CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Network today announced the 2025-26 broadcast schedule for Big Ten women’s basketball, featuring a record-tying number of televised women’s basketball games. For the second consecutive year, more than 70 women’s basketball games will air on BTN during the 2025-26 season, with more than 100 additional games to be featured exclusively on B1G+.

BTN’s coverage of the women’s basketball season begins Thursday, Nov. 13, with a non-conference meeting as Iowa and Head Coach Jan Jensen host her alma mater Drake from Iowa City at 8:30 p.m. ET. Additional non-conference highlights include a game played at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., between North Dakota State and Nebraska on Sunday, Nov. 16, and a battle between Cal Poly and UCLA on Tuesday, Dec. 16, featuring Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Lauren Betts.

Conference play on BTN starts Saturday, Dec. 6, with Illinois hosting Indiana at noon ET from Champaign, Ill. The following day features five straight conference matchups on BTN, beginning with Purdue traveling to face Michigan at noon ET and wrapping up with USC hosting Washington in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET.

On New Year’s Day, BTN will broadcast four conference games, beginning with Michigan State at Indiana at noon ET, followed by Iowa hosting Nebraska at 2 p.m. ET. The day continues at 4 p.m. ET with Maryland traveling to Illinois and concludes with a meeting between Michigan and Washington from Seattle at 6 p.m. ET. Conference play on BTN concludes Sunday, March 1, with a doubleheader featuring Ohio State at Michigan State at noon ET, followed by a to-be-announced matchup at 2 p.m. ET.

The 2026 Allstate Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament will take place from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, March 4-8, with 10 games airing on BTN, including the semifinals on Saturday, March 7.

More than 100 games, including any Big Ten game not airing on television, will be available exclusively on B1G+, BTN’s subscription service for 2,700 more events, archives of classic games and original content. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month.

Digital coverage will be available all season via the Big Ten Network’s X, Facebook, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram platforms. Fans can follow Big Ten Women’s Basketball on X, Instagram, Bluesky and YouTube. All television programming on BTN can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the FOX Sports App.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named to the 10-player preseason All-Big Ten team, it was announced Tuesday by the league office.

The Hawkeyes have been represented on the preseason All-Big Ten team in six of the last seven seasons as voted upon by a selected panel of media. Previous Hawkeye honorees include: Joe Wieskamp (2019), Luka Garza (2020), Keegan Murray (2021), Kris Murray (2022) and Payton Sandfort (2024).

Stirtz has also been named a preseason fourth-team All-American and a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.

The Liberty, Missouri, native, who is in his first season as Hawkeye, was an All-American by three outlets during the 2024-25 season at Drake and he was also tabbed as the Missouri Valley Conference Larry Bird Player of the Year and Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year.

Stirtz led the MVC in scoring (19.2), steals (2.21) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.86), while ranking second in assists (5.7).  He also led the NCAA in minutes played, averaging 39:22 per game.

The 2025 Big Ten Media Day will be held on Oct. 9 in Chicago.  Complete coverage of the event will be televised on BTN.

Preseason Player of the Year
Braden Smith, Purdue

Preseason All-Big Ten Team
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
Braden Smith, Purdue (unanimous)
Donoven Dent, UCLA
John Blackwell, Wisconsin

Non-Conference 

Southwest Valley – 3 vs Bedford – 1

Syracuse – 2 vs Shenandoah – 0

Scotus Central Catholic – 2 vs Shenandoah – 0

Syracuse – 2 vs Scotus Central Catholic – 0

Mount Ayr – 2 vs Murray 0

Martensdale-St. Marys – 3 vs Collins-Maxwell – 0

Ogden – 2 vs Glidden-Ralston – 0

Ogden – 2 vs Des Moines Hoover – 0

South Hamilton – 2 vs Glidden-Ralston – 1

Glidden-Ralston – 2 vs Des Moines Hoover – 0

South Hamilton – 2 vs Ogden – 1

Ankeny Christian – 2 vs Pella Christian – 1

West Central Activities Conference 

Pleasantville – 3 vs Interstate-35 – 1

Hopes are high for the UNI men’s basketball team as Ben Jacobson enters his 20th season at the helm. The Panthers return 11 players from last year’s team that finished 20-13 and played in the NIT.

After appearing in 33 games as a freshman, six-eight Will Hornseth is ready to fill the void in the post.

The Panthers were picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley preseason poll. They open the regular season at home on November sixth against Cal State Northridge.

The schedule gets even tougher for the UNI football team this week. After opening Missouri Valley play with a 35-7 home loss to 15th ranked North Dakota the Panthers visit second ranked South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits have won 32 straight home games.

That’s UNI coach Todd Stepsis, who says South Dakota State is talented and plays with the consistency required of a national title contender.

Stepsis says while the Panthers know they are a decided underdog the game also presents a big opportunity.

Stepsis says they will work this week on handling crowd noise.

Stepsis says the defense needs to do a better job of limiting big plays and iy is small mistakes that are costing them.

The top ranked teams remain the same in the latest Radio Iowa High School Football Poll. Todd Kimm reports.

