The University of Iowa women's basketball team will be a two seed in the Greensboro Regional and will host the 2019 NCAA First and Second Rounds in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, March 22 and Sunday, March 24. It is the first time Iowa has earned a two seed since 1996. The Hawkeyes are 5-2 in … [Read more...]
Cyclones to host NCAA Women’s tourney as a 3 seed, face New Mexico State
The Iowa State women's basketball team has been selected to play in its 18th NCAA Tournament, and 11th appearance in the last 13 years. The 3rd-seeded Cyclones will face 14th-seeded New Mexico State in the first round, Saturday, March 23rd in Ames, Iowa. As one of the top-16 teams selected in the … [Read more...]
Drake women’s hoops a 10 seed, to face Mizzou in Iowa City
The Drake University women's basketball team (27-6) is a No. 10 seed in the 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Drake will play No. 7 Missouri (23-10) Friday, March 22, at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa at 3 p.m. CDT it was announced Monday on the NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show … [Read more...]
Teams announced as NCAA tourney returns to Des Moines
The eight teams that will play NCAA Tournament games at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines were announced on Sunday. Three Big Ten schools and one from the Missouri Valley Conference will make their way to the Capital City for the First and Second round match ups. East Region 11:15am … [Read more...]
Cyclones head to NCAA tourney a 6 seed, will face Ohio State
For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Iowa State men's basketball team will put on its dancing shoes. The Cyclones earned their 20th NCAA Tournament bid in school history this evening, as the 2019 NCAA Championship bracket was announced on CBS. The Cyclones are one of 15 teams in the … [Read more...]
Hawkeyes a 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, to face Cincinnati
The University of Iowa men's basketball team makes its return to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last six seasons, but when the 10th-seeded Hawkeyes face the seventh-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats on Friday in Columbus, Ohio, it will be the first for 15 Hawkeyes. Senior Nicholas Baer … [Read more...]
Iowa State tops Kansas to claim Big 12 tourney title
No. 5 Iowa State (23-11, 9-9 Big 12) won the 2019 Big 12 Championship with a 78-66 victory over No. 3 Kansas (25-9, 12-6 Big 12). It is the fourth time in the last six years that the Cyclones have won the conference tournament title. Seeded fifth, the Cyclones are the lowest seeded team to ever … [Read more...]
Hawkeyes open B1G tourney with resounding win over Illinois
A record-setting performance propelled the sixth-seeded University of Iowa men's basketball team on to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals for the first time since 2013. The Hawkeyes set or tied three school Big Ten Tournament records to run 11th-seeded Illinois out of the United Center on … [Read more...]
Drake’s Hittner named Valley player of the year
For the second-consecutive season, Drake University junior Becca Hittner is the Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year while senior Sammie Bachrodt is the MVC Defensive Player of the Year. The pair along with Drake's other MVC award winners were presented … [Read more...]
Cyclones dominate Baylor to open Big 12 tourney
No. 5 Iowa State (21-11, 9-9 Big 12) blew past No. 4 Baylor (19-13, 10-8) 83-66 in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals in front of a Cardinal and Gold dominated crowd. It was a team effort from the Cyclones in the opening game of the Big 12 tournament, as four players (Talen Horton-Tucker, 21, … [Read more...]