By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Missouri Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will have a new look, and they’ll be together in the same arena. The conference announced on Monday that both tournaments will be played at the Enterprise Center … Continue reading Top 2 Seeds In Valley Tournaments Will Get Double-Bye Under New Format
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s men’s basketball team will start a two-year neutral-court series with Alabama, beginning with a December 21 game at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. The Hawkeyes will play two games at the Casey’s Center this season. … Continue reading Hawkeyes Get Neutral Court Series With Alabama
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 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
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP CHICAGO — He has talked all season about not wanting his team to settle for “good.” Great teams, Iowa coach Ben McCollum has said, win the close games, and it was a subject he brought up again … Continue reading OHIO STATE 72, IOWA 69: McCollum Hopes Hawkeyes Can Get Past ‘Pretty Good’
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