Iowa State women’s coach Bill Fennelly feels good about the Cyclones’ chances to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Ranked 10th in the latest AP top 25 the Cyclones take a 25-5 record into the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City this week.

Fennelly believes the Big 12 could have four teams serve as host on the opening weekend.

The Cyclones open Friday against the winner of Thursday’s game between TCU and West Virginia.

Spring football is underway at Iowa State where several big names have departed that helped the Cyclones produce five straight winning seasons for the first time in school history. Standouts like Brock Purdy, Breece Hall and Mike Rose need to be replaced off last year’s team that finished 7-6 and coach Matt Campbell says that has made this spring more important.

Campbell says it will be a much different Cyclone team next fall.

ISU will have a new starting quarterback for the first time since September of 2018. Former West Sioux standout Hunter Dekkers is the frontrunner.

Dekkers is the leader but the starting spot won’t be determined until fall camp.

2021-2022 HAWKEYE 10 ALL CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
1 Drew Brown Clarinda Sr. F
2 Carson Seuntjens ** Denison-Schleswig Jr. G
3 Caden Johnson Glenwood Jr. G
4 Brad Curren Harlan Jr. G
5 Dawson Gifford Kuemper Jr. G
6 Wyatt Hatcher Lewis Central Sr. F
7 Max DeVries ** Red Oak So. G
8 Aidan Hall Harlan Jr. F

2ND TEAM
1 Colton Rasmussen Atlantic So. F
2 Cole Arnold Lewis Central So. F
3 Grant Jobe Clarinda Sr. C
4 Carter White St. Albert Sr. G
5 Jacob Birch Harlan Jr. F
6 Dayton Templeton Atlantic Sr. G
7 Luke Wiebers Denison-Schleswig So. G
8 Hunter Gilleland Red Oak So. G

HONORABLE MENTION
1 Zach Foster Shenandoah Sr. F
2 Cael Turner Creston So. G
3 Connor Frame Harlan Sr. G
4 Michael Kasperbauer Kuemper So. G
5 DJ Weilage St. Albert Sr. G
6 Dennis Vonnahme Kuemper So. F
7 Zac Kelsey Glenwood Jr. F
8 Kyle Strider Creston Jr. G
9 Ryan Johnson Red Oak Sr. F
10 Colby Souther Lewis Central Jr. C
11 Aiden Schuttinga Denison-Schleswig Sr. G
12 Lance Arkfeld Denison-Schleswig So. F
13 Carter Pellett Atlantic Jr. F

AP Women’s Basketball Top 25
03/07/2022

AP Men’s Basketball Top 25
03/07/2022

1. Gonzaga (52 first-place votes)
2. Arizona (6)
3. Baylor (3)
4. Auburn
5. Kentucky
6. Kansas
7. Duke
8. Villanova
9. Purdue
10. Tennessee
11. Providence
12. Wisconsin
13. UCLA
14. Texas Tech
15. Arkansas
16. Illinois
17. Saint Mary’s
18. Houston
19. Murray State
20. UConn
21. USC
22. Texas
23. Colorado State
24. Iowa
25. North Carolina

Others receiving votes: Boise State 49, South Dakota State 32, Memphis 26, San Diego State 24, LSU 22, Loyola Chicago 16, Ohio State 16, Seton Hall 9, San Francisco 9, Rutgers 8, Alabama 7, Notre Dame 4, Vermont 3, Davidson 1, Longwood 1

Monday, March 7

Class 1A Quarterfinals

Lake Mills 39, Danville 22
-Lake Mills outscored Danville 28-11 in the second half and grabbed the quarterfinal win. Bennett Berger led Lake Mills with 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. They improve to 25-1 on the season heading to the semifinals.

Grand View Christian 64, Bellevue 63 (OT)
-Noah John hit a free throw with 1 second left to give top-seeded Grandview Christian the overtime win. It was tied at 54 at the end of regulation. Josh Baucum finished with 14 points for the Thunder. Josh Sanderson had 11 and Daniel Tobiloba had 9 points and 19 rebounds. The Thunder survive to improve to 25-0. Bellevue had two players with double-doubles: Jensen Wedeking with 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Jackson Mueller had 22 points and 14 boards.

