Michigan State coach Tom Izzo admits his team has been a bit of a surprise this season. The seventh ranked Spartans are 7-0 with wins over, Kentucky, North Carolina and Arkansas as they get ready for Tuesday night’s Big Ten opener at home against Iowa.

Izzo says he has been impressed with the Hawkeyes under first year coach Ben McCollum.

Izzo says under McCollum the Hawkeyes play a different style than former coach Fran McCaffery.

Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum will make hs Big Ten debut against the league’s longest tenured coach on Tuesday night when the Hawkeyes visit seventh ranked ranked Michigan State. Tom Izzo is in his 31st season as Spartan coach and has led the school to eight trips to the Final Four.

The Breslin Center has been one of the toughest place for road teams to win.

McCollum says there is no way to prepare for the atmosphere they will face.

McCollum on if Iowa will go small against the Spartan’s double post lineup.

Michigan State is a plus-12 in rebounding margin and McCollum says all of the top teams in the Big Ten are good on the glass.

The Atlantic Boys Basketball team is set to begin the 2025-26 season tonight (Monday night). The Trojans come off just a four-win season a year ago, but Head Coach Dalton Franken said the team’s work ethic has been great so far in the preseason.

The Trojans return five of their six top scorers from last season, including Senior Gavin McLaren who averaged nearly 13 points a game. The number of starters coming back has increased the team chemistry according to Franken.

Franken says playing a Hawkeye Ten Conference schedule requires competitiveness each and every night.

Atlantic opens their season Monday at home against North Polk. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 P.M.

Audi Crooks poured in a school record 47 points as 10th ranked Iowa State beat Indiana 106-95 in the championship game of the Coconut Hoops Tournament in Fort Myers, Florida, Sunday.

The Cyclones are 9-0.

The Cyclones shot 64 percent for the game. ISU coach Bill Fennelly.

The 11th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women overcame a slow start and beat Fairfield 86-72, Sunday, in Iowa City. It was a game the Hawkeyes trailed by 11 in the opening quarter. Ava Heiden had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Kylie Feuerbach equaled a career high with 17 points, including four-of-seven from three point range.

The Hawkeyes are 8-0 and Feuerbach likes the chemistry of the team.

The Iowa State wrestling team finally broke through in the Cy-Hawk series. The sixth ranked Cyclones beat number three Iowa 20-14, Sunday, in Ames. It was their first dual win in the series since 2004 and snapped Iowa’s win streak at 20.

That’s Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser, who says it is a big step for the program.

It was another red flag for an Iowa program that continues to tumble out of national title contention.

That’s Hawkeye coach Tom Brands. Third ranked Drake Ayala at 133 pounds and second rated Patrick Kennedy 174 pounds were both upset victims.

CORALVILLE, Iowa – University of Iowa volleyball fell in its season finale to 25th-ranked Penn State on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes finish the season 15-17 and 6-14 in the Big Ten.

Penn State won the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-21. Iowa fought back and won set three, 25-22. The Nittany Lions won the fourth set, 25-20, to take the match.

Outside hitters Chard’e Vanzandt and Alyssa Worden had career nights against the Nittany Lions. Vanzandt matched her career high with 22 kills to lead the Hawkeyes, while Worden finished with a career-best 17. In her final match as a Hawkeye, Vanzandt notched a double-double, adding 12 digs to her stat line.

Senior setter Claire Ammeraal finished her career with her 12th double-double, tallying 43 assists and 15 digs. She added eight kills and hit .333.

Iowa’s back row was active. Senior libero Milana Moisio neared a double-double with 14 digs and nine assists. Moisio finished the season with 451 digs in her lone season as a Hawkeye. Sophomore Jaimie Marquardt set a career high with 14 digs.

The Hawkeyes (15-17, 6-14 B1G) finished the 2025 campaign with the program’s most total and conference wins since 2016.

LINCOLN, Neb. (Via HawkeyesSports.com) – The University of Iowa football team defeated Nebraska 40-16 on Friday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Hawkeyes outgained the Huskers in total yardage, 379-300, and held Nebraska to 69 yards passing. Mark Gronowski completed nine of 16 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown. He added 64 yards on the ground and two scores with his legs.

Kamari Moulton led the way on the ground, scoring twice and recording 93 yards on 18 attempts. DJ Vonnahme caught three passes for 91 yards and a score. Defensively, the Hawkeyes were led by Rashad Godfrey Jr., who had nine tackles (six solo), and Jayden Montgomery with seven tackles. Zach Lutmer had a tackle for loss, and Godfrey and Karson Sharar each forced a fumble.

Drew Stevens was 1-for-1, connecting on a 41-yard field goal. Kaden Wetjen had two kickoff returns for 71 yards. Iowa has won three straight and 10 of the last 11 games over Nebraska.

The Hawkeyes have won seven straight games in Lincoln dating back to the 2015 season. he second-most in program history.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will await their bowl destination, which will be announced on Dec. 7.

Morningside opens the NAIA playoffs Saturday with a visit to the College of Idaho. Morningside coach Steve Ryan says limiting mistakes will be a key.

Ryan says the ability to run the football is a critical part of winning on the road in the playoffs.

Kick-off from Simplot Stadium in Caldwell, ID, is at 2-p.m.

Iowa State takes a 7-4 record into Saturday’s regular season finale at Oklahoma State. It has been a horrible season for the Cowboys, who are 0-8 in the Big 12. ISU coach Matt Campbell.

Campbell says the Cowboys have been playing much better than their record.

Campbell says the Cyclones expect a tough game.

Kick-off at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, OK., is at 11-a.m.