IOWA CITY, Iowa — USA Today announced on Tuesday the ‘Hawkeye Wave’ as the 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Best College Sports Tradition.

Surpassing some of the greatest traditions in college sports, 70,000+ Hawkeye and football fans alike turn their attention from the field to the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital overlooking Kinnick Stadium. At the end of the first quarter, fans wave to pediatric patients and their families watching the game, creating a moment of connection and hope.

The Wave began in 2017 and has quickly become one of the most beloved college sports traditions across the nation. The University of Iowa, along with the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital have collaborated on initiatives supporting young patients long before the distinguished Wave. In 2009, the Kid Captain program was introduced to honor these patients and share their inspirational stories. Each home Iowa football game features a Kid Captain, who receives a commemorative jersey, special recognition from both the hospital and the football team, and opportunities for behind-the-scenes experiences. Along with that, each Kid Captain chooses what song is played in Kinnick Stadium during the Hawkeye Wave.

There were several honorable mentions, including the Army-Navy Game, Purdue’s Big Bass Drum, and Wisconsin’s Jump Around, Texas A&Ms The 12th Man, Virginia Tech’s Enter Sandman and Script Ohio.

IRVING, Texas – Tipoff times and TV designations for the 2024-25 Iowa State men’s basketball season have been released by the Big 12 Conference.

Iowa State’s first three games will all tipoff at 7 p.m. and air on ESPN+. Following the Maui Invitational, Iowa State will host Marquette in the Big 12/BIG EAST Battle, tipping off at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

The Cyclones will face Omaha in the first of two games airing on CBS Sports Network, with tipoff set for 12 p.m. Iowa State’s Big 12 opener at Colorado will also air on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m.

Iowa State will once again welcome the crew from CBS to Hilton Coliseum, as the game against Baylor on Jan. 4 with air on CBS at 1 p.m. Iowa State will also be honoring the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 teams that weekend. The Kansas Jayhawks come to Hilton Coliseum for a Jan. 15 game at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

The Cyclones will play back-to-back games on ESPN’s Big Monday, traveling to Arizona for a 9:30 p.m. tipoff on ESPN on Jan. 27, while playing the following Monday at Kansas for an 8 p.m. tipoff.

Arizona makes a trip to Hilton Coliseum for a Saturday night game at 8 p.m. on ESPN March 1. The regular season finale at Kansas State will air on CBS with a 12:30 p.m. tipoff.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship will be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. from March 11-15.

A complete schedule, including non-conference games, can be found here.

2024-25 Season Ticket Information:

New Season Tickets – Demand for season tickets continues to be strong. We expect a variety of seating options will be available for Cyclone Club members and public ticket buyers. To join the waitlist please click here.

Single-Game Tickets – A public ticket on sale has been set for Wednesday, October 23. Current men’s basketball season ticket holders and Jr. Cyclone Club members and their families will have an exclusive presale. Detailed information will be shared with these groups in October.

Should you have questions in regard to requesting season tickets please contact the Iowa State Athletics Ticket Office by phone at 888-478-2925 or by email at tickets@iastate.edu.

2024-25 Iowa State Basketball Schedule

Nov. 4 – Mississippi Valley State (Stripe Hilton) – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Nov. 11 – Kansas City – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Nov. 18 – IU Indianapolis – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Nov. 25 – Auburn (Maui Invitational) – 8 p.m. – ESPNU
Nov. 26 – North Carolina or Dayton (Maui Invitational) – 2:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2
Nov. 27 – Maui Invitational – TBD – ESPN/ESPN2
Dec. 4 – Marquette (White Out!) – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Dec. 8 – Jackson State – 5 p.m. – ESPN+
Dec. 12 – at Iowa – TBA – TBA
Dec. 15 – Omaha – 12 p.m. – CBS Sports Network
Dec. 22 – Morgan State – 12 p.m. – ESPN+
Dec. 30 – at Colorado – 8 p.m. – CBS Sports Network
Jan. 4 – Baylor (2000/2001 MBB Reunion) – 1 p.m. – CBS
Jan. 7 – Utah – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Jan. 11 – at Texas Tech – 1 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2
Jan. 15 – Kansas – 6 p.m. – ESPN2
Jan. 18 – at West Virginia – 4 p.m. – ESPN+
Jan. 21 – UCF – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Jan. 25 – at Arizona State – 1 p.m. – ESPN+
Jan. 27 – at Arizona – 9:30 p.m. – ESPN
Feb. 1 – Kansas State (White Out) – 1 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2
Feb. 3 – at Kansas – 8 p.m. – ESPN
Feb. 8 – TCU – 12 p.m. – ESPN+
Feb. 11 – at UCF – 6 p.m. – ESPN+
Feb. 15 – Cincinnati (Color-It-Cardinal) – 3 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2
Feb. 18 – Colorado – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Feb. 22 – at Houston – 1 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2
Feb. 25 – at Oklahoma State – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
March 1 – Arizona (Gold Rules!) – 8 p.m. – ESPN
March 4 – BYU (Stripe Hilton) – 8 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
March 8 – at Kansas State – 12:30 p.m. – CBS
March 11-15 – Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
(All Times Central)

HOPEWELL, N.J. – Drake senior guard Katie Dinnebier has again received national recognition with her inclusion on the 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List, announced this morning by Her Hoop Stats.

Dinnebier, the reigning MVC Player of the Year, was named a Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List member in both 2024 preseason and mid-season iterations. She was also a semifinalist and finalist for last season’s award.

