The Iowa men’s basketball team opens the Big Ten race on Monday night with a visit to top ranked Purdue. The Hawkeyes are 5-2 and take on a Boilermaker team that is coming off a stunning upset loss at Northwestern.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Purdue 7-4 center Zach Edey is averaging better than 23 points and 11 rebounds and creates nightmare matchups for opponents.

McCaffery says they will need to mix up their defenses.

Iowa will play Tennessee on New Year’s Day in the Citrus Bowl in Orkando. The 17th ranked Hawkeyes are 10-3 after a 26-0 loss to top ranked Michigan in the Big Ten Championship Game.

It is Iowa’s third trip to Orlando and their second in three years. They lost to Kentucky on New Years Day in 2022 20-17 to Kentucky.

Ferentz says Deacon Hill will remain the starting quarterback despite his recent troubles with turnovers. Hill fumbled several times against Michigan and only three for 120 yards while being sacked four times.

Ferentz feels Hill has made progress since taking over for the injured Cade McNamara.

Tennessee is 8-4.

A Big 12-record-tying nine football teams have advanced to the postseason, highlighted by Texas’ selection to the CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia also qualified for bowls as the Conference matched its record of selections from 2012.

The Longhorns finished third in the final CFP rankings after winning the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship and will make the Conference’s sixth appearance and second consecutive in the CFP Semifinals. UT, in its first CFP playoff, will face No. 2 Washington on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. The winner will advance to the CFP National Championship on January 8 in Houston against the victor of the semifinal between No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama.

The Big 12 has two other ranked matchups as No. 12 Oklahoma plays No. 14 Arizona in the Valero Alamo Bowl while No. 25 K-State squares off against No. 18 NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. No. 20 Oklahoma State also finished in the CFP final rankings and will meet Texas A&M in the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

Texas Tech begins the Big 12’s bowl season against Cal in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl followed by UCF against George Tech in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. Kansas and UNLV will meet in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl while West Virginia contests North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. The Autozone Liberty Bowl will feature Iowa State versus Memphis.

The Big 12 has at least eight bowl teams for the second time since 2017 and the 13th season in Conference history. Follow Big 12 social media platforms for coverage throughout bowl season.

2023-24 Big 12 Bowl Schedule
Saturday, December 16
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, Louisiana
Texas Tech vs. Cal (ESPN), 8:15 p.m. CT

Friday, December 22
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa, Florida
UCF vs. Georgia Tech (ESPN), 5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 26
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Phoenix, Arizona
Kansas vs. UNLV (ESPN), 8:00 p.m. CT

Wednesday, December 27
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte, N.C.
West Virginia vs. North Carolina (ESPN), 4:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. ET

TaxAct Texas Bowl, Houston, Texas
No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M (ESPN), 8:00 p.m. CT

Thursday, December 28
Pop-Tarts Bowl, Orlando, Florida
No. 25 Kansas State vs. No. 18 NC State (ESPN), 4:45 p.m. CT

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, Texas
No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Arizona (ESPN), 8:15 p.m. CT

Friday, December 29
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee
Iowa State vs. Memphis (ESPN), 2:30 p.m.

Monday, January 1
CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 2 Washington (ESPN), 7:45 p.m. CT

Freshman Addy Brown scored 24 points and added 10 assists as the Cyclones beat UNC-Wilmington 85-58. Brown was nine-of-14 from the floor.

The Cyclones finished 17-of-21 from the line.

The Cyclones improve to 4-3 on the season.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team (7-5, 6-3 Big 12) has accepted an invitation to play in the 65^th AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. It will be the sixth bowl game in the last seven seasons and the 18^th bowl appearance in school history.

Iowa State will face Memphis (9-3, 6-2 AAC) on Friday, Dec. 29 at 2:30 p.m. CT at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. ESPN will broadcast the game. Iowa State is 1-0 all time against Memphis, defeating the Tigers, 21-20, in the 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl. 

Iowa State tied for fourth place in the Big 12 Conference after earning six victories against league foes. It marks just the third time in school history that the Cyclones have won six league games, all of which have come under Matt Campbell’s direction.

This will be ISU’s fourth appearance in the Liberty Bowl. The Cyclones are 1-2 in the bowl: 1972 lost to Georgia Tech, 31-30; 2012 lost to Tulsa, 31-17; 2017 defeated Memphis, 21-20. 

Iowa State has a 5-12 all-time record in bowl games. Eighth-year head coach Matt Campbell has the most bowl appearances among ISU skippers as the Cyclones head to their sixth bowl game of his tenure.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 17th-ranked University of Iowa football team will face No. 21 Tennessee in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is set for noon (CT) from Camping World Stadium and the game will be televised on ABC.

