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.
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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.
The Iowa Hawkeyes lost their second-round Big Ten men’s basketball tournament game to Ohio State, 90-78. They never led, and didn’t get closer than eight points in the final nine minutes.
Iowa’s Big Ten tournament opener against Ohio State on Thursday in Minneapolis is the definition of a must-win, and that’s to get to a probable must-win Friday against Illinois.
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. .
Tim Legler, normally in the role of an NBA analyst for ESPN, was put to use by SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt Sunday night to discuss Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
Hawkeyes finish 10-10 in the Big Ten, are No. 7 seed and will play hot Ohio State in Thursday’s second round of the Big Ten tournament
Iowa beat Nebraska 94-89 in overtime in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament championship game Sunday at Target Center in Minneapolis. It’s the Hawkeyes’ third straight Big Ten tournament title.
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