Class 1A Substate Finals Saturday, February 25

• St. Albert, Council Bluffs (13-10) vs. West Monona, Onawa (18-6) at Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs. 7pm.
• St. Mary’s, Storm Lake (24-0) vs. Guthrie Center (15-9) at Ft. Dodge 7pm.
• Nodaway Valley (21-2) vs. Exira/EH-K (22-1) at SWCC in Creston 7pm.  (Live on KJAN AM 1220, FM 101.1, and kjan.com.  Pregame 6:45pm, Tipoff 7:00pm.)

Class 2A Substate Finals Saturday, February 25

• Clarinda (18-4) vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (17-7) at Harlan 7pm.

Class 3A Substate Finals Monday, February 27

• Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City (16-6) vs. Harlan (17-6) at Denison-Schleswig 7pm.
• Dallas Center-Grimes (21-3) vs. ADM, Adel (20-3) at Johnston 7pm.

Class 4A Substate Final Tuesday, February 28

• Sioux City East vs. Lewis Central, Council Bluffs at Tyson Event Center in Sioux City 7pm.

Friday Women’s

• Creighton 74, Northern Iowa 48
• Drake 77, Bradley 65

Saturday Women’s

• Iowa State at Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena,  7pm.

Sunday Women’s

• Iowa vs. Michigan at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 2pm.

Saturday Men’s

• Iowa State at Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum, 12:45pm.
• UNI at Southern Illinois at SIU Arena at 2pm.
• Drake at Wichita State at Koch Arena at 12:30pm

Sunday Men’s

• Iowa at Illinois at Assembly Hall at 5pm. (Live on KJAN at 4:00pm with pregame)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa might be a longshot for a spot in the NIT, let alone the NCAA tournament.
 
     Yet the Hawkeyes are sure an intriguing postseason case study.
 
     Iowa (15-13, 7-8 Big Ten) has posted four wins over ranked opponents since Big Ten play began. Two of those have come in the past five days, including Thursday night’s rousing 67-66 victory over No. 16 Wisconsin.
 
     The Hawkeyes entered the game against the Badgers with an RPI of 136, not likely to be an attractive number to the NCAA tournament selection committee. But Iowa is in seventh place in the rugged, 12-team Big Ten, with three games remaining in the regular season.

BOYS BASKETBALL

1A District 2 Substate 1

Dunlap Boyer Valley 46, Onawa West Monona 42

1A District 3 Substate 2

Kingsley-Pierson 66, Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 55

1A District 4 Substate 2

Boyden-Hull 63, Rock Rapids Central Lyon 43

1A District 5 Substate 3

Storm Lake St. Mary’s 55, Harris-Lake Park 52

1A District 7 Substate 4

Buffalo Center North Iowa 57, Blairsburg NE Hamilton 50

3A District 1 Substate 1 Semifinal

Sioux City Heelan 58, Carroll 43

4A Substate 1 Semifinal

Council Bluffs Lewis Central 66, Sioux City North 64, OT

Sioux City East 84, Sioux City West 38