Iowa members of Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition starting to take action
Will Fineman, Sports Reporter
July 7, 2020
Ten student-athletes, coaches, and staff members from the University of Iowa have been chosen to be members of the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition. The team was announced by Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren in an open letter June 1, and according to Iowa’s members, is being forme...
Iowa guard Joe Toussaint ready to build off impressive freshman season
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 30, 2020
Joe Toussaint’s role on the Iowa men’s basketball team changed 11 games into the 2019-20 season. Starting guard Jordan Bohannon opted to shut his season down Dec. 16 so that he could undergo hip surgery, and Toussaint went from getting minutes off the bench to being a starting point guard...
Social media changing how fans interact with sports
Chris Werner, Sports Reporter
June 28, 2020
In 2012, when Chicago Bulls color commentator Stacey King started asking the rhetorical question, “Does anybody know how to post videos to Facebook?” after particularly high-flying dunks, he couldn’t have forecast what the next eight years would bring. Since Facebook’s founding 16 years...
Former Hawkeye Jarrod Uthoff named to All-NBA G League first team
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 26, 2020
Former Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff was named to the 2019-20 All-NBA G League first team on Friday. Uthoff played his last season for the Hawkeyes in 2016, and has appeared in the G League in three of the last four seasons. With the Hustle this season, Uthoff averaged 18.4 points and 10.7 rebou...
Luka Garza’s decision coming ‘relatively soon,’ head coach Fran McCaffery says
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 25, 2020
The talk of the offseason surrounding the Iowa men’s basketball team usually comes down to one thing — whether or not Luka Garza is coming back for his senior year. “I think we’ll have an answer relatively soon,” head coach Fran McCaffery said Thursday in a Facebook live session. “I alw...
Big Ten Network announces men’s basketball All-Decade team
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 24, 2020
Over the past three days, the Big Ten Network has unveiled the members of its All-Decade men's basketball team. The voting was done by a 24-person panel, which selected the best players in the conference from 2010-2019. No Iowa players are among the 16 selected by the BTN panel. Below is BTN's full ...
Iowa grads B.J. Armstrong, Melissa Isaacson reflect on ‘The Last Dance’
Chris Werner, Sports Reporter
June 23, 2020
ESPN’s documentary The Last Dance, a 10-part series on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, took over the sports world for much of April and May. Two University of Iowa graduates with firsthand experience of the Bulls’ dynasty were among the dozens of people interviewed for the project. B....
Iowa men’s basketball faces high expectations going into 2020-21 season
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 23, 2020
The Iowa men’s basketball team’s 2019-20 season was cut short before postseason play could begin due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hawkeyes have a deep, talented roster returning for the upcoming season. Expectations are high — as they should be. Reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Luka ...
NCAA Division I Council approves plan for men’s and women’s summer basketball activities
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 18, 2020
The NCAA Division I Council approved a plan for summer athletics activities for men's and women's basketball on Wednesday. The adopted plan extends the current rule, which allows voluntary workouts and up to eight hours of virtual nonphysical activities through July 19. The Council said it wi...
Hardship waiver approved for Iowa’s Patrick McCaffery
Robert Read, Sports Editor
May 29, 2020
Iowa men's basketball forward Patrick McCaffery's hardship waiver petition has been approved by the Big Ten Conference. He has four years of eligibility remaining. McCaffery saw limited action in the first two games of his true freshman season before missing the remainder of the 2019-20 seaso...
Iowa’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to resume activities June 1
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
May 22, 2020
On Friday, The University of Iowa announced a pilot program that will slowly initiate a return to normalcy on campus. Among those entities allowed to return is Iowa's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Select coaches and staff will return on June 1 with football players to follow on June ...
Bohannon, Nunge have hardship waivers approved
Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor
May 12, 2020
Iowa men's basketball's Jordan Bohannon and Jack Nunge will receive an extra year of eligibility after their hardship waiver petitions were approved by the Big Ten Conference on Tuesday. Bohannon played in 10 games last season before undergoing season-ending surgery on his left hip in December. He ha...