CHEEZ-IT CITRUS BOWL TICKET INFORMATION
The Iowa Athletics Ticket Office will accept Citrus Bowl ticket requests from Monday, Dec. 4 through noon on Sunday, Dec. 10 from football season ticket holders, I-Club members, and University of Iowa Alumni. Fans are encouraged to monitor their email inbox for ordering information and visit Bowl Central for updated information. If tickets remain after the priority process, they will be made available for the public on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

IOWA IN POSTSEASON; AT THE CITRUS BOWL
The Hawkeyes will be making their 36th bowl game appearance and their third Citrus Bowl appearance (formerly the Capital One Bowl).

Iowa is 1-1 all-time at the Citrus Bowl. The Hawkeyes defeated No. 11 LSU, 30-25, on an improbable Drew Tate-to-Warren Holloway 56-yard touchdown pass as time expired on Jan. 1, 2005. Kentucky scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:48 remaining in the fourth quarter to edge Iowa, 20-17, on Jan. 1, 2022.

The Hawkeyes have won four of their last five bowl games, including a 21-0 shutout of Kentucky in the 2022 Music City Bowl. Iowa is 18-16-1 all-time in bowl games.

IOWA VS. TENNESSEE
The Hawkeyes are 1-2 against the Volunteers in program history. Tennessee won the only bowl meeting, winning 45-28 in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville.

Iowa won the first ever meeting in 1982, winning 28-22 in Atlanta and the Volunteers were victorious, 23-22, in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1987,

Iowa is 7-6 all-time in bowl games against current Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponents. This marks the fourth time in five seasons Iowa will play a school from the SEC in a bowl game.

IOWA IN 2023
The Hawkeyes went 4-0 in the month of November to finish with 10 regular season wins and a 7-2 Big Ten record en route to the Big Ten West Division title. The West Division title is the third in program history and it is the eighth 10-win season under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

Junior Cooper DeJean was selected as the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year, while senior Tory Taylor was recognized as the Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year. The Odebolt, Iowa, native is also a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and Bronko Nagurski Award and was a semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.

DeJean is the sixth Hawkeye to be voted the top defensive back in the Big Ten and the third player to earn the league’s top returner honor. Taylor earns the top punter honor for the second time in his career (2020). He is the first punter in league history to earn the distinction more than once.

Iowa had 20 players earn All-Big Ten recognition, including first-team honorees Jay Higgins (linebacker), DeJean (defensive back, return specialist) and Taylor (punter).  Sebastian Castro (defensive back) garnered second-team honors, while Joe Evans (defensive end), Nick Jackson (linebacker), Drew Stevens (placekicker), Logan Jones (center), Connor Colby (guard) and Nick DeJong (guard) were third-team honorees.

The Hawkeyes are bowl eligible for the 22nd time in the last 23 seasons under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa is 10-9 in bowl games under Ferentz, including a 21-0 victory over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. Since 2001, only Ohio State and Wisconsin have won more bowl games (including the FBS championship game), than Iowa.

(Minneapolis, MN) – The Drake women’s basketball team fell in two overtimes to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Drake tried to hold on in their loss but they were not able to come further in the game as they fell 94-88.

Drake was led in the game by Katie Dinnebier who scored 30 points in the game with five assists and three steals. Dinnebier scored her career-best in the game and kept Darke in the game to bring it to overtime. Behind her was Anna Miller as she knocked in 17 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double. Grace Berg knocked in 12 points and six assists while Taylor McAulay earned 11 points and two rebounds. Courtney Becker earned 10 points to finish off double-digit scoring.

On the opposite side, Minnesota was led by Mara Braun with 33 points and four rebounds with four assists to lead overall in the competition. Mallory Heyer was able to knock in 16 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double. Grace Grocholski and Sophie Hart each earned 12 points while combining for 14 rebounds. Amaya Battle also earned 11 points in the game to finish off double-digit scoring.

Drake leads the series with Minnesota 10-7 overall, but are now 0-3 in their last three overtime contests. The Bulldogs are now 5-3 overall and are 1-2 on the road overall. Head coach Allison Pohlman said after the game, “I think we did everything that we could have done from a tactical standpoint. We had so many players step up and make big plays. We will take what we need out of this and look forward to Friday.”

The Bulldogs will take on North Dakota State this upcoming Friday, December 8th at 11:00 a.m. at home.

(Lincoln, NE) – Nebraska was down 32-22 at the half and rolled out in the third quarter to score over double with 33 points alone as they ended up winning 80-72 in the second half. Nebraska went 13-15 in the third quarter and took a 55-54 lead in the fourth quarter. That was one of the largest comebacks for the Huskers in program history.

