Fran McCaffery says this is the moment Luka learned his jersey would be retired. The bond between these two is remarkable. Fran said it was an "incredibly emotional" moment, as you can see.
#Hawkeyes
Earlham's freshman short stop Cora Boyle just got her face ripped open by a cleat, but she bounces right up, gets it cleaned out and goes right back to work.
Softball players are tough.
#iahssb
"To me, she's the most exciting player in college basketball right now." -Sue Bird on Caitlin Clark
That's some high praise from the 🐐🐐🐐 for the
@IowaWBB
freshman. Frankly, if you haven't watched
@CaitlinClark22
and the Hawks, you're missing out. LISTEN TO SUE BIRD.
#Hawkeyes
Here are all of the two-time Sporting News National Player of the Year winners:
Oscar Robertson
Jerry Lucas
Lew Alcindor
Bill Walton (3x)
Michael Jordan
Luka Garza
Casey's Pizza >>> New Haven Pizza (according to
@R_moss5
)
This is how you know he's truly an Iowa kid. I'm sure
@Nicoragaini21
has given him plenty of grief about it.
My favorite part is Moss gesturing to nowhere in particular, because there's a Casey's everywhere.
#Hawkeyes
"I just feel heartbroken that I couldn't... you know with all the work that I did, I couldn't lead this team to where it needed to go. That's something that's gonna haunt me for the rest of my life." -Luka Garza
Tough listen. Garza gave it everything he possibly could.
#Hawkeyes
Jacob Warner was buried early... but he finds his way back into the match and wins it with an emphatic takedown. Then lets a couple F bombs fly after the win 😂😂😂
Match of the day so far?
#Hawkeyes
"I was thinking about when I was a little kid, looking up to all these players." -
@JordanBo_3
The age of social distancing led the
@IowaHoops
star guard to put dribbling drills on social media. It's a hit.
This week's new-age Ed Thomas Coach of the Week.
#Hawkeyes
Trying to stop
@IowaWBB
:
Okay guys Caitlin Clark is dropping 30 every night, gotta sell out to stop her.
*Monica Czinano drops 38*
Okay her too
*Gabbie Marshall scores 22 points in one half*
🤷🤷🤷
#Hawkeyes
The Timberwolves are playing basically the best basketball in franchise history and they can’t make up a game in the standings because of stuff like this.
I’m losing it
Luka Garza is the winner of the 2021 Wooden Award. He has now swept the six major national awards and is officially the consensus National Player of the Year.
#Hawkeyes
Imagine this: At the exact moment you and your team win the first Big Ten tournament championship in program history, your opponent smokes a ball right into your face. There's a lot happening in that one second.
@dianesenkowski
lived it. But hey, she's a Big Ten champ.
#Hawkeyes
Isaiah Brown, throwing it down.
His family drove overnight from Texas to be in Cedar Falls for senior day.
@isaiahbrown24
didn't disappoint.
@UNImbb
#UNIFight
"I think the best thing was he was ready." -
@CoachJake_UNI
When his number was called,
@noah3carter
stepped up. The freshman chipped in 11 crucial points to help
@UNImbb
clinch a share of the conference title. But the best part is how far he's come on the other end.
#UNIFight
Senior night is always special, but when a group has accomplished this much, it means even more.
-96 wins (and counting)
-2 NCAA Tournament appearances (and counting)
-1 Elite Eight
-36 straight home wins
@IowaWBB
honored this stellar group of
#Hawkeyes
tonight.
"It's just hooping, really." -A.J. Green
He makes it sound so easy. He makes it look so easy, too. But there's nothing easy about what this man is doing.
Enjoy another episode of the soon-to-be-award-winning show "A.J. Green is Not a Human"
#UNIFight
@UNImbb
Port Wing, Wisconsin ➡️ Iowa City, Iowa ➡️ Dallas, Texas
@GustafsonMeg10
’s journey continues in the WNBA.
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, which I assume means we’ve got a four ball Mikan drill coming soon.
