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Bidwell bags All-State honors

DES MOINES — The best season in nearly a decade for East Marshall boys basketball came with postseason perks, too. Mustang senior guard Jackson Bidwell was named to the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s Class 1A All-State third team in a vote of statewide media and coaches on ...

UNI’s Goebel named MVC Defensive Player of Year

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Valley Conference announced its 2026 women’s basketball all-conference teams Tuesday, with Northern Iowa and Drake each placing multiple players among the league’s postseason honorees. Northern Iowa senior forward Ryley Goebel highlighted the in-state ...

Cyclones find themselves on the 2-line

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 ...

Hawkeyes feel right at home

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 ...

Iowa State women to square off with Syracuse

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 ...

Hawks draw Clemson for first round

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 ...