A Waukee High School graduate, Dinnebier became ninth player in program history to win Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year last season and was also named to All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team and All-Defensive Team. She earned MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team honors and collected Patty Viverito MVC Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. The Waukee High School graduate was included as a finalist for Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award. She led Drake and was atop or near the top of the league with 18.1 points, 6.9 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game and eclipsed 1,000 career points as a junior, currently sits at 1,333. Dinnebier ranks 10th all-time with .370 career three-point percentage and second all-time with .856 career free throw percentage, fourth all-time with 548 career assists, marking the seventh player in program history to dish out 500+ assists, and cracked top 10 on all-time steals list with 188.

This year’s watch list includes representatives from 22 teams and 15 conferences. Three teams — Fairfield, Norfolk State and South Dakota State — placed two players on the watch list, and three conferences — the AAC, MAAC and Summit League — placed three players on the preseason list.

Five players become the first to represent their school on any Hammon Award watch list: Delanie Crawford (Tulsa), Akasha Davis (Lamar), DeeDee Hagemann (Memphis), Bella Smuda (Liberty), and Harmoni Turner (Harvard).

2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List

Meghan Andersen, So., F, Fairfield

Anastasia Boldyreva, Sr., C, Middle Tennessee

Janelle Brown, Gr., G, Fairfield

Delanie Crawford, Sr., G, Tulsa

Akasha Davis, Sr., F/C, Lamar

Katie Dinnebier, Sr., G, Drake

Yvonne Ejim, Sr., F, Gonzaga

Allyson Fertig, Jr., C, Wyoming

DeeDee Hagemann, Sr., G, Memphis

Emani Jefferson, Gr., G, FGCU

Jordyn Jenkins, Sr., F, UTSA

Diamond Johnson, Jr., G, Norfolk State

Grace Larkins, Jr., G, South Dakota

Megan McConnell, Jr., G, Duquesne

Brooklyn Meyer, Sr., F, South Dakota State

Paige Meyer, Sr., G, South Dakota State

Ny’Ceara Pryor, So., G, Sacred Heart

Emma Ronsiek, Gr., F, Colorado State

Rachael Rose, Sr., G, Wofford

Adrianna Smith, Sr., F, Maine

Bella Smuda, RSr., C, Liberty

Harmoni Turner, Sr., G, Harvard

Chellia Watson, Gr., G, Buffalo

Kierra Wheeler, Sr., F, Norfolk State

Katelyn Young, Sr., F, Murray State

To be eligible for this award, players must compete in one of the 26 conferences deemed to be “mid-major.” The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award and thus ineligible: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, and SEC. Additionally, players from Oregon State and Washington State are ineligible this year as membership in the Pac-12 Conference evolves.

The 15-player midseason watch list will be announced in January, followed by 10 semifinalists announced in February. The five finalists will be announced in early March, with the winner announced around the Final Four. The list is fluid, and players may play their way on or off it over the course of the season.

Hammon was a three-time All-American at Colorado State and led the Rams to the Sweet 16 in 1999, the program’s only appearance to date. She was signed by the New York Liberty in 1999 and traded to the San Antonio Stars in 2007, where she played the rest of her career. Hammon retired in 2014 as a six-time All-Star and a two-time All-WNBA First Team honoree. In 2016 she was named one of the top 20 players in WNBA history and was recently named to the W25.

Hammon became the second female coach in NBA history when she began coaching for the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. Additionally, Hammon is the only woman to be a head coach in the NBA Summer League and the only woman to be a member of an NBA All-Star coaching staff. Currently, Hammon is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces and won the 2022 and 2023 WNBA Championships.

Her Hoop Stats was founded in 2017 to unlock better insight about women’s basketball at all levels. We began as a statistics site focused on providing consistent, reliable, and easy-to-access data about women’s basketball for both mobile and desktop environments. Her Hoop Stats has expanded to become a leading independent voice in the women’s game providing content through our newsletter, podcast network, YouTube channel, and social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).

The 2024 Corner Conference Volleyball Schedule has been released. The Tournament will start on Monday October 14th with the championship game scheduled on Thursday the 17th. The games were scheduled based on seeding determined by the teams’ conference winning percentage with overall record with serving as a tie breaker. There will also be two consolation games on the 15th and a third-place game on the 17th.  The games will take place at multiple in-conference locations.

Monday October 14th

#5 Griswold vs #4 East Mills – 5:30 pm at Sidney High School

#3 Fremont-Mills vs #6 Bedford – 5:30 pm at Stanton High School

#1 Sidney vs #8 Hamburg – 7 pm at Sidney High School

#2 Stanton vs #7 Essex – 7 pm at Stanton High School

Tuesday October 15th

Semi-Final #1 – 5:30 pm at Sidney High School

5th place consolation game: 3rd highest remaining seed vs 4th highest remaining seed – 5:30 pm at TBD

7th place consolation game: Highest remaining seed vs 2nd highest remaining seed – 7 pm at TBD

Semi-Final #2 – 7 pm at Sidney High School

Thursday October 17th

3rd place game – 5:30 pm at East Mills

Championship Game – 7 pm at East Mills

(Avoca, IA) – G.G Harris resigned from his role as the head football coach of the AHSTW Vikings this afternoon. Harris was a member of the Vikings staff in a number of roles including the defensive coordinator before he was hired as the head coach in May of 2019.

A call was made to the school administration but has not yet been returned.

Stay tuned to KJAN for further developments.