Iowa men's basketball

Remember the football season and lack of respect Iowa received? The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starts in 54 days and one of the first prognostications shows a TON of respect to the Iowa Hawkeyes and also has Iowa State playing fairly close to home.

The Iowa Men's Basketball team will make their first visit to Rutgers tonight. Rutgers joined the Big Ten last season and the only scheduled meeting between the two schools was at Carver-Hawkeye Arena where Iowa won 81-47.

The University of Iowa men's basketball team is 14-3, 5-0 in the Big Ten, and ranked #9 in both the AP and Coaches poll. The Hawks are also on a seven-game winning streak. A lot of the credit for Iowa's success has to go to Fran McCaffery...

The Iowa men's basketball team continues to do things it hasn't done in a long time. They made a big jump in the new Associated Press basketball poll and for the second consecutive week, Iowa has the Big Ten Player of the Week. That's something the program hasn't done in many years.

Thanksgiving weekend, the Iowa men's basketball team appeared to be one that would struggle to finish games and that their youth off the bench might make for a mediocre season. My how things have changed.

The Iowa men's basketball team is off to a roaring start in Big 10 play with back-to-back victories over #1 Michigan State (now #5) and #14 Purdue (now #19) and coaches and the media around the nation have noticed. Iowa is now ranked in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls that were just released.

Don't worry Fran and Lisa. Despite everything going on at Kinnick Stadium tomorrow, we know this weekend is big for the hoopsters too.

Last year at this time the Hawkeye football team was struggling and I was pumped for what I expected to be a great Iowa basketball season. This year, it's crept up on me in a big way... which is GREAT news to fellow football fans.

The all-time leading scorer in Iowa Hawkeye men's basketball history has died at the age of 48.

After an incredible collegiate career at Iowa, Aaron White will get his chance to make it in the NBA. He was taken in the second round of tonight's draft.