News Category: Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa, Utah battle for spot in NIT quarterfinals

It isn’t the NCAA Tournament, but that didn’t take any satisfaction away from Utah or Iowa after they won their first NIT games earlier this week. The Utes (20-14) earned their first 20-win season in five years with an 84-75 win over UC Irvine on Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes (19-14) were also happy to advance after defeating Kansas State 91-82 that same night. The teams will meet Sunday night when No. 2 seed Utah hosts

Denied trip to big dance, Kansas State faces Iowa in NIT opener

With thoughts of making the NCAA Tournament gone, Kansas State and Iowa return to the hardcourt Tuesday night for a first-round game in the NIT in Iowa City, Iowa. K-State (19-14) had plenty of Quad-1 victories to hold out hope for an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. But too many close wins in the lower quadrants, combined with an unusual number of bid thieves, eliminated any chance of the Wildcats making the field of

Ohio State, Iowa out to bolster NCAA tourney aspirations

There is so much more on the line than just advancing to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament when Iowa plays Ohio State on Thursday in Minneapolis. The loser of the second-round matchup between the No. 10 seed Buckeyes (19-12) and the seventh-seeded Hawkeyes (18-13) can likely start making plans for the NIT instead of keeping their hopes alive of making the NCAA Tournament. “I think we have work to do,” Iowa coach Fran

Iowa not expecting Sunday stroll over No. 12 Illinois

For No. 12 Illinois, there’s little at stake in the regular-season finale at Iowa on Sunday afternoon. The Big Ten title is out of reach, the No. 2 seed in next week’s Big Ten tournament is clinched, and a No. 4 or 5 NCAA Tournament seed seems virtually assured. But for Iowa, there’s so much more than Senior Night on the agenda. The Hawkeyes have won four of their last five games to enter this

Iowa, pushing for tourney bid, meets Northwestern

When you think triple-double and Iowa basketball, you probably think of Caitlin Clark. That’s understandable, since she has recorded 17 in one of the great careers in college basketball history. But Payton Sandfort pulled off the feat Tuesday night, becoming the first player in the Hawkeyes men’s basketball program to do it. His 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists led them to a 90-81 home win over Penn State that kept their NCAA Tournament

No. 12 Illinois bids to bounce back from setback in clash vs. Iowa

It’s nearly impossible to lose a game in regulation when you’re ahead by seven points and regain possession of the ball with one minute to go. Yet that’s exactly what No. 12 Illinois accomplished Wednesday night in a 90-89 loss at Penn State. The Fighting Illini (19-7, 10-5 Big Ten) look to rebound from that setback on Saturday afternoon against Iowa (16-11, 8-8) in Champaign, Ill. It won’t be easy for the Illini to shake

‘Up or down’ Iowa seeks consecutive wins with visit to Michigan State

Stuck in a win-one, lose-one rut during the last three weeks, Iowa will try to break the habit when it visits East Lansing, Mich., to face Michigan State on Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes posted an 88-86 overtime victory against Wisconsin on Saturday. They haven’t strung together consecutive wins since collecting three in a row from Jan. 6-15. They also haven’t absorbed consecutive defeats since falling to Purdue on Jan. 20 and then Maryland four days

No. 20 Wisconsin shoots to knock off Iowa again

No. 20 Wisconsin will try to complete a regular-season sweep against Iowa when the teams meet in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa. The Badgers (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten) are coming off a 62-54 win at home against Ohio State on Tuesday evening. The victory snapped a four-game skid, which included three losses on the road. Wisconsin center Steven Crowl said he and his teammates had the right mindset going

Seeking consistency, Iowa out to avenge earlier loss to Maryland

Iowa and Maryland have contrasting strengths and weaknesses, but both teams are struggling to sustain success ahead of their Big Ten meeting on Wednesday in College Park, Md. The Hawkeyes (14-10, 6-7 Big Ten) boast one of the Big Ten’s best shooting efficiencies (46.9 percent) and scoring averages (79 points per game) in conference play, yet they’ve oscillated between wins and losses throughout their last six games. Iowa’s defense has been shoddy throughout the Big