TAMPA, Fla. — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and No. 9 seed Iowa weathered his erratic shooting to hold off eighth-seeded Clemson 67-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night. The Hawkeyes (22-12), making their March Madness debut under coach Ben McCollum, move on to a ...
ST. LOUIS — Nobody on the Iowa State bench knew how badly Joshua Jefferson was hurt when the All-American forward landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the opening minutes of their first-round game against Tennessee State on Friday. They certainly didn’t seem too worried about ...
STORRS, Conn. — An evenly matched pairing headlines the first round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament as No. 8 seed Iowa State meets No. 9 seed Syracuse on Saturday at Gampel Pavilion. Both teams enter with similar résumés. Iowa State is 22-9 overall after a 10-8 finish in the Big 12, ...
IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes were primarily a guard-oriented team the last time they were seeded so highly for the women’s NCAA Tournament. Of course, it was just a couple of seasons ago and that guard was Caitlin Clark, college basketball’s all-time leading scorer. The Hawkeyes ...
All five of T.J. Otzelberger’s Iowa State teams have reached the NCAA Tournament and this one could be his best so far. No. 2 in the Midwest Region, the Cyclones are a top-three seed for a third straight year. After a Big 12 semifinals loss to Arizona at the buzzer, Otzelberger said he ...
PHILADELPHIA — The recent championship trophies suggest that, perhaps, there’s been a shift in the Big East hierarchy. Rick Pitino and St. John’s were the outright regular-season champions each of the past two years and paired those with Big East Tournament titles, too. The latest ...
