By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s men’s basketball team will get home-and-home matchups with Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana and Wisconsin next season, but will only see Purdue and Illinois once. Iowa’s women’s team will see Maryland and Indiana twice next season, … Continue reading Big Ten Matchups Announced For Iowa Men, Women
By John Bohnenkamp Iowa’s Caitlin Clark picked up two honors as the nation’s top point guard on Friday night. The sophomore won the Nancy Lieberman Award and the Dawn Staley Point Guard Of The Year award after a season in … Continue reading Clark Named Nation’s Top Point Guard
By John Bohnenkamp Caitlin Clark’s cold glare reached the back of the press conference room, and beyond. Iowa’s 64-62 loss to 10th seed Creighton in Sunday’s NCAA tournament second-round game wasn’t even a half-hour old and Clark, the Hawkeyes’ All-American … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Early Exit Has Hawkeyes Thinking About Next Year
By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — Jim Flanery remembered walking into Creighton’s practice facility at 6:15 a.m. during the fall for some pickup basketball. Lauren Jensen, who had transferred from Iowa last spring, was always there getting in some shooting … Continue reading CREIGHTON 64, IOWA 62: Jensen Comes Back And Helps Eliminate Hawkeyes
By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark understands. Iowa’s NCAA tournament second-round game against Creighton on Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a sellout. That’s big. The noon game is also on ABC, the only NCAA women’s game in … Continue reading ABC, And A Sellout Crowd? That’s Big For Hawkeyes And Bluejays
By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY — You don’t sleepwalk through a game when you’re a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. Take a nap, and a lower seed gives you a nightmare that haunts you throughout the offseason. You … Continue reading IOWA 98, ILLINOIS STATE 58: Hawkeyes Are Awake, And Advance
By John Bohnenkamp JD Gravina has seen the relentlessness of South Dakota three times this season. “They just don’t give you much room for error,” the Western Illinois coach said on Saturday, after the 75-49 loss to the Coyotes in … Continue reading SOUTH DAKOTA 75, WIU 49: Relentless Coyotes End Leathernecks’ Season
By John Bohnenkamp Getting a lead on South Dakota hasn’t been a problem for Western Illinois’ women’s basketball team this season. Finishing the game has been. And it’s a problem the Leathernecks have to solve before playing Saturday’s Summit League … Continue reading Leathernecks Get A Third Chance Against Coyotes
By John Bohnenkamp Western Illinois coach JD Gravina knew he had players deserving of postseason honors in the Summit League. Given the depth of talent, though, Gravina wasn’t sure how the selections would go. “I have never seen a more … Continue reading WIU’s Nichols, Lutz And Zars Receive Conference Awards
By John Bohnenkamp The Big Ten women’s basketball player of the year award never seems to leave Iowa these days. Caitlin Clark picked up the honor on Tuesday, becoming the Hawkeyes’ fourth winner in the last five seasons. Center Megan … Continue reading Clark Continues Iowa’s Run Of Big Ten Player Of The Year Honors
