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Iowa’s Deal drops into portal

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IOWA CITY — Two members of the Iowa women’s basketball roster from the 2025-26 season have announced plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal following the end of the campaign. Freshman guard Addie Deal announced Monday on social media that she intends to leave the program and enter the ...

Hawkeyes relocate Norvell to RB coach

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IOWA CITY — Jay Norvell will move from senior offensive analyst to running backs coach at Iowa after Omar Young left the Hawkeye football program for a similar position with the Las Vegas Raiders last month, head coach Kirk Ferentz announced Monday. Norvell previously was head coach at ...

Iowa’s run ended by Illini

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HOUSTON — Illinois is heading to the Final Four for the first time in 21 years, and Andrej Stojakovic made clear the Fighting Illini have much bigger goals. “I don’t want anybody to think this is it,” he said. “We didn’t get to the Final Four just to get there. We’re coming to ...

Local all-stars show out

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GRIMES — The balance between fun exhibition and high-stakes prize fight tipped quickly toward the latter. You can’t assemble a bunch of basketball players this good and not expect them to compete. Marshalltown’s Kyle Smith and East Marshall’s Jackson Bidwell were teamed together as ...

Tennessee topples Jefferson-less Cyclones, 76-62

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CHICAGO — Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two. Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja'Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the regional finals ...

The coach-player bond with Ben McCollum drives Bennett Stirtz

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HOUSTON — Two years ago, Iowa coach Ben McCollum was at Division II Northwest Missouri State and right there with him was current Hawkeyes star Bennett Stirtz. It’s been a whirlwind journey for the pair since then. And on Saturday night, they’ll have a chance to carry Iowa to its first ...