Mike Hlas

Joe Toussaint’s West Virginia team beat Iowa’s Thursday foe, Auburn. The Mountaineers face Maryland, a club the Hawkeyes know well.

Iowa assistant coach Matt Gatens was on Bruce Pearl’s Auburn staff four years ago. The Hawkeyes play Pearl’s Tigers Thursday in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Here’s what you need to know about the NCAA men’s basketball tournament first-round game between Iowa and Auburn. The Hawkeyes and Tigers have never met. Not even briefly.

Iowa is the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, plays Thursday in Birmingham. Which is close to Auburn.

Sunday’s brackets should clear a path to the Sweet 16 for the Iowa women and present a difficult one for the men.

A 73-69 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament sends Iowa home to get ample time to reboot for a first-round NCAA tourney game next week.

How to watch Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes play the 13th-seed Buckeyes for a spot in Friday’s quarterfinals against Michigan State.

Iowa junior Kris Murray was named first-team All-Big Ten by both the league’s media and coaches. Filip Rebraca was a third-team pick of media.

When I hear I have to join you Iowans in kicking in to help pay roughly half of a $4.2 million settlement to end a discrimination lawsuit brought by former Hawkeye football players against the University of Iowa, that doesn’t sit well. Especially when we’ve heard over and over about the self-sufficiency of the UI’s athletic department.

Iowa misses out on double-bye by losing Sunday, and Northwestern beating Rutgers

Iowa dominated most of the stats in an 81-77 to Nebraska loss except for a big one: Shooting.

If the Iowa men’s basketball team beats Nebraska at Carver, the Hawkeyes have a double-bye to Friday’s Big Ten tournament quarterfinals and probable No. 2 seed,.

It’s the last home game for a trio of Iowa men’s basketball players who have been stalwarts for a team vying for a tie for second place in the Big Ten.

How to watch Sunday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes can secure a fifth-straight 20-win season with a victory over the Huskers.

The Hawkeyes are entering March like lions after devouring the 15th-ranked Hoosiers, 90-68.