By John Bohnenkamp Iowa plays top-ranked Gonzaga on Saturday, which is cool, the Hawkeyes said. Then three days later, the No. 3 Hawkeyes play Purdue at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the Big Ten opener. So, regardless of what happens against the … Continue reading It’s Gonzaga, And Then The Rest Of The Season, For The Hawkeyes

By John Bohnenkamp His team was down to seven scholarship players, and that, Ben Jacobson said on Monday, is one reason why Northern Iowa canceled its last two nonconference basketball games. But Jacobson said the mental health aspect was another … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: UNI’s Decision Was The Right Call

By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — It’s quite the luxury when you can keep a national player-of-the-year candidate on the bench for almost 11 minutes, and still beat your in-state rival by 28 points. Fran McCaffery doesn’t like to play … Continue reading While Garza Waited, Hawkeyes Kept Going

By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — Stop calling them young. OK, check the ages of the Iowa women’s basketball team and yes, going from that, the Hawkeyes are young. But, when you come back from 18 points down early in … Continue reading Electric Youth: Hawkeyes’ Comeback Shows Their Maturity

By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — Waves of Carolina blue kept pounding Luka Garza. It wasn’t unexpected. Garza, Iowa’s 6-foot-11 All-American center, has been pushed, shoved, grabbed, smothered, whatever you want to call it, over the last two seasons. And … Continue reading Iowa’s guards ride the Garza waves

By John Bohnenkamp Luka Garza gave a detailed scouting report of North Carolina’s frontcourt on Monday. There is going to be wave after wave of big Tar Heels coming at the Iowa center in Tuesday’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge game at … Continue reading Garza, Hawkeyes know what they’ll be getting against Tar Heels

By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten’s women’s basketball player of the week and freshman of the week on Monday. Her coach, though, called Clark “a work in progress.” It’s an interesting thought about what could … Continue reading A ‘work in progress,’ but Clark has built a strong foundation

By John Bohnenkamp There is a big hole in Western Illinois’ men’s basketball schedule. The Leathernecks are in the middle of a nine-day, five-game stretch of games, finishing with Saturday’s game against Eastern Illinois. But after that, there is nothing … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Jeter knows more games will help WIU

By John Bohnenkamp Caitlin Clark was in a starring role for three quarters, then was the director and the producer for the final 10 minutes. The Iowa freshman guard put on another performance in the 103-97 win at Drake on … Continue reading It’s a clutch performance for Clark, Hawkeyes

By John Bohnenkamp It’s a scouting report that Jordan Bohannon calls “one of the more bizarre scouts I’ve been a part of in my five years at Iowa.” Iowa faces Western Illinois in Thursday’s 7 p.m. game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena … Continue reading IOWA NOTEBOOK: Hawkeyes don’t know much about Leathernecks