The sixth-seeded Hawkeyes will face third-seeded Oklahoma — coached by Iowa alum and Lisa Bluder era player Jennie Baranczyk — on Monday in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Follow The Gazette’s live blog below for score updates, highlights and analysis.
Craig Doty went head-to-head with McCollum when they coached in the same Division II conference. “We built our roster and our defensive system with the goal of taking them down,“ Doty said.
Ben McCollum joins the Hawkeyes after one season as the head coach at Drake. Before that, he spent 15 seasons at the helm at Northwest Missouri State.
McCollum, born in Iowa City and raised in Storm Lake, has won 81.8 percent of his games in his 15-year college coaching career.
NCAA women’s basketball: Sweet 16 is at stake when Iowa meets Oklahoma on Monday, and guarding the Sooners, according to Coach Jan Jensen, is a ‘10’ in degree of difficulty.
Stephen Buchanan came to Iowa to become a champion. Iowa needed him to accomplish that goal. Both reaped the rewards when he captured the 197-pound NCAA title. Iowa produces five All-Americans, Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson pulls off major upset, Penn State wins again and more in the NCAA Wrestling Weekend That Was.
NCAA women’s basketball: As an assistant coach and a hard-nosed player, Jan Jensen and Jennie (Lillis) Baranczyk teamed to lift the Hawkeyes in the early years of the Lisa Bluder era.
What to know about Monday’s NCAA women’s basketball game between Iowa and Oklahoma. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.
That’s two games in a row that the University of Iowa baseball team has scored a dozen runs against Ohio State. The Hawkeyes got five runs in the first inning Saturday and went on to a 12-5 victory.
University of Northern Iowa 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen wrestled for his second national title and a chance to play spoiler against Penn State’s Carter Starocci, who was going for his unprecedented fifth NCAA crown. Starocci won, 4-3.
Photos from the UCLA vs. Iowa softball game at Pearl Softball Field in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
NCAA women’s basketball: Freshmen are a focal point in the Hawkeyes’ first-round rout of Murray State. Ava Heiden and Taylor Stremlow hit double figures, and Solon native Callie Levin hits her first career basket.
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