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...
Iowa men’s basketball set to return depth to lineup
Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor
May 4, 2020
The Iowa men’s basketball team will add some coveted firepower into its lineup next season whether Luka Garza decides to return or not. After Jordan Bohannon, Jack Nunge, and Patrick McCaffery missed significant time last season with injury or recovering from injury, all three will return to he...
McCaffery impressed by Iowa basketball captains’ leadership
Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor
April 30, 2020
There are only so many things student-athletes can do when they're left by themselves without a season. Options include going to a virtual class, working out, and playing video games. If the student-athlete is an Iowa basketball player, there's an emphasis on all three. Iowa men's basketball head ...
Lineup breakdown: Iowa men’s basketball
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 28, 2020
The Iowa men’s basketball team surprised many by being among the top teams in the Big Ten last season. Next season, the Hawkeyes won’t be sneaking up on anybody. Iowa finished the 2019-20 season with a 20-11 record before the Big Ten and NCAA men’s basketball tournaments were canceled amid ...
Jarrod Uthoff’s G League journey halted by COVID-19
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 28, 2020
Former Hawkeye men's basketball player Jarrod Uthoff has traveled a unique road in professional basketball since departing from Iowa in 2016. Uthoff has played for seven professional basketball teams in four years. At the conclusion of the 2016 NBA Draft, Uthoff had not been selected. The Toron...
Joe Wieskamp to return to Iowa for junior season, bypass 2020 NBA Draft process
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 25, 2020
Iowa's Joe Wieskamp will forgo the 2020 NBA Draft process and return to Iowa for his junior season, according to a statement released on the Iowa men's basketball Twitter account on Saturday. "I have decided not to put my name in the NBA Draft this year due to the all the unknowns in regards to te...
Cordell Pemsl to transfer to Virginia Tech
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 19, 2020
Former Iowa forward Cordell Pemsl announced on his Instagram page Sunday that he has committed to Virginia Tech to close out his college basketball career. This decision comes after Pemsl put his name in the transfer portal on April 3. Pemsl has played for the Hawkeyes the last four seasons. Durin...
Riley Till to finish college career at Cal Poly
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 17, 2020
After his Hawkeye career came to an abrupt end earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Riley Till announced on social media Friday that he will continue his college basketball career at Cal Poly while also working toward his master's. Till, who has spent the last four years as a forwa...
Multi-sport athlete Connor McCaffery waiting to get back to work
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 16, 2020
As a multi-sport athlete who can be seen in the outfield for the Iowa baseball team after he finishes his season as a starter for the Hawkeye men’s basketball team, Connor McCaffery doesn't typically have much of an offseason. Typically. Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he’s at home and l...
Kriener looking toward future after season cancellation
Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor
April 14, 2020
If anyone would have looked at Wikipedia shortly after the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was canceled, they would have seen Iowa listed as the national champions. Hawkeye fans have Ryan Kriener to thank for that. After the Big Ten Tournament was canceled and before the NCAA Tournament got s...