they failed. they are iowans. a lot of people will say that throwing the game away in such humiliating fashion will haunt the iowans for the rest of their lives. however, that is not true. big 12 basketball does not develop character, it reveals it. they were iowans before the game, and will remain iowans for as long as their lives spiral hopelessly into failure (this means until they die, not that there is a chance they may someday stop failing).
