Fun Facts: Iowa in Big Ten tourney

1. Iowa is the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament. No fifth-seed has ever won the tourney. Only one has ever reached the final.

2. Fifth-seeds have an 11-17 record in the tourney.

3. Fifth-seeds are 3-0 against No. 12-seeds. No. 5 Iowa will play the winner of Wednesday's No. 12 Nebraska/No. 13 Penn State game on Thursday.

4. Iowa hasn't made it to Saturday's semfinials in the tourney since 2006.

5. Only one team has won four games at a Big Ten tourney. That was Iowa in 2001, at Chicago.

6. Five other teams won on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before falling in the final, including Iowa in 2002.

7. No. 1 and 2 seeds have combined to win 13 of the 17 Big Ten tourneys. The others were won by two No. 3s, a No. 4, and No. 6 Iowa in 2001.

8. Should Iowa win Thursday and get No. 4 Purdue Friday ... In No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchups, the fourth-seed has won nine times and lost eight.

9. Iowa is 15-15 in the tournament. Penn State is 9-17, Nebraska 1-3.

10. Only seven teams have won the tourney. Ohio State has won five times, Michigan State four. Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin have won twice, Michigan and Purdue once.

11. The tourney record for rebounds was set by Iowa's Reggie Evans in 2001 and still stands at 51. Second-place? Evans' 44 in 2002. Evans still is playing in the NBA.

12. Iowa's 94 points against Penn State in the 2001 semifinals is tied with Illinois (2000 and 2003) and Ohio State (2002) for most points in a tourney game.