basketball team is struggling to win games right now and that frustration is starting to bubble up. A strong desire to win games isn’t enough, unfortunately as Iowa dropped another conference contest on Saturday afternoon. This one was to Wisconsin for the second time this season and that disappointed was expressed by Seydou Traore and Pryce Sandfort, who dropped a four letter work to show just how frustrated he was.

Listen to the Iowa players discuss the loss, the game plan that they had coming in and much more.

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