After squandering a chance to win the Big Ten regular championship the Iowa Hawkeye baseball team is getting ready for Wednesday night’s start of the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Iowa’s regular season title hopes vanished with a sweep at the hands of fifth ranked Oregon.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller who says the attitude has been good in practice this week.

Heller believes the Hawkeyes can rebound with a good week.

Heller says the starting pitching needs to get deeper into games this week.

Iowa catcher Daniel Rogers says the Hawkeyes view the tournament as a fresh start.

After winning their first eight Big Ten series the Hawkeyes have lost momentum over the last few weeks.

Iowa opens on Wednesday night against Rutgers and the tournament has a new format this year. The Hawkeyes are in a pod with Indiana and Rutgers. Those teams are playing this afternoon in Omaha and Iowa needs to beat the winner of that game to clinch a spot in Saturday’s semifinals.

The Hawkeyes play Indiana Friday afternoon.