Mike Hlas

The bottom three of the 18 teams won’t advance to Indianapolis for the league tourney, and the Hawkeyes have work to do to be one of the 15 that do

Iowa remains winless in Big Ten road games, drops to 4-6 in the Big Ten.

The Buckeyes haven’t had the homecourt success of most Big Ten teams, and the Hawkeyes haven’t had any conference road successes this season.

Hawkeyes and Buckeyes are coming off tight wins. Iowa is in need of a couple road victories between now and the Big Ten tourney.

Iowa ends 3-game losing streak after sweating out the finish in which the Nittany Lions scored the last seven points.

At 3-5 in the Big Ten with three straight losses, Iowa badly needs a win. It faces a Penn State team that, like the Hawkeyes, likes to get up and go, and score.

Hawkeyes will try to halt 3-game skid and climb over Penn State in the Big Ten standings.

Lewis, a 6-foot-7 forward, had decommitted from hometown USF team. He announced his choice of Iowa Thursday.

Iowa’s third straight loss was a bad one, at home against Minnesota. Attendance remains down, while apathy is going up.

Iowa cut a 17-point deficit to 3, but got no closer in final seconds.

Gophers are 1-6 in the Big Ten, but have won 1 in a row. Iowa has lost its last two, but hasn’t dropped a conference game in Carver.

Ohio State football usually gets what it wants, which is all the more reason to hope it is denied happiness in Monday’s national-title game against the Irish

Iowa senior forward’s status is unclear for team’s home game against Minnesota Tuesday

McNamara was injury-plagued his two years at Iowa after ballyhooed transfer from Michigan.

For the second-straight game in L.A., Iowa’s opponent shot over 62 percent and had lots of easy baskets. The Bruins made their first nine shots and cruised to a 33-point halftime lead.