Rick Brown of The Des Moines Register will be at Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight to cover the NIT title game between Iowa and Baylor. Click here for live scoring Tweets by @RickBrownDMR
The Iowa men’s basketball team has an opportunity to shove its way into the NCAA Tournament discussion tonight. But eighth-ranked Michigan State stands in the way in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament in Chicago. The game begins at 8 p.m. Rick Brown of The Des Moines Register and Pat Harty of the [...]
The Iowa men’s basketball team is preparing for its Big Ten Conference game against Northwestern that will be played tonight. Chat with Rick about the Hawkeyes, the tournament and March Madness. Iowa men’s basketball with Rick Brown
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — In getting its 20th win of the season Thursday, the Iowa women are set for a steeper challenge to get No. 21. A 60-55 victory against Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament sent the Hawkeyes (20-11) into today’s quarterfinals and a matchup with second-seeded Nebraska (22-7). Iowa, [...]
The Hawkeyes advance to play No. 1 seed Michigan State at 11 a.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
It was not a pleasant meeting, the sharp edge of a metal bleacher and the head of a never-stops 5-year-old. But meet they did, and Matt Gatens knew something was wrong. “My friend was staring up at my head,” Gatens said. “I said, ‘Is it bleeding?’ He was speechless.” A Marshalltown police officer, working at [...]
When Devyn Marble looked at his cell phone Sunday, and saw he had a voicemail from Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery, he got a few butterflies. “It kind of makes you think about what you’ve done the past 24 hours,” Iowa’s sophomore guard said. Marble felt better after listening to the message. “At least [...]
Indianapolis, Ind. — Jarryd Cole could have felt sorry for himself. He could have sulked and complained with each knee surgery. Each coaching change. Each loss. He could have. But he didn’t. “I’m a survivor — that’s the best way to put it,” said Cole, the Iowa basketball team’s senior center. “It’s been rough, been [...]