North Linn 89, North Mahaska 43
-2nd seeded North Linn had no trouble advancing to the semifinals. The Lynx outscored North Mahaska 29-9 in the first quarter and continued to pour it on the rest of the game. It was 56-16 at halftime. Dylan Kurt led four players in double-figures for the Lynx with 19 points. Tate Haughenbury added 18 points. North Linn improved to 25-1 on the season.

St. Mary’s, Remsen 70, West Harrison, Mondamin 52
Remsen St. Mary’s jumped out on top early 21-3 at the end of the first and rolled to the semifinals. Carter Schorg led the Hawks with 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals. Cael Ortmann had 17 points and 5 boards. The Hawks shot 55% for the game and improved to 25-0. Sage Evans led West Harrison with 19 points and 7 rebounds.

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Central Lyon, Rock Rapids 68, Red Oak 34
Central Lyon blitzed their way to a 37-22 lead by halftime and kept extending the lead in the second half. Mason Gerleman had 18 points and 6 rebounds to lead Central Lyon to the semis. They now have a 23-2 record on the season. Red Oak was led by 10 points from Max DeVries and the Tigers finish the season at 18-8.

Pella Christian 69, Roland-Story 62
Pella Christian led by 5 at halftime and held on to the advantage down the stretch. Eric Mulder had a monster game with 18 points, 20 rebounds, and 1 steal. Pella Christian improves to 19-6 on the season. Roland-Story ends the year at 22-3 and they were led by 17 points from Will Bunn.

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference announced the bracket for the 2022 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament presented by TIAA that will take place March 9-13 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Illinois (22-8, 15-5 Big Ten) earned the top seed in the field and a double bye into the quarterfinals, which will be played on Friday, March 11. No. 2 Wisconsin (24-6, 15-5), No. 3 Purdue (25-6, 14-6) and No. 4 Rutgers (18-12, 12-8) also claimed double byes and will open postseason action on Friday.

The 25th annual tournament begins on Wednesday, March 9, with a pair of games. No. 12 seed Northwestern (14-15, 7-13) faces No. 13 Nebraska (10-21, 4-16) in the opener at 6 p.m. ET. No. 11 Penn State (12-16, 7-13) plays No. 14 Minnesota (13-16, 4-16) 25 minutes after the conclusion of the Northwestern-Nebraska game.

No. 8 seed Michigan (17-13, 11-9) and No. 9 Indiana (18-12, 9-11) will kick off the second round of the tournament at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 10. No. 5 seed Iowa (22-9, 12-8) will then open its tournament slate against the winner of the first-round game between Northwestern-Nebraska. In Thursday’s second session, No. 7 Michigan State (20-11, 11-9) plays No. 10 seed Maryland (15-16, 7-13) at 6:30 p.m., while No. 6 Ohio State (19-10, 12-8) takes on the Penn State-Minnesota winner 25 minutes after the conclusion of the Michigan State-Maryland game.

The Thursday winners will move on to play the tournament’s top four seeds on Friday in the quarterfinals.

The Big Ten Network (BTN) will televise the tournament’s first 10 games, with coverage spanning the first round of the tournament through the quarterfinals. CBS Sports will once again broadcast the semifinals and final. All BTN on-air games can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets, and connected devices through the FOX Sports App, while the CBS Sports broadcasts will also be available to stream live on Paramount+.

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State redshirt-junior David Carr won his third-straight Big 12 Championship Sunday night, becoming the 16^th Cyclone to win three conference titles.

In the championship match, Carr beat North Dakota State’s No. 2 Jared Franek 8-2 in a rematch of last year’s championship match. Carr improved to 5-0 all-time against Franek, matching the exact score from the 2021 championship match.

Missouri locked up the team title in the afternoon, as finished with 131.5 points. Oklahoma was second with 113, while Iowa State was third with 110. Oklahoma State finished fourth with 108.5 points, while UNI was fifth with 100 points.

Carr wasted no time going to work on Franek, recording a takedown :29 into the match. After Franek escaped :28 later, Carr added a second takedown in the first period with 1:24 to go and rode out Franek.

