A look at season highlights and several of the area's top basketball players
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The Iowa women's basketball team is hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since its back-to-back Final Four seasons in 2023 and 2024.
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The Iowa men's basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2023.
Beat reporters Ben Hutchens and Ethan Petrik discuss the paths through the postseason for the Hawkeyes and Cyclones.
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ISU has now reached the NCAA Tournament six consecutive years under coach Bill Fennelly and 24 times in his 31 years as coach.
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It's the second time in coach TJ Otzelberger's five seasons the Cyclones have earned a No. 2 seed.
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Will a groin injury limit Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey in the NCAA Tournament?
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A look at season highlights and several of the area's top basketball players
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CyHawk Talk rundown: 1:15 What to know about Tennessee State, Iowa State's first-round opponent 6:55 Expectation for ISU men: If not Elite Eight now, then when? 9:24 X-factors for a Cyclone run 10:43 Iowa State's path to a Final Four includes Kentucky and Virginia 12:22 Ethan likes Iowa's od…
Iowa head women's basketball coach Jan Jensen reacts to the Hawkeyes' two-seed at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament during a watch party in Iowa City on Sunday, March 15. (Ethan Petrik/Quad-City Times)
This week's episode breaks down the winners and losers, Conan O'Brien's hosting duties, the unique fashions of the night, in memoriam and Sean Penn's absence.
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This week's episode breaks down the winners and losers, Conan O'Brien's hosting duties, the unique fashions of the night, in memoriam and Sean Penn's absence.
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