Center Ava Heiden finished last season with a flourish for the Hawkeyes. Now she’s stepping into the starting lineup and great expectations.
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Center Ava Heiden finished last season with a flourish for the Hawkeyes. Now she’s stepping into the starting lineup and great expectations.
Women’s basketball: The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals his preseason ballot for the Associated Press. Defending NCAA champion UConn is No. 1; Iowa State is 9th, Iowa 23rd.
Banks, charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct at an Iowa City bar, was Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year for Ben McCollum last season at Drake.
Sandfort waived Tuesday after getting signed by the Thunder Monday, now seems headed to OKC’s G League team.
Three are in the NBA. Others are in Europe, Asia, and all over college basketball.
Ben McCollum’s first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.
Iowa women’s basketball: Times and TV has been added to the 2025-26 schedule.
Stirtz is a first-season Hawkeye, having transferred from Drake after being the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year there last season. He led the MVC in scoring (19.2 points per game) and steals (2.2), and also averaged 5.7 assists.
Iowa Women’s basketball: Hawkeye’s Hannah Stuelke is named to the preseason all-Big Ten team.
Women’s basketball: Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be sold out again in 2025-26. It is the third consecutive season of a season-long sellout.
Iowa women’s basketball: Ranked as the No. 6 senior in the nation by ESPN, Californian McKenna Woliczko picks Iowa over South Carolina, USC and Ohio State
Women’s basketball: Big Ten announces the 2025-26 schedule. Inviting home opponents include Michigan State, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State.
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