The only second period scoring came on an escape from Carr :12 into the period, as he took a 5-1 lead. Franek escaped with 1:17 to go in the third period, but Carr added a final takedown with :04 left to extend the lead to 7-2. With a point for riding time, Carr won 8-2.

Carr, along with seven other teammates (Listed below) have earned automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. The at-large berths will be announced on Tuesday, while brackets and seeds will be announced on Wednesday.

Iowa State Results:

125 – No. 6 Kysen Terukina – 8^th Place
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – L, 6-5 vs. No. 3 Brody Teske (UNI)
Consolation First Round – W, 6-2 vs. Lucas Rodriguez (NDSU)
Consolation Quarterfinals – L, Fall (1:38) vs. No. 2 Taylor LaMont (UVU)
7^th Place Match – L, 5-3 (SV) No. 5 Noah Surtin (MIZ)

133 – No. 5 Ramazan Attasauov – 3^rd Place (NCAA AQ)
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – W, MD 9-0 vs. Garett Lautzenheiser (WVU)
Semifinals – L, MD 13-3 vs. No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU)
Consolation Semifinals – W, 2-1 vs.  No. 7 Anthony Madirgal (OU)
3^rd Place Match – W, 8-5 vs. Sidney Flores (AF)

141 – No. 1 Ian Parker – 5^th Place (NCAA AQ)
First Round – L, 7-4 vs. Jacob Butler (OU)
Consolation First Round – W, 9-5 vs. No. 7 Darren Green (Wyoming)
Consolation Quarterfinals – W, 5-0 vs. No. 5 Carter Young (OSU)
Consolation Semifinals – L, 5-3 vs. No. 8 Dylan Droegemueller (NDSU)
5^th Place Match – W, 8-7 vs. Jacob Butler (OU)

149 – No. 3 Jarrett Degen – 4^th Place (NCAA AQ)
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – W, 3-1 vs. Jeff Boyd (WVU)
Semifinals – L, 5-4 vs. No. 2 Willie McDougald (OU)
Consolation Semifinals – W, 15-13 vs. No. 4 Josh Edmond (MIZ)
3^rd Place Match – L, 8-6 vs. #5 Colin Realbuto (UNI)

157 – No. 1 David Carr – 1^st  (NCAA AQ)
First Round – W, Fall (4:54) vs. Giano Petrucelli (AF)
Quarterfinals – W, TF 18-3 vs. No. 8 Jaxon Garoutte (UVU)
Semifinals – W, 7-4 vs. No. 5 Jacob Wright (WYO)
Finals – W, 8-2 vs. No. 2 Jared Franek (NDSU)

165 – No. 7 Isaac Judge – 6^th
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – L, MD 13-5 vs. No. 2 Peyton Hall (WVU)
Consolation First Round – W, 6-1 vs. Trey Brisker (AF)
Consolation Quarterfinals – W, 10-5 vs. Nick Knutson (UNC)
Consolation Semifinals – L, 7-1 No. 5 Luke Weber (NDSU)
5^th Place Match – L, 6-2 vs. No. 8 Joe Grello (U)

174 – No. 7 Joel Devine – 7^th (NCAA AQ)
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – L, 3-0 vs. No. 2 Cade DeVos (SDSU)
Consolation First Round – W, 5-2 vs. Riley Habisch (NDSU)
Consolation Quarterfinals – L, 4-2 vs. No. 3 Anthony Mantanona (OU)
7^th Place Match – W, 6-0 vs. No. 8 Dennis Robin (WVU)

184 – No. 2 Marcus Coleman – 3^rd (NCAA AQ)
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – W, 9-4 vs. No. 7 Keegan Moore (OU)
Semifinals – L, 8-4 vs. No. 6 Jeremiah Kent (MIZ)
Consolation Semifinals – W, TF 18-2 vs. No. 8 Deanthony Parker Jr. (NDSU)
3^rd Place Match – W, MD 19-6 vs. No. 7 Keegan Moore (OU)