#Hawkeyes
These are the NCAA Tournament seeds of the last 14 AP National Players of the Year:
1
1
1
2
1
3
4
1
3
2
2
1
4
1
Obi Toppin's Flyers would have been a 1/2.
Luka Garza's
#Hawkeyes
would have been a 5/6/7.
BREAKING: The pair behind
@DaytonMBB
's remarkable rise have won top honors from The Associated Press:
@otoppin1
is the men’s college basketball player of the year and Anthony Grant is the coach of the year.
Read more from
@aaronbeardap
>>
Alright so I'm digging around for some women's basketball stats and stumbled upon something cool.
There were 366 teams in DI women's basketball last year. All four programs in Iowa ranked in the top 10 in total 3-pointers made:
4. Iowa
5. Iowa State
8. UNI
9. Drake
I feel like Tyler Goodson's masterful stutter step at midfield is getting all the love, but this might have been even better.
@tgood1110
has sweet feet, man.
#Hawkeyes
Blast from the Past: Iowa State knocks off No. 4 TCU
October of 2017 was magical month for
@CycloneFB
. Three weeks after a win at 3rd ranked Oklahoma, the
#Cyclones
scored another top-5 win.
@KyleKempt
➡️
@410Keem
= 14-0 lead
@the_heavengates
makes a call after sealing the deal
"Me and coach both knew something was about to happen." -
@Zekeball
Something = a clutch hit from the senior
Isaac Ball was given a chance to break this game open and he wasn't going to waste it. A three-run 6th puts
@CRXBaseball
in the state championship game.
#iahsbsb
The 🐐 is back!
@GustafsonMeg10
's jersey will be retired today after
@IowaWBB
tries to make it 8 straight wins and extend their winning streak at Carver to 32 games.
#Hawkeyes
They can hoop over at
@KCC_Athletics
. Both
@KirkwoodMBB
and
@KwoodWBB
are ranked in the top two.
Both teams are in the hunt for a national title - and they're supporting each other on that journey.
"We lost two games by a total of five points and one was a state championship. Our kids are as tough as they come."
@coachtzajac
What a journey for
@GCspartanFB
. 11 wins, a run to the state title game, and a never say die attitude. The
@gcspartans
will be back here soon.
#iahsfb
"Leaving a legacy is one of the biggest things we've always talked about." -
@ben_bryant16
How about this for a legacy: 13-0, State Champions,
@WesternDubuque
's 1st title since '01 and the second in program history.
It's over.
@football_wd
is the 2019 3A champ.
#iahsfb
"That's the reason I came here,"
@LukeAppel23
.
@KirkwoodMBB
is the top seed at the
@NJCAABasketball
DII tourney next week. It's not a surprise either, in fact, this is what they came here to do.
"Just trying to soak in the opportunity, because it's pretty rare." -
@NTimp10
It's not everyday a D3 program gets a shot at a Big East school, but
@CoeCollegeHoops
will give Creighton its best Thursday night -- on national TV.
"I was really shocked, it's definitely a dream come true." -
@AudreyBiermann
It was a back and forth 400 between Audrey Biermann and Carlisle star Ainsely Erzen, but the
@wdgirlstrack
junior dug deep and got the win, and she even surprised herself.
#iahstrk
"For all that work, to get rewarded this final year of my career, it's really nice." -
@NotLucasLarson
@CornellRamBall
made program history over the weekend. They'll roll into their first ever NCAA Tournament red hot, carrying 22 wins away from home. The Rams are on a fun ride.
"All that was going through my head was it's senior year and I've gotta fulfill my goal." -Ashton Stoner-DeGroot
With 20 seconds on the clock, the
@PHawksWrestling
senior needed to make something happen. He did. Then he pulled off the pin. Dreams of gold, still alive.
#iahswr
The story of the day from Iowa's first open spring practice of the year was Tyrone Tracy. He dazzled with a handful of big plays, but Kirk Ferentz was not surprised to see him show out - he always held onto his Tyrone Tracy stock.
