Mike Hlas

Iowa’s men’s basketball team lost a seven-point second-half lead, falling to 5-7 in the Big Ten with an 89-79 loss at Penn State despite shooting 56 percent from the field.

A Purdy-to-Kittle game-winner in Sunday’s Super Bowl would tickle a lot of people in Iowa, including this writer.

Previewing Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Penn State: The Hawkeyes seek to hit .500 in the Big Ten against a Nittany Lions team fresh off two big road wins.

This Iowa women’s basketball season is too good, too fun and too short for us to get bogged down in nonfactual nonsense about Caitlin Clark.

Iowa team leader has five straight 20-point games, something a Hawkeye guard hasn’t done in a half-century.

Patrick McCaffery made four free throws in final 21 seconds to help Iowa hold off Ohio State.

Previewing Friday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Ohio State: The Buckeyes haven’t won a true road game this season, and the Hawkeyes will try to make sure that continues when they clash in Carver.

Linn-Mar grad Kiah Stokes is Kelsey Plum’s teammate on the two-time WNBA-champion Las Vegas Aces. Stokes and her teammates are interested and excited to see how Clark does in their league.

Indiana scored the last eight points for a 74-68 victory over Iowa, despite a second-straight 26-point effort from Payton Sandfort

Previewing Tuesday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Indiana: The Hawkeyes seek their fifth-straight win over the Hoosiers in order to get to .500 in the Big Ten.

Tony Perkins is a hot Hawkeye, averaging 22.7 points and shooting very well over last three games. He scorched the Hoosiers at Assembly Hall last season.

Caitlin Clark was mortal for a half with 10 points. Then she was herself and more afterward, scoring 28 in the second-half during the Hawkeyes’ 92-73 win over Nebraska.

Previewing Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Michigan: The Hawkeyes will try to bounce back after a home loss to Maryland Wednesday. The Wolverines are trying to bounce back themselves, having lost seven of their last eight games.

Fifth-year senior scores with two seconds left to cap his brilliant finish in Terrapins’ win over Hawkeyes

Longevity is the name of the game for high-profile Hawkeye coaches. Beth Goetz’s tenure as Iowa’s athletics director will be judged on how she replaces them after they have retired.