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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State men’s head basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the addition of Georgetown transfer Tre King. King is a 6-7 forward out of Lexington, Kentucky, who spent the previous three seasons at Eastern Kentucky before transferring to Georgetown. King, a senior, never played a game at Georgetown and has two years of eligibility remaining due to the COVID year.
King played in 28 games for Eastern Kentucky last season and averaged 14.9 points and 6.2 rebounds while shooting nearly 50 percent from the field to earn All-OVC first-team honors. He has shown the ability to step out and knock down perimeter shots, connecting on 19 3-pointers at a 34 percent clip. Defensively, King was one of three players nationally with at least 30 blocks and 40 steals in 2020-21.
“Tre will provide an immediate impact to our program with the combination of his character, versatility and experience,” Otzelberger said. “He has the unique ability to shoot the three, make plays attacking closeouts, as well as finish through contact at the rim. Defensively, he can guard multiple positions and be an impactful rebounder. We’re excited to have Tre enhance the competition of our practice environment each day.”
King, who prepped at Hargrave Military Academy, reached double figures in 21 games during last season’s shortened campaign. He scored a season-high 29 points against Tennessee Tech, while also scoring 25 against Xavier. In total, he posted six 20-point games and five double-doubles.
King has played 92 career games and made 77 starts, scoring 973 career points and 480 rebounds. He has also had 107 steals and 76 blocks in his career.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Spencer Lee was named Big Ten Conference Co-Wrestler of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
Lee returned to the Hawkeye lineup Dec. 20-21 at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals. He opened the year with three wins, including two bonus-point wins and two top 11 victories. Lee outscored his opponents, 31-1, leading Iowa to the Red Division championship and extending the Hawkeyes’ dual winning streak to 24, the longest in the nation. Lee has won 38 straight, outscoring those opponents, 463-42.
The weekly conference award is the first for Iowa this season and the fourth of Lee’s career. He shared the weekly award with Penn State’s Aaron Brooks.
Iowa returns to action Sunday at the 2022 Hawkeye Open. The Hawkeyes open the Big Ten dual season Jan. 7 hosting Minnesota at 8 p.m. (CT) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department announced on Tuesday the hiring of Jim Barnes as the new head coach of the Hawkeye volleyball program. Barnes is the 11th head coach of the program.
“I am very excited to have Coach Barnes joining our team. He has three decades of experience, proven success at the highest collegiate volleyball level and shares our Win, Graduate, Do It Right values,” said Gary Barta, Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair. “His leadership, knowledge of the game, and respect nationwide sets us up for long-term success.”
“The commitment expressed to me by Gary Barta, Barbara Burke, and Lyla Clerry to make Iowa Volleyball a national contender was extremely impressive,” Barnes said. “I would like to thank them and my family for this opportunity.
“Our coaches and players will be ALL IN and make Hawkeye nation very proud of our volleyball program. I can’t wait to get to work.”
In his 24 years as a head coach, Barnes has amassed a career record of 455-345 (.569), and nine 20-plus win seasons. He has put together six top-20 recruiting classes and made four appearances in postseason tournaments, including a program first NCAA Sweet 16 run.”
Barnes arrives in Iowa City after spending six seasons (2016-21) at the helm of the Tulane volleyball program. While at Tulane, Barnes led the program to back-to-back National Invitational Volleyball Championship appearances including making it to the finals in 2018, during a 29-win season.
In his first season at Tulane, the Green Wave won 18 matches and was the most improved in the NCAA starting the season with an RPI of 247 and finishing at 90.
Barnes understands the importance of academic achievement and under his leadership Tulane volleyball earned a cumulative GPA of 3.49 for the 2019-20 academic year and a 3.362 GPA in 2017. Barnes had 14 members of the team named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
“As a player, Coach Barnes came in my senior year and completely changed the culture of our program and how I saw my future with volleyball,” said former Tulane student-athlete Sarah Strasner. “I probably would not be coaching if it was not for Jim Barnes. He changes the way you play, and coach, by how he loves and serves the people around him. I have no doubt he will impact Iowa’s volleyball program and more people’s lives the way he did mine.”
Before Tulane, Barnes spent 11 seasons as the head coach at Baylor (2004-15), where he became the program’s all-time win leader with 181 victories. Barnes’ tenure in Waco, Texas, included two 20-win seasons, and two NCAA Tournament appearances, including an appearance in the Sweet 16 in 2009.
Barnes produced the first five All-Americans and recruited the first NCAA Player of the Year in Baylor history.
Prior to coaching at Baylor, Barnes spent two seasons at Wyoming. While in Laramie, Wyoming, Barnes turned the program around as the Cowgirls went 20-11 in his first year, posting Wyoming’s first 20-win campaign in 11 years.
Barnes was the head coach at Lamar from 1996-2001, going 128-71 overall. He earned Southland Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1997 and 2001, and won two conference championships.
Barnes got his coaching start at his alma mater of McNeese State, where he spent six years as an assistant coach.
“Jim Barnes has laid the foundation for volleyball programs at Baylor and Tulane and he will do great work for Iowa,” said two-time National Coach of the Year Terry Pettit (Nebraska). “His work ethic is exceeded only by his character.”
The Lake Charles, Louisiana, native earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from McNeese State in 1994 and 1996, respectively.
Barnes is married to the former Tracy Pittman, and they have two daughters, Brooke Aidan and Jenna Grace.
ROSEMONT, Ill. – In collaboration and communication with the Big Ten Conference Administrators Council, Chancellors and Presidents, and the Sports Medicine Committee – effective today – the Big Ten Conference has updated its forfeiture policy for remaining 2021-22 conference contests across all sponsored sports.
