Tag: Iowa Hawkeyes

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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Send a question to Stuart Mandel Football Mailbag

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Are you more concerned about competing quarterbacks in Texas than NCAA Tournament seed Texas? More excited about the new SEC football schedule than the SEC basketball tournament? …can’t get enough of conference reorganization? This is the right place for you! Leave your questions here. Please include your city. .

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Iowa finalizes settlement with plaintiffs in racial discrimination case

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A settlement has been reached between University of Iowa attorneys and plaintiffs for former athletes suing a football program for racial discrimination, according to court filings Monday morning in US District Court and documents obtained by the athlete. The University of Iowa and the state’s board of governors will pay $4.175 million to the 12 former players and their attorneys as well as cover court costs. Head coach Kirk Ferentz, offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, director of athletics Gary Barta, and former football strength coach Chris Doyle…

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Kaitlin Clark hits the first-ever triple-double in a Big Ten women’s game, leading Iowa State behind Ohio State

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Iowa State guard Kaitlin Clark smashed 30 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds to record the first women’s triple-double to a Big Ten title on Sunday. The Hawkeyes defeated Ohio State 105-72 to claim their second straight conference championship. Here’s what you should know: Clark’s career marks the tenth-most triple-double in Big Ten history (men’s or women’s) and the second-most in women’s college basketball history. This is Clark’s second triple-double of the season against the Buckeyes. The Hawkeyes’ 105 points represents the most points scored in a Big Ten title…

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Iowa OC Brian Ferentz contract changes include $50,000 salary cuts, points goal per game

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Athletics Director Gary Barta announced Monday that Iowa’s offensive coordinator has taken a $50,000 salary cut and a performance goal set to average at least 25 points per game while the program wins at least seven games. Ferentz, the eldest son of head coach Kirk Ferentz and offensive coordinator since 2017, is officially supervised by Barta in order to comply with state and university nepotism laws. Brian Ferentz’ salary is down to $850,000 from $900,000. With an eight percent increase after participating in the Music City Bowl, Brian Ferentz is…

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Gary Barta says Kevin Warren’s departure won’t delay Big Ten plans to shake up the football schedule

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The departure of Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will not delay the conference’s plans to change the alignment of the football schedule for the 2024 season, Iowa director of athletics Gary Barta said Thursday. For many years, conference and school officials debated changing or partially ending the east-west alignment to have a fairer championship game. There was momentum to enact changes for the 2023 season to coincide with a new media rights agreement until USC and UCLA accepted Big Ten invitations starting August 2, 2024. Conference officials decided in October…

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No. 2 Ohio State lost its first game of the season to No. 10 Iowa State. Caitlin Clark scores a triple-double

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The #2 Ohio State Buckeyes women’s basketball team lost their first game of the season to the #10 seed Iowa Hawkeyes 83-72 Monday night. Here’s what you need to know: With the loss, Ohio State snapped its 19-game winning streak. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark hit her eighth career triple-double, the most in Big Ten history. She scored 28 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists in the win. Ohio State is now 19-1 while Iowa improved to 16-4. No. 1 South Carolina and No. 4 LSU are the two remaining undefeated teams.…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

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“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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College basketball rankings: Illinois out, Miami in. And hey, New Mexico!

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Merry Christmas after Christmas! I trust that the holiday treated everyone well, though there were a few precious college basketball games that caught our eye. As a result, there wasn’t much movement on top of the polls. The good news is that there are plenty of great matches to be shown this week, which top the list for Saturday’s packed New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, allow me to spread my usual holiday cheer by presenting the correct ranking of the top 25 college basketball teams, as presented to the…

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College football recruiting ideas: 10 stories to keep track of as signing day approaches

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There is no need to explain the importance of this week, as the accumulation of talent is the most important in this sport. After all, the stars are important. Here are 10 interesting stories to keep track of as we approach the most exciting few days in the college football calendar – the start of the early signing period. 1. How will Colorado finish this season? For the average coach hired in December – just weeks before the early signing period – it’s unrealistic to see a massive amount of…

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