By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s nonconference men’s basketball schedule isn’t going to have a lot of games, but it’s going to be strong. The Hawkeyes will be playing North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on December 8 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. … Continue reading Hawkeyes get North Carolina in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
By John Bohnenkamp In a normal season, Ben Jacobson said, he would have been more curious to see the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball preseason poll. The Northern Iowa coach figured that his team and Loyola would be the top … Continue reading Panthers are the favorite heading into an unpredictable Valley season
By John Bohnenkamp He has one of the most experienced teams in college basketball this season. But Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said on Tuesday that in a season that will be played during the COVID-19 pandemic, that may not be … Continue reading Being a veteran team may not be enough for Hawkeyes
By John Bohnenkamp Doug Elgin looked out at the Wells Fargo Arena court and shook his head. Elgin, the Missouri Valley Conference’s commissioner, had come to the Hy-Vee (formerly Big Four) Classic for its finale in 2018. The two Valley … Continue reading Elgin was the perfect leader for the Valley
By John Bohnenkamp Northern Iowa begins its pursuit of back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball regular-season titles with three of its first four conference games at home. The Panthers, who went 25-6 overall and 14-4 in the Valley last season, open conference play with a Dec. 30 game against Missouri State. After a Jan. 3 road game at Bradley, UNI comes back home for a Jan. 6 game against Illinois State and a Jan. 9 game against Evansville. UNI brings back guard A.J. Green, the Valley’s player of the year last season who averaged 19.7 points per game. Drake, which … Continue reading Valley schedules released for UNI, Drake
By John Bohnenkamp Ben Jacobson thought he had put together a strong nonconference schedule for the 2020-21 college basketball season, but the Northern Iowa coach knew that probably wasn’t going to happen. When I talked to him three weeks ago, … Continue reading NCAA sets November 25 start date for college basketball
By John Bohnenkamp UNI was one game away from the NCAA Tournament last season despite winning just 16 games. A rough November and December put the Panthers into position where they needed a run in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in St. Louis to get to that point. But with four starters back from that team, UNI coach Ben Jacobson said earlier this summer the Panthers had learned some valuable lessons. “We had a tremendous amount of varying experiences last year. There are so many positives to that,”Jacobson says. “When you’re going through some of them, like we did in … Continue reading Breaking down UNI’s 2019-20 men’s basketball non conference schedule
Photo: Iowa coach Fran McCaffery will get to coach at The Palestra in Philadelphia this season, one of the interesting games on the Hawkeyes’ 2019-20 schedule, released Friday. By John Bohnenkamp There is a trip to Las Vegas. A trip … Continue reading Breaking down Iowa’s 2019-20 men’s basketball schedule
By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — The comparisons, of course, will be there, and Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder realizes the unfairness of that. There’s no more Megan Gustafson on the roster — the Hawkeyes’ all-time leading scorer and … Continue reading IOWA WOMEN: Czinano ready to create her own post presence
By John Bohnenkamp MACOMB, Ill. — Zach Glisan understands the narrative. In a lot of ways, it does feel like Western Illinois University’s football team is in transition, considering the names that were lost from last season. Glisan, a senior … Continue reading WIU MEDIA DAY: New tools, and new names, for Leathernecks
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