By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team will play a home-and-home series with Connecticut in the next two seasons, the university announced on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes will play at UConn this season at a date to be determined. The Huskies … Continue reading Iowa Women Will Face UConn In Home-And-Home Series
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa will get home-and-home games with Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin as part of the 2026-27 Big Ten men’s basketball schedule, the conference announced on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes are coming off a 24-13 season that included a run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes split with Nebraska during the regular season last season, then beat the Huskers in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1987. Iowa defeated Ohio State in their lone regular-season matchup, then lost to the Buckeyes in the third round of … Continue reading Hawkeyes Get Nebraska, Ohio State And Wisconsin As Their Double Plays
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ben McCollum took Iowa to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in his first season as men’s basketball coach. It also earned him a contract extension. McCollum signed an extension through 2032, the university announced on … Continue reading McCollum Signs Extension At Iowa
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The timing was right, Raegan McCowan said, to make a move. And now the former Western Illinois guard has a new home. McCowan announced on Thursday that she was transferring to Houston after three years with the … Continue reading Former WIU Guard McCowan Chooses Houston
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It didn’t take long, JD Gravina said, for the high of a championship season to wear off. Gravina’s Western Illinois women’s basketball team shared the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title, then won the conference tournament to earn … Continue reading Gravina Sees A Big Picture For Leathernecks
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ben McCollum detailed his plan for what’s next for Iowa long before the Hawkeyes made their run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes played in some rare air over the weekend — the … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: McCollum Now Has A New Memory To Provide Fuel For What’s Next
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jan Jensen tried to emphasize the positives even as the negatives were staring back at her from the post-game press conference table. Then the Iowa women’s basketball coach finally had to acknowledge what … Continue reading A Stunning Loss Is A Blueprint For What Comes Next For Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It didn’t take Jan Jensen long to find Iowa’s problem as she analyzed the video from Saturday’s NCAA Tournament first-round win over Fairleigh Dickinson. The 58-48 near-upset was still fresh for Jensen as she watched the video … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Iowa, Virginia Know March Is About The Mind
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — The options were running out. Iowa had spent the first three quarters of Saturday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament first-round game trying to shake a team that had an answer for every run, one … Continue reading IOWA 58, FDU 48: Heiden Carries The Weight On A Heavy Day
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Allie Meadows knew it was a big deal that Western Illinois was going to the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Then the senior guard saw just how much it meant for the community. “We got … Continue reading Leathernecks Embrace NCAA Tournament Opportunity, And The Support That Comes With It
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