Iowa Basketball

At least four of the state of Iowa’s Division I basketball teams head to the NCAA tournament, and there isn’t a one of them that hasn’t already done big things

To paraphrase Jimmy Dugan, the National Invitation Tournament isn’t supposed to be fun. If it were fun, everyone would want to be in it.

In the University of Iowa’s rich women’s basketball annals, No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament have been uncommon. The Hawkeyes are expected to earn a rare 1-seed Sunday, when the NCAA bracket is released (7 p.m., ESPN).

Iowa’s NIT fate was sealed Thursday when it dropped to 18-14 after dropping a 90-78 decision to Ohio State at the Big Ten tournament in Target Center.

Previewing Thursday’s Big Ten men’s basketball tournament second-round game between Iowa and Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, where Hawkeye basketball teams are 6-0 over the last 53 weeks.

Addie Deal, the 12th-ranked prospect in the 2025 class according to ESPN, committed to the University of Iowa on Tuesday.

Iowa 6-foot-10 freshman Owen Freeman has done more than average double-digits in scoring in securing Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors, and the sky may be the limit.

Freeman was the conference’s Freshman of the Week nine times. Also, Hawkeye guard Tony Perkins (2nd-team) and forward Payton Sandfort (3rd-team) are got All-Big Ten recognition. .