By JOHN BOHNENKAMP This is the second season Fran McCaffery will actually be coaching Owen Freeman. McCaffery’s advice to Freeman now, though, is the same advice the Iowa coach has been giving him since he was in high school. “He … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Freeman Ready To Expand His Game
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The tone in Raegan McCowan’s voice concerned Western Illinois women’s basketball coach JD Gravina. McCowan’s first season had her posting numbers that were among the best in NCAA Division I. She was the Ohio Valley Conference’s freshman … Continue reading McCowan Comes Back To WIU To Be With ‘Family’
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 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 Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten’s player of the week on Monday for the 24th time in her career. That is a new conference record, surpassing the 23 awards won by Iowa’s Megan Gustafson during … Continue reading Iowa Notebook: Clark, Freeman Pick Up Big Ten Awards
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