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Payton Sandfort announced Wednesday night that he was withdrawing from the NBA draft to return to the Hawkeyes. The senior-to-be wing will provide perimeter shooting, rebounding, leadership in his senior season.

Kyle Larson had hoped to race 1,100 miles Sunday. Rain messed that up, but Larson hopes to go 350 miles for a checkered flag in Iowa on June 16.

Bill Walton was a giant in more than size, bringing laughter and life through TV screens carrying basketball games many of us didn’t even care about all that much.

High-scoring Iowa forward Payton Sandfort will decide by Wednesday if he is staying in the NBA draft or returning for a fourth season with the Hawkeyes.

Ben Krikke helped his hometown Edmonton team win its season-opener before a Canadian Elite Basketball League-record crowd of 12,327 in Calgary.

Iowa State was a school-best 17th in latest Division I Director’s Cup standings after a winter of winners.

Here are the 0-4 Indiana Fever’s games, times, and TV for the rest of this week.

Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton has the game of his career to date Sunday in New York, a Game 7 against the Knicks.

Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever club got throttled 102-66 in Thursday home opener against New York. The Fever weren’t good before Clark. They still have a lot of work to do.

There will be no mass exodus of Iowa women’s basketball players after this coaching change. Jan Jensen replacing Lisa Bluder is the definition of stability in a program.

Seydou Traore announced he was transferring to Iowa. The 6-foot-7 Traore averaged 11.8 points, 8.2 rebounds for Division I Manhattan in 2023-24 as a freshman.

Lisa Bluder ended her career as Iowa’s women’s basketball coach Monday, leaving behind a program that has taken up residence in so many hearts

This week’s games for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces. Caitlin Clark of Iowa plays for Indiana, while former Hawkeyes Kate Martin and Megan Gustafson are with Las Vegas, as well as Marion’s Kiah Stokes.

If you want to remember where you parked your car, here are some things to keep out your brainpans.

It won’t be hard to find Caitlin Clark on your television this spring and summer as her Indiana Fever bounces around America.