197 – No. 4 Yonger Bastida – 5^th (NCAA AQ)
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – W, 4-3 vs. No. 5 Rocky Elam (MIZ)
Semifinals – L, Fall (6:57) vs. No. 1 Stephen Buchanan (WYO)
Consolation Semifinals – L, 1-0 vs. No 3 Jake Woodley (OU)
5^th Place Match – W, MFF vs. No. 6 Owen Pentz (NDSU)

285 – No. 3 Sam Schuyler – 4^th (NCAA AQ)
First Round – W, TF 24-9 vs. Terren Swartz (WYO)
Quarterfinals – W, 3-1 (SV) vs. No. 6 Brandon Metz (NDSU)
Semifinals –L, 3-2 vs. No. 7 Luke Surber (OSU)
Consolation Semifinals – W, 5-3 vs. No. 8 Josh Heindselman (OU)
3^rd Place Match – L, 6-1 vs. No. 2 Zach Elam (MIZ)

University of Iowa senior Alex Marinelli won a 2-1 decision in the finals of the 2022 Big Ten Championships to win the 165-pound conference title and become the eighth four-time Big Ten champion in program history.

Marinelli, seeded No. 2 at 165, scored on an escape and earned a point for stalling against fourth-seeded Cameron Amine. He gave up an escape in the third to clinch his fourth title.

Marinelli is Iowa’s first four-time champion since Mark Ironside won his fourth conference title in 1998. Joe Scarpello, Iowa’s first four-time conference champion, won his first title 75 years ago in 1947. Marinelli is only the 17th four-time champion in the history of the Big Ten Conference tournament.

“I don’t know if I wrestled my best today and sometimes your worst should always beat their best,” Marinelli said. “It has been 24 years since we had a Big Ten champion at Iowa. I am really thankful and blessed. I got to wrestle in a lot of Big Ten Championships, and I got it done. Everyone remembers the national champ, right? So we have more to do.” 

The Hawkeyes were 1-3 in championship finals. Austin DeSanto lost a 3-1 decision at 133 pounds and Jaydin Eierman (141) and Tony Cassioppi (285) both turned in medical forfeits.

DeSanto finished runner-up at the Big Ten Championships for the second straight year, dropping a 3-1 decision to Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young in the 133-pound finals. The wrestlers traded escapes to start the second and third periods. Bravo-Young scored the deciding points when DeSanto was put in the neutral danger position with 20 seconds left in the third. The takedown survived review and the final score held, 3-1.

On the back side of the bracket, Max Murin finished his tournament with a 4-1 mark, including a win by medical forfeit in the 149-pound consolation finals. Murin’s third-place finish is his highest in four tournament appearances.

Two Hawkeyes dropped third-place bouts to place fourth. Kaleb Young dropped a 3-1 decision in sudden victory at 157 pounds and Jacob Warner fell, 3-1, at 197.

Iowa placed third with 129.5 points. Michigan won the team title with 143.0 points. Penn State placed second with 141.5.

ON TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ten Hawkeyes earned automatic berths to the NCAA Championships in Detroit on March 17-19. It marks the first time since 2010 Iowa earned 10 automatic berths to the national tournament. The Big Ten Conference tournament is one of seven NCAA qualifying tournaments across the country. The NCAA will announce the NCAA at-large qualifiers Tuesday. NCAA tournament brackets will be released Wednesday.

FINALS RESULTS

133 – #1 Roman Bravo-Young (PSU) dec. #2 Austin DeSanto (IA), 3-1
141 – #1 Nick Lee (PSU) mff. #2 Jaydin Eierman (IA)
165 – #2 Alex Marinelli (IA) dec. #4 Cameron Amine (MICH), 2-1
285 – #1 Gable Steveson (MINN) mff. #2 Tony Cassioppi (IA)

THIRD-PLACE RESULTS
149 – #4 Max Murin (IA) mff. #3 Ridge Lovett (NEB)
157 – #10 Brady Berge (PSU) dec. #2 Kaleb Young (IA), 3-1 SV1
197 – #5 Pat Brucki (MICH) dec. #4 Jacob Warner (IA), 3-1

TEAM STANDINGS

1.           Michigan            143.0
2.           Penn State         141.5
2.           IOWA                  129.5
4.           Ohio State          91.5
5.           Northwestern   90.5
6.           Minnesota         78.5
7.           Nebraska            75.5
8.           Wisconsin          68.0
9.           Rutgers               41.0
10.         Purdue                36.5
11.         Illinois                 34.5
12.         Michigan State  33.0
13.         Maryland           15.5
14.         Indiana               4.0

AMES, Iowa – Izaiah Brockington was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and Tyrese Hunter was recognized as Big 12 Freshman of the Year in a vote of the league’s coaches, as announced Sunday by the Big 12 Conference.

