{"id":201951,"date":"2026-03-23T02:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201951\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:34:11","slug":"iowa-stuns-florida-as-first-no-1-seed-falls-in-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201951\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa stuns Florida as first No. 1 seed falls in March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defending national champions are out of the Big Dance.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Hawkeyes knocked out Florida in the second round with a stunning 73-72 win, where Alvaro Folgueiras\u2019 corner 3-pointer helped propel Iowa into the lead with just 4.5 seconds remaining on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat marks the first No. 1 seed to be eliminated from the NCAA Tournament this year, and the Hawkeyes will now face the Nebraska in the Sweet 16.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.44837341;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38863473\" width=\"855\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iowa-hawkeyes-forward-alvaro-folgueiras-124240624.jpg\" alt=\"Iowa Hawkeyes forward Alvaro Folgueiras (7) reacts after a play.\" class=\"wp-image-38863473\"  \/>Hawkeyes forward Alvaro Folgueiras (7) reacts after a play against the Florida Gators in the second half during a second round game.<br \/>IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Folgueiras finished the night with 14 points, which included the game-winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The defending national champions are out of the Big Dance. Iowa Hawkeyes knocked out Florida in the second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8294,28,2530,30,29,6796,33737,88351,110],"class_list":["post-201951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-college-basketball","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-2026","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}