“The conference office and all 14 Big Ten member institutions have been in continuous contact about developments related to COVID-19,” said Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren. “The well-being of our student-athletes and our entire athletic communities is our top priority and we are updating our forfeiture policy to support their health and safety as well as the integrity of conference competition.”
If a team or teams is/are unable to participate in a scheduled Conference competition due to COVID-19, and as a result the competition is unable to occur on the calendar day on which it is scheduled, the competition will not automatically be considered a forfeiture. Upon review and approval by the Conference office, in consultation with the participating institutions and the Big Ten Chief Medical Officer, Dr. James Borchers, the competition may be rescheduled, or declared a no contest or a forfeiture. The Conference office will be responsible for rescheduling any conference competition postponed due to COVID-19.
The number of competitors available – i.e. seven scholarship student-athletes for women’s and men’s basketball – and the availability of at least one countable coach will be factored into the decision-making process. A team that is below the number may still decide to compete if deemed safe by appropriate medical personnel (i.e. the decision to postpone a competition will not be automatic even if a team is below the number).
Conversely, a team that is not below the number of requisite competitors and a coach may still determine that it is unsafe to compete. In such case, forfeiture will not be automatic, but an institution would need to demonstrate to the Conference office, including the Chief Medical Officer, the circumstances that have led to a determination that it would be unsafe to compete. A team that does not compete, and is unable to demonstrate why it is unsafe to compete, will be assessed a forfeiture. Postponed competitions that do not result in forfeiture but are unable to be rescheduled will be declared “no contests.”
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa senior Ivory Kelly-Martin will get the start in the 15th ranked Hawkeyes Citrus Bowl game against Kentucky. Kelly-Martin has 44 carries in nine games and replaces Tyler Goodson, who opted out to prepare for the NFL Draft. The Hawkeyes last bowl game was in Florida at the Outback Bowl.
Kelly-Martin says it is a chance to play an outstanding SEC opponent.
Kelly-Martin says it is an opportunity for him.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock credits personnel over style of play for the Cyclones rise as a defensive force in the Big 12. A number of key seniors will play their final game for Wednesday when ISU takes on Clemson in the Cheez-It Bowl.
Heacock it was the seniors who believed in a system that worked in a conference known for high scoring games.
Heacock says it was the players who helped make their unique system work.
Clemson has a new offensive coordinator but Heacock does not expect that to alter their game plan. Chad Streeter is the Tigers’ new play caller after Tony Elliott left to become the new head coach at Virginia.
Heacock says they don’t want to focus on what Clemson may do.
(Radio Iowa) – COVID has forced the cancellation of another UNI men’s basketball game. Northern Iowa has announced Wednesday night’s game against Wartburg, due to COVID-related issues in the Wartburg program. It is the Panthers’ second straight game to be scratched, after their final game at the Diamondhead Classic in Honolulu was canceled due to Covid issues in the Hawaii program. UNI is 4-and 7 and returns to action January 2nd at home, against Evansville.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Izaiah Brockington has been named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week. It is the first player of the week honor and second newcomer recognition for Brockington.
Brockington, who shared the player of the week honor with West Virginia’s Sean McNeil, led the Cyclones to a win against Chicago State in the Cyclones’ only game last week, posting his sixth double-double of the season with 20 points and a career-high tying 13 rebounds to help the Cyclones improve to 12-0 this season.
The transfer from Penn State and Philadelphia native also matched his career high with four steals and was 8-for-8 at the free-throw line.
Brockington ranks in the top three in the conference in scoring (third) and rebounding (second), averaging 16.9 points and 8.4 rebounds. He is also sixth in field goal percentage (50 percent).
Brockington and the No. 8 Cyclones return to action New Year’s Day when they host top-ranked Baylor at 1 p.m.
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. South Carolina (30) | 12-0 | 750 | 1 |
| 2. Stanford | 8-3 | 688 | 2 |
| 3. Louisville | 10-1 | 676 | 3 |
| 4. Arizona | 10-0 | 671 | 4 |
| 5. NC State | 11-2 | 637 | 5 |
| 6. Maryland | 10-3 | 545 | 6 |
| 7. Tennessee | 10-1 | 534 | 7 |
| 8. Indiana | 10-2 | 525 | 8 |
| 9. Michigan | 11-1 | 517 | 9 |
| 10. Baylor | 9-2 | 485 | 10 |
| 11. UConn | 6-3 | 463 | 11 |
| 12. Texas | 9-1 | 453 | 12 |
| 13. Georgia | 11-1 | 402 | 13 |
| 14. Iowa St. | 11-1 | 391 | 13 |
| 15. Duke | 9-1 | 303 | 16 |
| 16. Georgia Tech | 10-2 | 262 | 17 |
| 17. Notre Dame | 11-2 | 197 | 20 |
| 18. BYU | 10-1 | 180 | 19 |
| 19. LSU | 11-1 | 170 | 21 |
| 20. Kentucky | 7-3 | 127 | 22 |
| 21. Iowa | 6-3 | 121 | 15 |
| 22. South Florida | 9-4 | 117 | 18 |
| 23. Texas A&M | 10-2 | 103 | 23 |
| 24. North Carolina | 11-0 | 85 | 25 |
| 25. Ohio St. | 9-2 | 84 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 78, Colorado 59, Florida Gulf Coast 55, Nebraska 45, DePaul 22, Mississippi 3, Missouri St. 2.
Others receiving votes: Illinois 72, Oklahoma 62, West Virginia 52, Loyola Chicago 39, Connecticut 34, Michigan 7, Colorado 5, San Francisco 4, Wake Forest 4, Davidson 2, Iowa 2, Memphis 1, Creighton 1, Minnesota 1.
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