Nebraska was led in the game by Jaz Shelly with 22 points and eight assists. Shelly scored her 1,000 career points in the game against the Yellow Jackets as she now is in the top five in Husker history with three-pointers made. She also has moved up to the top ten in Nebraska in career assists. Alexis Markowski earned a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds as she was followed up by Natalie Potts with 13 points and four rebounds. Logan Nissley followed up in scoring with a total of 11 points to finish off the Huskers in double-digits.

Nebraska’s 58 second-half points were tied for the 10th most in the second half in school history. The Golden Jackets were led by Kara Dunn with 22 points while Tonie Morgan also added 20 points and five rebounds. Noguero threw down 11 points to finish off double-digit scoring.

Georgia Tech would have been able to stay in the game if they hit the threes, but shot just 30% from the three-point line. Nebraska went 67% in the second half from the field while shooting 39% from the perimeter in the game.

Nebraska hosts UNC Wilmington this upcoming Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 p.m.

(Iowa City, IA) – The Hawkeyes rolled on over the Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday 99-65. Iowa is now 14-6 over teams in the MAC and 1-0 against Bowling Green.

Looking at the stats for the Hawkeyes, Caitlin Clark led the team with 24 points and dished out 11 assists for a double-double while also pulling down seven rebounds. Clark is just two double-doubles away from reaching the Big Ten’s list for the most double-doubles in a career with 46. Behind Clark was Kate Martin with 17 points and five rebounds while Sydney Affolter had 14 points and four rebounds. Sharon Goodman scored 12 points on Saturday and 11 rebounds for her to earn a double-double. She has now played in 133 games in her career. Iowa shot more than well as they shot 67% from the field while outrebounding Bowling Green 44-27.

Bowling Green was led in the game by Lexi Fleming as she knocked in 24 points and seven rebounds. Amy Velasco scored 11 points while pulling down three rebounds. Morgan Sharps and Sophie Dziekan each scored nine points and three rebounds each. Bowling Green could not get past the Iowa defense as they shot just 34.3% from the field.

Iowa will move on to Iowa State to take on the Cyclones as a part of the Cy-Hawk series this upcoming Wednesday, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. in Ames.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa swimming and diving concluded the Hawkeye Invitational on Saturday. The Hawkeyes finished second with 712 points following Nebraska with 784.

Iowa defeated Colorado State (528), Iowa State (518), Rutgers (363), and New Mexico State (348).

“Overall, I was really impressed by our team effort, top to bottom. We have learned so much about our team at this midway point of the season,” Iowa head coach Nathan Mundt said. “We saw the growth between the prelims and the finals that is important to see at this point in the season. It’s really critical to see our team to come together and bond over the expectation to perform and take the next step forward. We have some excellent, all-time caliber performances for our program. This is another step in the right direction and where you want to be at an elite level, not only in our record books but against Big Ten competition and regional competition.”

Iowa posted five additional Iowa top 10 all-time rankings on day three, tallying 15 on the weekend. Freshman Jenna Kerr swam the preliminary 100 free with a time of 50.26, tying the sixth all-time ranking. Sophomore Scarlet Martin followed with a 1:58.67 in the preliminary 200 fly, tying the fourth all-time mark and posting a NCAA “B” cut time. In the 200-breaststroke finals, freshman Olivia Swalley bettered her top-10 preliminary race mark with the fourth-best performance in program history )2:12.92) — her second NCAA “B” cut time of the weekend.

Kerr posted Iowa’s tenth all-time 1650 free with a time of 16:46.86. The Hawkeyes then closed out the night with the 400-free relay as sophomore Sabina Kupcova, Kerr, Swalley and Martin combined for a time of 3:20.47 to post the ninth-fastest time in program history.

Over three days, the Hawkeyes combined for 15 of Iowa’s top-10 all-time ranks. Swalley contributed to eight of these rankings between individual and relay events. Martin also registered multiple top-performances, contributing to six.

Iowa freshman diver Simone Beinlich placed third in platform diving with a score of 202.20, while sophomore Geneva Pauly competed in the CAMO International Invitational in Montreal, Canada, placing ninth in the platform dive with a score of 191.35.

“We are super excited for our team going into our Cy-Hawk week, coming up on Friday,” Mundt said. “We’d love to stay focused and be positive for what will be a very competitive meet.”

The Hawkeyes return to action on Friday, Dec. 8 for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk dual against in-state rival Iowa State. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. (CT) at Beyer Hall Pool in Ames, Iowa.