Jeff Linder

First-round NCAA women’s basketball tournament games at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena are sold out; about 2,000 tickets remain for Sunday’s second round.

Associated Press unanimously tabbed Iowa’s Caitlin Clark as a first-team All-American. Iowa State’s Ashley Joens is a second-teamer; Iowa’s Monika Czinano earned honorable mention.

Illinois State rode a weekend full of defense to earn the MVC tournament title and an automatic NCAA bid. The Redbirds face No. 8-ranked Iowa at 3 p.m. Friday.

The Iowa-Iowa State hype can wait; there are storylines aplenty for the Iowa City subregion in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

Iowa earned a No. 2 seed and drew Illinois State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament

Iowa appears destined for a 3 seed for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, but matchups are more important than numbers, according to ESPN’s Charlie Creme.

John Steppe and Jeff Linder discuss Iowa's run to the Big Ten women's basketball tournament title and the Hawkeyes' NCAA Tournament outlook on this episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast.

The first draft of The Gazette’s 2022-23 Iowa high school girls basketball preseason rankings.

Cedar Rapids Washington’s Hannah Stuelke is named Miss Iowa Basketball 2022 and headlines a list of eight area first-team IPSWA all-state players.

Girls state basketball: Will Xavier Coach Tom Lilly step aside and leave on top? No way. “I’m coming back,” he said.

The Gazette’s girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings: Cedar Rapids Xavier begins, ends 2021-22 at No. 1.

Hero-by-committee Cedar Rapids Xavier took the final step, storming past Sioux City Heelan for the Class 4A girls’ state basketball championship.

North Linn rallied within four points in the fourth quarter, but Audi Crooks was too tall, and Algona Garrigan was too much in the Class 1A girls’ state basketball semifinals.

A look at Saturday’s Iowa high school girls’ state basketball games at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

A triple-overtime thriller behind, Cedar Rapids Xavier regroups, recovers and gets ready for the Class 4A girls’ state basketball championship game against Sioux City Heelan.