By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Missouri Valley Conference revealed its 20-game men’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday as the league expands to 12 teams. The round-robin schedule of 18 games is gone. Now teams will play nine conference opponents twice, and … Continue reading Valley Unveils 20-Game Conference Schedule
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The opening part of Iowa’s men’s basketball schedule got tougher on Thursday when the Big Ten portion was announced. The Hawkeyes open conference play on December 11 against Wisconsin. That will conclude an eight-game stretch in which … Continue reading Iowa Gets Wisconsin At Home In Big Ten Opener
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP If Iowa wants to repeat as Big Ten women’s basketball champions, the Hawkeyes will have to pass through the conference’s best teams in the closing weeks of the season. Seven of Iowa’s final 10 regular season games … Continue reading Iowa’s Big Ten Women’s Schedule Announced
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Western Illinois University’s women’s basketball team opens the season at Minnesota as part of a 11-game non conference schedule. The Leathernecks, who went 14-15 last season, play the Gophers on November 7, then play at Southern Indiana … Continue reading Leathernecks Open Season At Minnesota
By John Bohnenkamp Much of the talk of Thursday’s announcement of the Big Ten’s new 7-year, $7 billion media rights deal with Fox, CBS and NBC centered on the football package and its impact on the conference. But there also … Continue reading How The Big Ten’s New Media Deal Affects Basketball
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa guard Kylie Feuerbach will miss the 2022-23 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, coach Lisa Bluder announced on Friday. Feuerbach, a 6-foot junior, suffered the injury during a team workout. She is scheduled … Continue reading Iowa Loses Feuerbach For The Season
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s women’s basketball team could face three teams in this season’s non-conference schedule that finished in the top 10 of the NCAA’s NET last season. The Hawkeyes will face North Carolina State (32-4, 2 NET) in a … Continue reading Iowa’s Women’s Schedule Features Some Of Nation’s Top Teams
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s non-conference men’s basketball schedule includes three neutral-court games and one road game. The Hawkeyes open the season with home games against Bethune-Cookman (9-21 last season, 337 NET, 333 KenPom) on November 7 and North Carolina A&T … Continue reading Breaking Down Iowa’s Non-Conference Schedule
By John Bohnenkamp The Missouri Valley Conference hasn’t been immune from conference realignment in the last few seasons. The conference lost Loyola (Chicago) after last season and added Belmont, Murray State and Illinois-Chicago beginning this season. Commissioner Jeff Jackson said … Continue reading Bigger Valley Has New Teams, More Games
By John Bohnenkamp It was no secret that Iowa was going to play Duke in the Jimmy V Classic — reports of the matchup had been circulating for weeks on social media, and the Hawkeye players even talked about the … Continue reading It’s Official: Iowa Will Play Duke In Jimmy V Classic
