{"id":202467,"date":"2026-03-23T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202467\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:34:06","slug":"iowa-basketball-fans-react-to-march-madness-upset-vs-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202467\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa basketball fans react to March Madness upset vs. Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa basketball fans react to March Madness upset vs. Florida<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>March 23, 2026, 9:01 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">How sweet it is!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For the first time in 27 years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/iowa-hawkeyes\/1449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Iowa<\/a> men&#8217;s basketball team is back in the Sweet 16. The <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Hawkeyes<\/a> pulled off <a href=\"http:\/\/hawkeyeswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/hawkeyes\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/22\/iowa-basketball-vs-florida-today-updates-score-march-madness\/89277811007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">the stunner<\/a>, taking down the number-one seed <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/ncaab\/teams\/florida-gators\/1407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida<\/a> 73-72 in a thrilling game down in Tampa. Alvaro Folguerias nailed the game-winning three with just seconds to play, and Iowa got one of the biggest wins in program history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As you would expect after the game, social media was buzzing with praise and excitement about the Hawks as they prepare for a Sweet 16 matchup with rival <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Nebraska<\/a>. Here are some of the best reactions to the Hawkeyes&#8217; stunning victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Gators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Social media reacts to Iowa upsetting FloridaNeed a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:42|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 hawkeyeswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774276446_510_p.gif\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iowa basketball fans react to March Madness upset vs. Florida March 23, 2026, 9:01 a.m. CT How sweet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,28,30,29,92762,22151,8913,4844,53649,22833,39,35031,35033,92595,22832,9563,89821,22987,96,9811,300,34],"class_list":["post-202467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-accessfree","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-sstssportscollegehawkeyesmens-basketball","tag-sstsnmens-basketball","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-mens-basketball","tag-tagcollege-basketball","tag-tagflorida","tag-tagiowa","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes-mens-basketball","tag-tagmens-college-basketball","tag-tagncaa-big-ten-conference","tag-tagncaa-buzz","tag-tagncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202467","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=202467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}