By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Western Illinois’ men’s basketball team won 21 games and reached the Ohio Valley Conference tournament semifinals last season. But even with just three players returning from that team, the Leathernecks are still considered a title contender in … Continue reading WIU Men Picked No. 2, Women Are No. 6, In OVC Preseason Poll
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — It’s all a matter of viewpoint, Jan Jensen said. Jensen is Iowa’s new head women’s basketball coach after 24 seasons as an assistant, but there’s a big change that goes beyond the short move … Continue reading Jensen Embraces The New ‘Viewpoint’ With Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — Brock Harding isn’t afraid to speak up. Harding is just a sophomore on Iowa’s men’s basketball team, but even last year, when he was one of the youngest voices in the room, he was … Continue reading Harding Makes An Impact With His Voice, And His Improved Game
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten got seven teams into the NCAA women’s basketball tournament last season, and then added USC and UCLA, two teams expected to be in this season’s top five, along with Oregon and … Continue reading A Bigger Big Ten Will Be ‘Like The NCAA Tournament Every Night’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — The ghost of Caitlin Clark is probably going to be with the Iowa women’s basketball team for a while. The first question asked of players Hannah Stuelke and Lucy Olsen during Wednesday’s Big Ten … Continue reading Hawkeyes Ready To Ride The Next Wave
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke and Lucy Olsen were named to the Big Ten’s women’s basketball preseason all-conference team by the coaches and the media on Thursday. Stuelke, a junior, was a second-team All-Big Ten pick by the coaches … Continue reading Stuelke, Olsen Named To Preseason All-Big Ten Team
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena this season will be a hot ticket again. The university announced on Wednesday that general public season tickets for the 2024-25 season have been sold out for the second consecutive … Continue reading Iowa Women’s Basketball Home Schedule Is Another Sellout
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s men’s basketball team will open the Big Ten season in early December with a home game against Northwestern and a road game against Michigan. The 20-game conference schedule was released Thursday. The Hawkeyes will play host … Continue reading Iowa Opens Big Ten Season Vs. Northwestern
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Big Ten women’s basketball schedule features six Sunday home games this season. The full 18-game conference schedule, released on Thursday, includes games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Big Ten newcomers USC and UCLA, who are expected to … Continue reading Iowa Women Get Six Sunday Big Ten Home Games
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Return games against Green Bay and Central Arkansas lead Western Illinois’ nonconference men’s basketball schedule for this season. The Leathernecks play 11 nonconference games, opening the season with two road games in California. Western Illinois plays San Jose State (9-23, 244 NET) on November 4 and Pepperdine (13-20, 222 BET) on November 6. Western Illinois then comes home for two games. The Leathernecks play host to Green Bay (18-14, 223 NET) and new coach Doug Gottlieb on November 13, followed by a November 16 game against Central Arkansas (9-23, 344 NET) on November 16. The two games … Continue reading Leathernecks Play 11-Game Nonconference Schedule
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