Anything that can go against a UT team has for the past several years maybe? The game was gonna be tough enough to win without the other team having a reason to play harder for their coach. If Iowa came in on a down note this will likely inspire them (even more) to play hard.
Maybe our guys will rally around Martin because of the Pearl fiasco as well, but the court of public opinion tonight in the arena will be that UT is incompetent and Iowa's coach and team are trying to overcome a serious hardship just to compete tonight. Everyone will feel sorry for the guy and as I said, the neutral fans and maybe even the refs will be sympathetic toward Iowa. It would be human nature to do so, and the game will hard enough on its own without all this surrounding drama.
Just seems like more of the same we have been dealing with for years now.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/iowa-coach-fran-mccaffery-s-son-is-scheduled-to-have-surgery-hours-before-tournament-game-233311914.html
