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Iowa Basketball: Why Hawkeyes will be better than Wisconsin in 2020-21

By Ben Dickson

IOWA CITY, IOWA- JANUARY 12: Head Fran McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes yells in the second half against the Ohio State Buckeyes, on January 12, 2019 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- JANUARY 12: Head Fran McCaffery of the Iowa Hawkeyes yells in the second half against the Ohio State Buckeyes, on January 12, 2019 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /
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COLLEGE PARK, MD – JANUARY 07: Luka Garza #55 of the Iowa Hawkeyes (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
COLLEGE PARK, MD – JANUARY 07: Luka Garza #55 of the Iowa Hawkeyes (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Luka Garza

If you follow college basketball, you know about the insane year that Iowa center Luka Garza had in 2019-20. Garza put up 23.9 points and hauled down 9.8 rebounds per game while shooting an efficient 54.2 percent from the field. His remarkable season did not go unrecognized, as he hauled in all types of awards, including Big Ten Player of the Year, the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, and  Sporting News National Player of the Year.

Garza’s return is still questionable, as he is testing the waters of the NBA Draft. According to We Are Iowa, Garza is supposedly “not even close” to making a decision, but this article and basically all preseason rankings are counting on his return to Iowa City. When Garza announced his decision via Twitter, he made sure to emphasize the words “KEEPING MY ELIGIBILITY” by typing them in all caps.

Garza is the main reason why Iowa will be the superior team out of these two. It is not often you see a National Player of the Year-type player come back to school after a season like that. With all the experience that Iowa has returning, Garza coming back to school would be the cherry on top. He got the best of his matchup with Wisconsin big Nate Reuvers this past January, and there is no reason to believe that cannot happen again.

If Luka Garza returns not only will he be the most touted player in the Big Ten, but maybe the most touted player in the entire country. He will be tabbed with countless preseason National Player of the Year honors and will by all means be the Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year.

Not only will Wisconsin struggle to contain Garza, but so will the rest of the nation, too.

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