Brockington, a 6-4 senior guard from Philadelphia, was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team in addition to being named the league’s top newcomer.

Brockington, who finished the regular season third in the Big 12 in scoring (17.6) and rebounding (7.2) is the 10^th Cyclone to be named conference newcomer of the year and the first since Deonte Burton in 2016.

A transfer from Penn State, Brockington recorded seven double-doubles and posted 13 straight double-figure scoring efforts in Big 12 play, including a 35-point outburst and game-winning shot against West Virginia.

Brockington shot a career-best 47 percent from the field and 39 percent behind the arc.

Hunter, a 6-0 freshman point guard from Racine, Wisconsin, is just the sixth Cyclone rookie to take home freshman of the year honors and the first since Curtis Stinson in 2004. He was also named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Hunter averaged 10.8 points and 5.0 assists, breaking the ISU freshman record with 155 assists while also posting 59 steals. On Saturday at Baylor, Hunter dished out 13 assists, the second most by any Cyclone freshman.

Hunter reached double digits in 18 games, scoring a career-best 22 points at West Virginia and topping 20 points twice against conference competition.

The Cyclone duo played a significant role in helping the team to the biggest turnaround in school and Big 12 history. ISU enters the 2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with a 20-11 record. The Cyclones will face Texas Tech Thursday at 8:30 p.m.

Player of the Year: Ochai Agbaji, Kansas

Freshman of the Year: Tyrese Hunter, Iowa State

Newcomer of the Year: Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State

Defensive Player of the Year: Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Baylor; Moussa Cisse, Oklahoma State; Gabe Osabuohien, West Virginia

Sixth Man Award: Jeremy Sochan, Baylor

Most Improved Player: Nijel Pack, Kansas State

Coach of the Year: Scott Drew, Baylor 

All-Big 12 First Team

• James Akinjo, Baylor
• Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State
• Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
• Nijel Pack, Kansas State
• Bryson Williams, Texas Tech

 All-Big 12 Second Team

• Adam Flagler, Baylor
• Christian Braun, Kansas
• Mike Miles, TCU
• Timmy Allen, Texas
• Taz Sherman, West Virginia

All-Big 12 Third Team

• David McCormack, Kansas
• Jalen Wilson, Kansas
• Mark Smith, Kansas State
• Avery Anderson III, Oklahoma State
• Marcus Carr, Texas

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Matthew Mayer (Baylor), Jeremy Sochan (Baylor), Dajuan Harris (Kansas), Markquis Nowell (Kansas State), Umoja Gibson (Oklahoma), Jordan Goldwire (Oklahoma), Tanner Groves (Oklahoma), Elijah Harkless (Oklahoma), Damion Baugh (TCU), Emanuel Miller (TCU), Christian Bishop (Texas), Andrew Jones (Texas), Courtney Ramey (Texas), Adonis Arms (Texas Tech), Kevin McCullar (Texas Tech), Kevin Obanor (Texas Tech), Marcus Santos-Silva (Texas Tech), Sean McNeil (West Virginia).

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

• Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Baylor
• Dajuan Harris, Kansas
• Markquis Nowell, Kansas State
• Moussa Cisse, Oklahoma State
• Gabe Osabuohien, West Virginia

Big 12 All-Newcomer Team

• James Akinjo, Baylor
• Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State
• Mark Smith, Kansas State
• Timmy Allen, Texas
• Bryson Williams, Texas Tech

Big 12 All-Freshman Team

• Jeremy Sochan, Baylor
• Kendall Brown, Baylor
• KJ Adams, Kansas
• Tyrese Hunter, Iowa State
• C.J. Noland, Oklahoma