Class 5A
1. Waukee Northwest (6-0). LW #1 @ #10 S.E, Polk
2. WDM Valley (5-1), LW #2 @ Sioux City North
3. Dowling Catholic (5-1), LW #3 vs Waukee
4. Johnston (5-1), LW #5 vs #7 Sioux City East
5. Iowa City Liberty (5-1), LW #6 # Pleasant Valley
6. Ankeny (4-2), LW #4 @ Ames
7. Sioux City East (5-1), LW #7 @ #4 Johnston
8. Iowa City West (5-1), LW #8 @ Davenport Central (Thurs)
9. Cedar Falls (5-1), LW #9 vs CR Prairie
10.Southeast Polk (4-2), LW #10 vs #1 Waukee Northwest

Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-0), LW #1 @ Waterloo East
2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-1), LW #3 @ Le Mars
3. North Polk (5-1), LW #4 vs DSM North
4. ADM (Adel) (5-1), LW #5 @ #9 Glenwood
5. Newton (5-1), LW #7 @ Clear Creek-Amana
6. Gilbert (6-0), LW #6 @ Ballard
7. Pella (5-1), LW #2 @ Oskaloosa
8. Decorah (5-1), LW #8 vs Mason City
9. Glenwood (5-1), LW #9 vs #4 ADM (Adel)
10.Fort Dodge (5-1), LW #10 @ Storm Lake

Class 3A
1. Clear Lake (6-0), LW #1 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
2. Solon (6-0), LW #2 vs Washington
3. Bishop Heelan (5-1), LW #3 vs Webster City
4. Mount Vernon (5-1), LW #4 @ Central DeWitt
5. West Delaware (6-0), LW #5 vs Charles City
6. Sioux Center (5-1), LW (X) @ Algona
7. Williamsburg (3-3), LW (X) @ Winterset
8. Wahlert Catholic (4-2), LW #8 @ #10 Assumption
9. Des Moines Christian (5-1), LW #9 @ Knoxville
10.Davenport Assumption (4-2), LW #10 vs #8 Wahlert

Class 2A
1. Kuemper Catholic (6-0), LW #1 @ Estherville Lincoln Central
2. Osage (6-0), LW #2 @ Crestwood
3. PCM (Monroe (5-1), LW #3 @ Davis County
4. Okoboji (Milford) (6-0), LW #4 vs OABCIG
5. Centerville (6-0), LW #6 @ Albia
6. Mid-Prairie (Wellman) (5-1), LW #7 vs Mediapolis
7. Bellevue (6-0), LW (X) vs Tipton
8. Western Christian (5-1), LW (X) @ Cherokee
9. Van Meter (4-2), LW #10 @ Grand View Christian
10.Woodward-Granger (5-1), LW (X) vs Chariton

Class 1A
1. Grundy Center (6-0), LW #1 @ Central Springs
2. West Lyon (6-0), LW #2 vs MVAOCOU
3. Regina Catholic (6-0), LW #3 @ Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
4. Treynor (5-1), LW #5 @ Red Oak
5. Pleasantville (5-1), LW #7 vs West Central Valley
6. South Hardin (5-1), LW #4 vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
7. Beckman Catholic (5-1), LW #8 vs Northeast
8. Underwood (4-2), LW #10 vs Shenandoah
9. West Marshall (4-2), LW (X) vs Interstate 35
10.Union (5-1), LW #6 @ Columbus Catholic

Class A
1. West Hancock (6-0), LW #1 vs West Fork
2. Saint Ansgar (6-0), LW #2 vs Clayton Ridge
3. MMCRU (6-0), LW #3 vs #9 West Sioux
4. AC/GC (6-0), LW #4 @AHSTW
5. North Linn (6-0), LW #5 vs Midland
6. West Central (6-0), LW #6 vs Logan-Magnolia
7. Wapsie Valley (6-0), LW #7 vs East Marshall
8. Riverside (Oakland) (5-1), LW #8 vs Central Decatur
9. West Sioux (6-0), LW #9 @ #3 MMCRU
10.Pekin 6-0), LW #10 @ Danville

8-Player
1. Bishop Garrigan (6-0), LW #1 @ Northwood-Kensett
2. Iowa Valley (6-0), LW #2 @ English Valleys
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-0), LW #3 vs Clarksville
4. Woodbine (6-0), LW #4 vs Boyer Valley
5. Audubon (6-0), LW #5 @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
6. Edgewood-Colesburg (6-0), LW #7 @ Calamus-Wheatland
7. Kingsley-Pierson (6-1), LW #9 @ #8 GTRA
8. GTRA (6-0), LW #10 vs #7 Kingsley-Pierson
9. Easton Valley (5-1), LW #6 @ Central Elkader
10.Bedford (5-1), LW (X) @ East Union

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Missouri, 15-7, in a scheduled 18 inning game on Saturday night at Duane Banks Field.

Iowa used 15 different arms in the contest. Tyler Guerin got the start on the mound and threw two innings striking out five. In total the Iowa staff struck out 27 Tigers while allowing just five walks.

The Iowa bats totaled 24 hits with Gable Mitchell leading the way tallying four hits and scoring three runs. Caleb Wulf and Miles Risley each recorded three hits. Mitchell, Risley and Brett White each plated two RBIs.

The Hawkeyes return to action on Friday, October 10 at 3 p.m. against Heartland CC.

SEATTLE – University of Iowa volleyball dropped a straight sets match at Washington on Saturday night at Alaska Airlines Arena. Iowa fell to 10-6 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

Graduate Chard’e Vanzandt led the team with seven kills and two service aces. Senior Claire Ammeraal tallied 19 assists, seven digs and three kills. Making her first career start as a Hawkeye, freshman Peyton Young recorded three kills, hit a team-high .200 and had one solo block. Redshirt freshman Hallie Steponaitis was impactful in her second start, terminating six kills with one solo block.

Up Next: Iowa continues its road trip, traveling to Michigan State and Michigan. The Hawkeyes return to action Friday, Oct. 10, in East Lansing to play the Spartans at 6:30 P.M. (CDT). Iowa heads over to Ann Arbor on Saturday to battle the Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. Both matches will stream on B1G+ and the Hawkeye Radio Network