DES MOINES (AP) — Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries has agreed to an eight-year contract extension through 2028-29, athletic director Brian Hardin announced Wednesday night. DeVries has led the Bulldogs to 20-win seasons each of his first three years at the school. Drake, at 25-9, has ...
It has been more than a decade since Iowa, the program that Dan Gable turned into the gold standard in college wrestling, showed the kind of dominance at the NCAA championships that it takes to win a team title. The drought probably would have ended last season had the tournament not been ...
Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard anticipates a quick search to find a new men’s basketball coach after the firing of Steve Prohm. Pollard on Tuesday released a 10-minute video in which he discusses the reasons for letting Prohm go and why the Cyclones need to move quickly to make a ...
Gonzaga and Baylor spent almost the entire season holding down the top two spots in the Top 25. Makes sense they’d hold down a bunch of spots on The Associated Press All-America teams. The Bulldogs’ Corey Kispert and the Bears’ Jared Butler led the way with first-team nods Tuesday from ...
AMES (AP) — Iowa State and men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm have “agreed to part ways” after one of the worst seasons in the history of the program, athletic director Jamie Pollard announced. The school said in a statement that Pollard and Prohm met in person Monday night and that ...
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Gabi Haack hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points to lead Bradley to its first NCAA Tournament with a 78-70 win over short-handed Drake in the championship game of the reconfigured Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Sunday. Haack had a pair of 3-pointers in a 14-2 ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Maryland coach Brenda Frese thinks her team is ready for the NCAA Tournament. Chloe Bibby scored 21 points, and the seventh-ranked Terrapins showed off their depth in a 104-84 victory over Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament championship on Saturday. “I love where this team ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois center Kofi Cockburn learned some hard lessons dueling with Luka Garza as a freshman. On Saturday, he stood up to Iowa’s career scoring leader — and won. Cockburn scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half, fought through foul trouble in the second half and ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kyra Lambert scored 23 points with six 3-pointers, both career highs, and Texas beat Iowa State 84-82 with Longhorns star Charlie Collier on the bench in overtime of the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal on Friday. Fifth-seeded Texas (18-8) will play in the Saturday’s ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Monika Czinano scored 27 points, Caitlin Clark added 20 points and 11 assists and sixth-seeded Iowa beat seventh-seeded Michigan State 87-72 Friday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. The Hawkeyes (18-8) will be seeking their fourth win in the ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Luka Garza scored 24 points, Joe Wieskamp made two key baskets late and No. 5 Iowa fended off Wisconsin 62-57 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night. The third-seeded Hawkeyes (21-7 overall) rallied from a six-point halftime deficit behind Garza. The ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gabbie Marshall scored 22 of her career-high 27 points by halftime, Monika Czinano and Caitlin Clark scored in bunches over the final two quarters and sixth-seeded Iowa knocked third-seeded and No. 19-ranked Rutgers out of the Big Ten tournament 73-62 in Thursday night’s ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Monika Czinano scored a career-high 38 points and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Caitlin Clark just missed an eighth double-double, scoring 27 points with nine assists, and sixth-seeded Iowa pulled away from eleventh-seeded Purdue 83-72 Wednesday night in the Big Ten ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Austin Reaves scored 11 of his 21 points in the closing minutes, helping No. 25 Oklahoma answer Iowa State’s late run and hold on for in a 79-73 victory Wednesday night in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament. De’Vion Harmon added 18 points and Elijah Harkless ...
AMES (AP) — Texas coach Shaka Smart liked what he saw from Kai Jones against Iowa State, and he said he’ll need to see more of it if the Longhorns are going to be successful in the postseason. The 6-foot-11 sophomore came off the bench to score a season-high 17 points and lead four Texas ...
IOWA CITY — Running outdoors when the temperature was below zero wasn’t optimal, but it was the only way Iowa wrestlers could stay in shape during their 10-day pause because of positive COVID-19 tests in the program. “When you’re doing that, you think, ‘I don’t know how many sports ...
AMES (AP) — RJ Nembhard scored 11 of his 19 points in the final seven minutes, and TCU snapped its three-game losing streak with a 76-72 win over Iowa State on Saturday. Nembhard made four free throws in the final 11 seconds and the Horned Frogs (12-10, 5-8 Big 12) made all 18 of their foul ...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Dom Williams scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns and Northern Iowa smothered Youngstown State 21-0 on Saturday. Matthew Cook kicked field goals of 32 and 41 yards in each of the first two quarters to give the Panthers (1-1, 1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) a 6-0 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Luka Garza rushed through a national TV interview after No. 9 Iowa routed No. 4 Ohio State on Sunday because he couldn’t wait to start celebrating with teammates in the locker room. “They waited on me, and we had a little celebration,” Garza said after scoring 24 ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hunter Dickinson showed early on that he could guard Luka Garza without help. Then, when Dickinson left the game for a bit with three fouls, his teammates took control. Dickinson gave Garza fits around the basket, and Franz Wagner scored 21 points to lead No. 3 Michigan ...