Iowa is 2-for-2 in Big Ten tourney and has won its last four games. It advances to face 13th-ranked Ohio State Friday night
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Iowa is 2-for-2 in Big Ten tourney and has won its last four games. It advances to face 13th-ranked Ohio State Friday night
The Hawkeyes blew an early 27-13 lead as they fell to No. 8 Michigan State on Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa still has work to do with two games left to qualify for the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament.
The winner advances to the league’s quarterfinals, and the loser goes home to wait for Selection Sunday.
Iowa proceeds to Thursday night second-round clash with No. 24 Michigan State.
The Spartans have hopes of a Big Ten regular-season championship and more. The Hawkeyes are trying to win their way into the Big Ten tournament.
Iowa can’t storm through tournament with three wins in three days as it did the last three years. Just reaching Friday’s quarterfinals will require two wins, starting with an instant rematch with Wisconsin.
The Big Ten Conference released pre-seeds Wednesday for this weekend’s conference tournament and NCAA qualifier hosted at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Drake Ayala (133) and Stephen Buchanan (197) earned No. 1 seeds.
Payton Sandfort’s final season with Iowa men’s basketball “hasn’t been what I dreamed of,” but he takes pride in his continued fight.
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Fran McCaffery has “no intention of moving on” from Iowa men’s basketball after the 2024-25 season, the 15th-year head coach told reporters on Tuesday.
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