Alvaro Folgueiras and Iowa Hawkeyes make historic run to Elite Eight

The Iowa Hawkeyes are on a historic run through the NCAA Tournament, and they just picked up a classic win against one of their biggest rivals.

It was a gutsy performance by the No. 9-ranked Hawkeyes, who ultimately had more juice than the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers when it mattered.

They won, 77-71.

In fact, there was a time in the first half when the Hawkeyes found themselves down 10 points. They rallied and went into halftime down just three.

From there, it was a back-and-forth battle in Nebraska in the second half until the final minute, when the Hawkeyes pulled away. 

Iowa didn't get its first lead of the game until a three-pointer from Bennett Stirtz with 2:10 to go. The Hawkeyes held on to a slim three-point lead with under a minute to go after a Braden Frager three for Nebraska.

Then, Iowa exploded.

Alvaro Folgueiras has been a March Madness hero for Iowa Hawkeyes 

Alvaro Folgueiras made an and-one on a beautiful full-court inbounds pass out of a timeout.