Where does Iowa basketball vs. Clemson rank among March Madness games?

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The first day of March Madness came and went, and it saw plenty of chaos in the bracket with upset, tight games, comebacks, and players stepping up. As we enter the second day of the NCAA Tournament, the Iowa Hawkeyes get into the action.

Iowa, a No. 8 seed in the South Region, has drawn the No. 9-seeded Clemson Tigers, who hail from the ACC, as its first-round matchup. Being two teams that earned at-large bids and sit in the middle of the bracket, it figures to be a tight game with how these programs want to play.

Despite that, CBS is not high on this game. They have ranked this near the bottom of the first-round games on the list of best NCAA Tournament first-round games.

23. (8) Clemson vs. (9) Iowa

Friday | 6:50 p.m. | TNTThis is a fairly nondescript matchup between two of the least-interesting high-major teams in the field. The winner gets a likely death sentence in the second round against Florida. But if you want to get excited about it, the Hawkeyes have one of the best guards in all of college basketball. Bennett Stirtz led Drake to an upset of Missouri in last year's first round before following coach Ben McCollum to Iowa. - David Cobb, CBS Sports

As CBS stated, there is no need to look any further than Iowa's point guard Bennett Stirtz for excitement. Not only is he the best player in this game, or the South Region, but he may be one of the best point guards in the entire NCAA Tournament field.

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