Articles Tagged: Illinois Fighting Illini

Joey Cruz has been competing for the 125-pound starting spot. He has won his last two chances, including a major decision to spark Iowa’s 28-6 Big Ten Conference dual win over Illinois Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena,

University of Iowa’s Drake Ayala said he was destined to be a wrestler and than wrestling is in his family’s blood. They have been by side through the good and the bad. Now, he is reunited with his brother, Dru, on the Hawkeyes roster.

The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 12 of the college football season, including a prime-time Big 12 game at Jack Trice Stadium between Iowa State and Cincinnati.

The Iowa Hawkeyes fell to the Illinois Fighting Illini 3-1 during a Big Ten Conference match at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024

The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 8 of the college football season, including prime-time games for Iowa on the road and Iowa State at home.

Big Ten 2024 football so far: Indiana has been very good. Michigan and Wisconsin, not so much.

Illinois’ Bret Bielema explained on Tuesday why he has kept the Tigerhawk tattoo that he got when he was a 19-year-old football player at Iowa, plus more Iowa notes from the Big Ten’s football media days.

Iowa’s baseball season came to a conclusion Thursday afternoon as the Hawkeyes fell to Illinois, 4-2, in 10 innings in a Big Ten tournament loser’s bracket game at Omaha’s Charles Schwab Field.

Iowa State came up short against Illinois, 72-69, in the Sweet 16 Thursday night. Say what you want about this Cyclone team, but maximum “effort” and “fight” defined a season that included a second-place finish in the Big 12, a sixth conference tournament title.

Iowa has played its best basketball of the season over its last five games. With a win Sunday night, the Hawkeyes should close in on a spot in the NCAA tournament.

Previewing Sunday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Illinois: The Hawkeyes close the regular season with a banger against the Illinois team that beat them 95-85 in Champaign two weeks ago.

The fourth-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team beat the Illinois Fighting Illini 101-85 in a Big Ten game Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Iowa Hawkeyes dropped to 8-9 in the Big Ten after losing to No. 12 Illinois, which got a career-high 30 points from senior forward Coleman Hawkins.

Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Illinois.

Women’s basketball: With its Big Ten regular-season title hopes greatly diminished, No. 4 Iowa tries to rebuild momentum Sunday vs. Illinois. “You can’t sulk about one game; that’s not how this works,” Caitlin Clark said.