By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY — Mark Gronowski was on the losing side of what he jokingly calls “the greatest offensive game of all time.” Gronowski was South Dakota State’s quarterback when the Jackrabbits lost 7-3 at Iowa in the 2022 season opener, when the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado State hired Niko Medved’s top assistant to replace him as basketball coach following a quick 24-hour search. Ali Farokhmanesh, 36, was promoted after Medved left Fort Collins earlier this week to coach at his alma mater, Minnesota. The hire provides ...

NEWTON (AP) — Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson, who beat Minnesota’s Gable Steveson to win the 285-pound national title, has been voted the Hodge Trophy winner as the nation’s top men’s college wrestler. WIN Magazine, which compiles the results, made the announcement on ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eric Henderson, who led South Dakota State to two NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons, has been hired as Drake's head coach, the school announced Friday. The 46-year-old Henderson replaces Ben McCollum, who left for Iowa on Monday after leading the Bulldogs to ...

DES MOINES (AP) — Eric Henderson, who led South Dakota State to two NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons, has been hired as Drake’s head coach, the school announced Friday. The 46-year-old Henderson replaces Ben McCollum, who left for Iowa on Monday after leading the Bulldogs to the ...

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The Associated Press IOWA CITY — Ben McCollum grew up a fan of the Iowa men’s basketball team. Now, he’s coaching the Hawkeyes. McCollum was introduced as Iowa’s new head coach on Tuesday, a day after his hiring was announced by the university. The Iowa native, ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mississippi’s senior-dominated roster understood how much was at stake this season. The Rebels responded by doing something this program hadn’t accomplished in over two decades. Sean Pedulla scored 20 points, Jaemyn Brakefield had 19 and Ole Miss beat Iowa State 91-78 ...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored 17 points, Payton Verhulst added 16 and No. 3 seed Oklahoma cruised into the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament, dispatching No. 6 seed Iowa 96-62 on Monday. Raegan Beers had 11 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks in just 18 minutes for the ...

By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press Ben McCollum, who led Drake’s dominating run through the Missouri Valley Conference and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs, was named head coach at Iowa on Monday. Athletic director Beth Goetz announced McCollum’s hiring ...

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net PHILADELPHIA — A city known for making history could see even more this coming week from the Northern Iowa wrestling program. The Panthers, under head coach Doug Schwab, qualified in all 10 weight classes for the NCAA Championships, which begin here ...

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net PHILADELPHIA — Led by returning national runner-up Drake Ayala, the Iowa wrestling team will bring nine athletes to the NCAA Championships inside the Wells Fargo Center. Ayala, a former three-time state champion for Fort Dodge Senior High, has ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Audi Crooks scored 12 of her 27 points in the fourth quarter, Addy Brown added 22 points and Iowa State rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit then held off Princeton 68-63 in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday night. The First Four victory in ...

By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press Darian DeVries grew up in Iowa, an admirer of the Indiana Hoosiers. Now he’s in charge of the program. Just two days after his West Virginia team and the Hoosiers were both left out of the NCAA Tournament, Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson ...

By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press Ben McCollum had a job offer from Drake in hand last spring and was close to taking it when he stopped himself and decided he should sleep on it. Clarity came to him at 3 a.m. “I woke up,” he said, “and I’m like, ‘Man, I want to make the NCAA ...

By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press The best reserve in the country might be a starter for the NCAA Tournament. Iowa State’s Curtis Jones wouldn’t necessarily consider it a promotion. Jones is the leading scorer in the nation among players who primarily come off the bench. It’s a role ...

Iowa State and Drake received their men’s NCAA Tournament assignments during the “Selection Sunday” reveal process, with the Cyclones receiving a No. 3 seed in the South Region and the Bulldogs landing in the West as an 11 seed. The Cyclones (25-9) open tourney action on Friday at 12:30 ...

By ERIC OLSON The Associated Press Iowa fired coach Fran McCaffery on Friday after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years. The 65-year-old McCaffery, who was under contract through 2028, had said last week that he intended to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery would have preferred bid farewell to his seniors in front of the crowd Thursday night. Instead, his second-half ejection forced that scene to play out in the privacy of the Hawkeyes’ locker room. McCaffery drew two technical fouls for arguing ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Richie Saunders scored 23 points, hitting a crucial 3-pointer with less than a minute to go, and No. 17 BYU overcame a big game from Curtis Jones in a 96-92 victory over No. 12 Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament here on Thursday afternoon. Fousseyni ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brock Harding scored 15 points that included a clutch 3-pointer to help 15th-seeded Iowa pull away from No. 10 seed Ohio State for a 77-70 victory on Wednesday in a Big Ten Tournament opener. Bruce Thornton converted a three-point play and then added a pullup jumper ...