Iowa Basketball

Somewhat rested and revitalized after suffering its first setback in more than two months, the fifth-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team hosts enigmatic Nebraska on Saturday.

Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s women’s basketball game between No. 5 Iowa and Nebraska.

Previewing Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Michigan: The Hawkeyes will try to bounce back after a home loss to Maryland Wednesday. The Wolverines are trying to bounce back themselves, having lost seven of their last eight games.

The Class 4A boys’ rankings saw a big shake-up this week (though Cedar Rapids Kennedy is still the clear No. 1) and that leads this episode of Call It Both Ways, a podcast about Iowa high school basketball.

Longevity is the name of the game for high-profile Hawkeye coaches. Beth Goetz’s tenure as Iowa’s athletics director will be judged on how she replaces them after they have retired.

Beth Goetz plans on “staying as long as President Wilson will have me,” she said Tuesday at her introductory news conference as Iowa’s permanent athletics director.

Iowa hosts Maryland Wednesday night without Ladji Dembele, so Even Brauns could get his playing time extended as a backup for Owen Freeman.

The Iowa men’s basketball team is going for its fifth-straight win against Maryland on Wednesday, but faces one of Big Ten’s premier players in Jahmir Young. Here’s how to watch and what to know about the game.