Mike Hlas

Minnesota hasn’t been competitive lately, but Iowa hasn’t fared well this season against the Big Ten’s second-division clubs.

How to watch Sunday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Minnesota.

No. 1 Purdue built a big first-half lead behind freshman guards, then held on to hang an 87-73 loss on Iowa.

Behind a career-high 24 points by freshman Braden Smith, Purdue goes to 23-2 and ends Iowa’s three-game winning streak.

Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith were starters on Day 1 this season for Purdue. That was 22 wins and just two losses ago.

How to watch Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at No. 1 Purdue. It’s a rematch of last year’s Big Ten championship game, but without two lottery picks.

Zach Edey is the National Player of the Year-in-waiting, and he and No. 1 Purdue host Iowa Thursday night.

The Hawkeyes seek a second win over a No. 1 team in Fran McCaffery’s tenure at Iowa.

The junior guard scored a career-high 32 points in Iowa’s 81-79 win over the Illini Saturday.

Iowa and Illinois: Two teams that are playing well and two programs that have done quite well in recent Februarys meet Saturday afternoon in Carver.

How to watch Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Illinois. The Illini seek their fourth-straight road win, the Hawkeyes seek a three-game homestand sweep.

Come on, you didn’t really expect Kirk Ferentz to fire or even demote Brian Ferentz, did you?

Iowa junior Caitlin Clark scored 42 points, and the Hawkeyes overwhelmed No. 8 Maryland Thursday night, 96-82.

Illinois’ Orange Krush organization got a hold of 200 tickets for Saturday’s men’s basketball clash in Iowa City, but then the tickets were invalidated.

Payton Sandfort made a 3-pointer and three free throws with 3:36 left and matched teammate Filip Rebraca’s 20 points in Iowa’s 86-70 win over Northwestern.