Luka Garza’s Sunday announcement time scheduled
Robert Read, Sports Editor
August 1, 2020
Hawkeye fans can clear their Sunday afternoon schedules. According to a release from the Iowa athletics department, Luka Garza will announce on a video conference at 12:15 p.m. Sunday if he is returning to the Hawkeyes for his senior season. Plan [email protected]_55 will announce his future...
Luka Garza facing NBA decision with much still unknown
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 30, 2020
Luka Garza has a decision to make. Either the 6-foot-11 center follows up his record-breaking junior season at Iowa by coming back for his senior year, or he turns professional and keeps his name in the 2020 NBA Draft. As first reported by 247 Sports, Garza will announce his decision Sunda...
NBA set to tip-off on season restart in Orlando
Chris Werner, Sports Reporter
July 29, 2020
While Disney World near Orlando, Florida, has long been a popular destination for vacationing families, it has never been a mecca for an entire professional sports league. Beginning today at 5:30 pm., when the Utah Jazz face off against the New Orleans Pelicans, that will change. The NBA a...
School records are in reach for Luka Garza if he returns for senior season
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 28, 2020
The Iowa men’s basketball record book could look a lot different if Luka Garza decides to return to the Hawkeyes and play his senior season. That is, if a complete season even takes place. The 6-foot-11 center will announce August 2 if he is returning to Iowa City for another year or keeping his n...
Iowa men’s basketball pauses workouts following two positive COVID-19 tests
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 28, 2020
The Iowa athletics department announced Tuesday that the men's basketball team has paused workouts for 14 days after two student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. According to a release, following the positive test result, protocol established by UI Athletics and medical staff, including contact tra...
Iowa’s Luka Garza reportedly on NBA Combine invitation list
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 24, 2020
According to a report by ESPN NBA draft analyst Jonathan Givony, the NBA recently sent teams a list of 105 players who are options to be invited to the 2020 NBA Combine. Iowa's Luka Garza is on the list. The combine, which was originally set to take place May 21-24 before being postponed due t...
Fran McCaffery supporting Luka Garza ahead of upcoming NBA decision
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 21, 2020
Iowa's star center Luka Garza has a decision coming up that will have a significant impact not only on the 2020-21 Hawkeye men's basketball team, but on college basketball as a whole. First reported by 247 Sports, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year and consensus All-American will decide Aug. 2, the day before the deadline, whether or not h...
Former Hawkeye Jarrod Uthoff reportedly signing with Washington Wizards
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 17, 2020
The Athletic's NBA Insider Shams Charania reported Friday that former Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff will be signing a contract with the Washington Wizards for the remainder of the season. The 6-foot-9 forward played his last season for the Hawkeyes in 2016, and has appeared in the G League in th...
Iowa men’s basketball team announces nonconference game against Oregon State at Sanford Pentagon
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 16, 2020
The Iowa men’s basketball team announced Thursday that it will return to South Dakota for a nonconference game against Oregon State on Dec. 22. The Hawkeyes and Beavers will meet at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The contest will be Iowa’s second trip to the Pentagon, which...
Iowa guard CJ Fredrick undergoes successful procedure on right foot
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 15, 2020
Iowa redshirt sophomore CJ Fredrick underwent successful surgery on his right foot Tuesday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Hawkeye guard is expected to be off the court for the next six weeks. Fredrick had a screw inserted to his fifth metatarsal to fixate a stress fracture. “The timin...
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...