HR 14 (LSB 2801YH (3) 89)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 14

BY  MASCHER

A Resolution recognizing and congratulating the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team on the 2020-2021 college basketball season and for qualifying for the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 men’s basketball tournament as a No. 2 seed in the West Region.

   WHEREAS, the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team finished fourth in the 2020-2021 Big 10 Conference regular-season standings, and finished the regular season ranked as a top-10 team in the nation; and
   WHEREAS, the team had four players selected as Winter Academic All-Big 10 honorees; and
   WHEREAS, the team finished the season with the Big 10 Conference men’s basketball Player of the Year, Wooden Award winner, Oscar Robertson Trophy winner, Lute Olson Award winner, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner, and Naismith Trophy winner, awarded annually to the best player in men’s college basketball, Luka Garza; and
   WHEREAS, Luka Garza became the school’s first-ever back-to-back and unanimous First Team All-American; and
   WHEREAS, the team earned a victory in the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 men’s basketball tournament over Grand Canyon University; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives congratulates Coach Fran McCaffery and all the members of the University of Iowa men’s basketball team for an outstanding 2020-2021 college basketball season which saw the team consistently ranked as a top-15 team in the country, and for representing the state in the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 men’s basketball tournament.