Mike Hlas

Peyton McCollum averaged 13.1 points, 5.2 steals for Waukee Northwest’s state runner-up team

Iowa to play Bucknell there on Dec. 20 with tickets going on sale next week

Joey Matteoni, a redshirt freshman forward, joins five other former Bulldogs and ex-Drake coach Ben McCollum in Iowa City.

Like its game-opponent, Kansas State, the Cyclones will have 10,000-plus fans crossing the Atlantic for the Aug. 23 game in Ireland.

Several times an hour, day after day after day, it’s “After a great conversation with Coach X, I am blessed to receive an offer from Coach Y.”

Williamson, a sophomore-to-be, played 24 minutes per game and started 16 times last season for FIU.

The combined worth of the contract extensions San Francisco’s pass-catch combo recently signed? Oh, a mere $341 million.

Oregon smacks five homers, wins 13-4 to finish 3-game sweep in Iowa City to pass Hawkeyes and finish first in the Big Ten standings.

For the fourth-straight season, Iowa opens at 7.5 wins. That paid off in 2023 and 2024. But it doesn’t suggest a College Football Playoff berth is at the end of the 2025 rainbow.

Hawkeyes are in first-place entering 3-game home set with Oregon and need two wins for at least a tie of the Big Ten regular-season championship. One problem: The Ducks are the No. 5 team in the nation.

Hawkeyes Coach Ben McCollum says Stirtz, who has been with him the last three years, will be an NBA first-round draft pick next year.

Lueth, a 6-foot-7 guard from Ames, is going to the Ivy League from the Cedar Rapids community college. That’s after he speaks at Kirkwood’s commencement ceremony later this week.

Armstrong was an Iowa player 36 years ago, then played on three NBA championship teams in Chicago.

The new Iowa men’s basketball coach said there’s no magic in building a winner. McCollum said he looks at the emotional side of players as much or more as their physical attributes.

Seven Big Ten states including No. 14 Iowa -- down eight spots from last year -- are in the U.S. News & World Report top 20. The SEC? Just one.