The expectations are sky high for the Iowa State men heading into a new basketball season. The Cyclones return their top four scorers from a team that won the Big 12 Tournament and made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. They expect to enter the season ranked in the top 10.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the Cyclones never focused on expectations when they were low and they won’t know.

The guard court is experienced but there will be several new faces along the front line.

The guard combination of Keshon Gilbert, Tamin Lipsy and Curtis Jones combined to average more than 37 points per game.

The Cyclones open on Monday, November fourth against Mississippi Valley State.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – All seven University of Iowa women’s tennis student-athletes will head to Memphis, Tennessee, to compete in the ITA Division I Regional Championships from Oct. 9-14 at Leftwich Tennis Center.

Sophomore Jessica Matthews, juniors Daianne Hayashida, Tereza Dejnozkova, Pia Kranholdt, and Nikita Vishwase and seniors Marisa Schmidt and Barbora Pokorna will compete, beginning Wednesday.

“We are looking forward to Regionals, it’s always an important time in the fall season when we see the best competition in our region,” said Iowa head coach Sasha Boris-Schmid. “It’s even more important because it’s a qualifier into the NCAA Tournement. I know the team is really excited to get to Memphis, it’s a beautiful facility and we’re looking forward to the week ahead.”

Griswold Triangular

Bedford -0 vs Griswold – 3

Heartland Christian – 0 vs Griswold – 2

Heartland Christian – 0 vs Bedford -2

Corner Conference

Essex – 3 @ Hamburg – 2

Fremont Mills – 0 @ Sidney – 3

East Mills – 1 @ Stanton – 3

Rolling Valley

Exira-EHK – 3 @ CAM – 1

Glidden-Ralston – 3 @ West Harrison – 0

Coon Rapids-Bayard – 0 @ Boyer Valley – 3

Ar-We-VA – 0 @ Woodbine – 3

WCAC

Madrid – 0 @ Des Moines Christian – 3

ACGC – 3 @ Woodward Granger – 0

Ogden – 1 @ Panorama – 3

Hawkeye Ten

Red Oak – 0 @ Lewis Central – 3

Shenandoah – 3 @ Denison-Schleswig – 0

St. Albert – 0 vs Glenwood – 3

Harlan – 0 vs Glenwood – 3

St. Albert – 3 vs Harlan – 0

WIC

IKM-Manning – 0 @ Riverside – 3

Audubon – 3 @ Logan-Magnolia – 2

Underwood – 3 @ Missouri Valley – 1

Tri-Center – 3 @ Treynor – 1

Non-Conference

Creston – 1 @ Southwest Valley – 3

The Riverside Bulldogs volleyball looked as sharp as ever in their Western Iowa conference win over the IKM-Manning Wolves in 3 straight sets. With it being senior night, the Bulldogs took the energy from the crowd and phenomenal assists by Bentley Rone to win the first set 25-16.

In the second and third sets Riverside was led by Sophia Taylor with 9 kills and 2 digs and Rone who collected 5 kills, 4 aces, 5 digs, and 5 blocks. Both found success targeting the front row with their swings. It seemed that whoever went up to block for IKM-Manning had little no success stopping the constant attacks of the Bulldogs. The last two sets saw more grit from the Wolves. But that would not be enough as IKM-Manning struggled with multiple errors to give up the last two sets 25-15 and 25-19.

It was also a milestone night for Riverside as Madison Kelley eclipsed her 100 career blocks mark and Bentley Rone achieved 100 career aces.

The win improves Riverside’s record to 25-3 and 6-0 in the WIC. They travel to Treynor on Thursday to take on a 19-7 Cardinals squad. IKM-Manning slips to 10-14 with the loss and head to Audubon on Thursday to face the Wheelers.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says players leaving in the middle of the season will become the norm. Running back LeShon Williams and receiver Kaleb Brown both announced they will redshirt and enter the transfer portal. The Hawkeyes are 3-2 heading into Saturday’s game at home against Washington.

Ferentz says he wishes both players well.

Brown was in his second season with the Hawkeyes after leaving Ohio State. Williams led the Hawkeyes last season with 821 yards of rushing but has struggled with injuries since last spring.

Both Williams and Brown played sparingly this season.

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says while happy with a 5-0 start and number-11 national ranking there are still a number of things that have never been accomplished. ISU visits West Virginia Saturday night in search of its first 6-0 start since 1938.

The Cyclones are chasing the program’s first ever major conference championship.

Every week offers a chance for the Cyclones to accomplish things that have rarely been done.

Campbell was asked if he wants the players to enjoy the journey.

Iowa State already has two road wins and West Virginia always has a good home field advantage.

IOWA CITY, Iowa —The University of Iowa, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced its 2024-25 conference men’s wrestling schedule Tuesday. Times and TV designations will be announced at a later date.

Here are notes about the 2024-25 Big Ten season:

– The Hawkeyes host Illinois (Jan. 17), Ohio State (Jan. 25), Nebraska (Feb. 7) and Northwestern (Feb. 16) in Big Ten duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
– Iowa travels for league road duals at Wisconsin (Jan. 12), Penn State (Jan. 31), Maryland (Feb. 2) and Minnesota (Feb. 14).
– The postseason begins at the Big Ten Championships on March 8-9 in Evanston, Illinois, while the 2025 NCAA Championships will be held from March 20-22 in Philadelphia.

Iowa is coming off a 2023-24 season where it posted a 12-2 overall and 6-2 Big Ten mark. The Hawkeyes placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships and fifth at the NCAA Championships with four All-Americans. The program had 20 Academic All-Big Ten selections – the highest total in school history. Iowa led the nation in attendance for the 17th straight year.

Washington coach Jedd Fisch (fish) believes his team is adjusting to the physical style of the Big Ten. The Huskies are 2-1 in the league race after a 27-17 win over Michigan heading into Saturday’s game at Iowa.

Teams traveling multiple time zones have struggled early in the season but Fisch says they can’t be overly concerned about that.

Fisch says the Huskies will leave a day early to prepare for the 9-a.m. (Seattle time) kick off (11-a.m. Central Time).

Fisch on the environment they face in Kinnick Stadium.

Listen for pre-game coverage on KJAN, beginning at 9-a.m., Saturday.

West Virginia coach Neal Brown says Iowa State’s balanced offense is a concern. Sophomore quarterback Rocco Becht leads an ISU offense that is averaging 244 yards of passing and 183 on the ground.

Brown says under coordinator Jon Heacock (hay-cock) the Cyclones have one of the nation’s top defenses.

The Mountaineers are coming off an impressive win at Oklahoma State and this will match up two of the early unbeaten’s in Big 12 play.

West Virginia is 3-2 overall with losses to Penn State and Pitt. Brown says a tough schedule has them prepared.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt sophomore Rocco Becht has helped lead the Cyclones to a No. 11 ranking and a 5-0 start for the first time since 1980. On Monday, his efforts were recognized when he earned a spot on The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25.

Becht, a Wesley Chapel, Florida, native, has completed a career-best 65.9 percent of his passes and has nine touchdown passes in the season’s first five games. He is averaging 234.6 yards per game and has connected on seven passes of at least 30 yards.

Becht has thrown 32 touchdown passes in his career and recently became the 10th player in school history to eclipse 4,000 passing yards. He has 4,358 passing yards in his career, ranking eighth all-time at ISU.

Becht and the Cyclones are back in action Saturday at West Virginia at 7 p.m. (CT) on FOX.