TIMES-REPUBLICAN AMES — The Cyclones got the No. 2 seed they deserved. Iowa State men’s basketball was presented with its path in the NCAA Tournament at a watch party at Johnny’s inside Hilton Coliseum on Selection Sunday, drawing a first-round matchup with No. 15 seed Tennessee ...

IOWA CITY — Home is where the Hawkeyes start. The Iowa women’s basketball team earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament and will host No. 15 seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes enter the tournament with a 26-6 record under ...

AMES — The Iowa State women’s basketball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women’s Tournament and will open postseason play as the No. 8 seed against No. 9 Syracuse in the first round. The game will be played in Storrs, Conn., as part of the regional hosted by top-seed UConn. The ...

IOWA CITY — The Iowa men’s basketball team learned Sunday it will return to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed and will face Clemson in the opening round. Iowa (21-12) will meet Clemson (24-10) in a South Region first-round game Friday in Tampa, Fla. The matchup marks Iowa’s first NCAA ...

CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa men’s basketball team is headed back to March Madness for the first time in a decade and will face a formidable opponent in the opening round. UNI drew the No. 12 seed in the East Region and will meet No. 5 seed St. John’s on Friday at Viejas Arena in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The United States women’s national team used a barrage of 3-pointers and a dominant defensive stretch to defeat New Zealand 101-46 on Sunday in the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament. The United States improved to 4-0 in the San Juan tournament and ...