#Hawkeyes
Kiper drops A.J. Epenesa 15 spots from 25th overall to the 8th pick of the 2nd round.
This is one of those weird scenarios where the tape is losing out to the combine numbers. This is how somebody winds up with a steal.
#Hawkeyes
He's on another level.
@TjTomlyanovich
owned the 400 tonight at the blue oval, breaking into the top 10 of Iowa's all-time list.
And, as he should be, the kid was fired up.
#iahstrk
📍Marion, Iowa - Upset City
Nobody was betting on
@Marion_Baseball
when the postseason started (except the Indians themselves), but here they are, fresh off a pair of wins against the No. 2 and 3 teams in the state. Two wins from a title.
Also, get on
@jake_trca
's grit level.
"I would never come in with this senior class and tell 'em we've gotta build this thing for three years down the road." -
@mooremt09
Mitch Moore just arrived at
@CityHighFB
, but he isn't shy about his goals for the Little Hawks. They want to win a championship.
#iahsfb
"Your normal conversation is, 'How's school?' You don't really realize that until you start talking about the tougher topics." -
@ben_parker2020
@BBIG_Mr_Jaeger
realized everybody could use a little extra family time, so
@GoCometFootball
started family night. It's a hit.
#iahsfb
All
@CoeBaseball
does is win.
A 7-run 4th inning today powered a massive win over Simpson, as the Kohawks worked their way to a four game sweep.
@CoeAthletics
That makes it a 22-3 start 👀👀👀
"This would be the year, that if you want an excuse, you've got it built in." -
@DougStreicher
But
@Linnmarwrestlin
won't do that. The Lions are living by two words this season: No Excuses.
That's how Streicher and his staff are preparing their wrestlers for life beyond Linn-Mar.
"That's why I play the game, is to be pushed outside of my comfort zone." -
@KDoyle_11
Kathleen Doyle's sensational senior season set her up for a new challenge: The WNBA. The former
@IowaWBB
star joined me to talk about Friday's draft.
#Hawkeyes
Link:
"I still can't believe it. It hasn't sunk in yet." -
@Grant_kelchen
That's your walk-off 4A High Jump champ.
@westdubtrack
's Grant Kelchen had one final shot at 6'8" and he gave the crowd a treat. What a moment for
@WestDubNation
.
Markus Howard went OFF tonight:
- 53 points
- 15/26 FG
- 10/14 from three
- 14 points in OT
This is the junior's THIRD 45+ point game this season, and he is now the only division one player with multiple 50-point games over the last 20 seasons.
Unbelievable.
All they do is win. After a 1 point loss in Week 5,
@GCspartanFB
has reeled off six straight dubs. Now,
@coachtzajac
and the gang are one win away from a state title.
@logan_knaack
to Matt Jansen for a looooooooooooooooong TD as the
@gcspartans
win 23-21.
#iahsfb
"Why not us?" -
@KarsynStratton
,
@meagan_harvey25
, and everybody else on
@CCAGirlsHoops
They had never been to state. It looked like an impossible path. But the Clippers just asked themselves a simple question, then made history. Now they arrive at the Well with swagger.
#iahsbkb
Somehow the Big Ten came up with 30 names for the All-Conference teams and didn't get McKenna Warnock on that list. Lol
12 and 8 a game, shooting 45 percent from deep. No way you can explain that one.
#Hawkeyes
Dumb Counter: 10
@ChadLeistikow
asked Kirk Ferentz about Saturday's fake punt attempt this afternoon. Kirk called it "dumb." Quite a few times.
#Hawkeyes
"That makes me a little star struck in a way."
Well, yeah. Clark says she grew up watching Sue Bird and even modeled her game after Bird's.
-First NCAA Tournament win
-Shoutout from Sue Bird (and Megan Rapinoe)
-23 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists
Spectacular day.
#Hawkeyes
"A lot of the time he gets the ball himself, so what he did tonight was fantastic." -
@HilmerMike
@milleraustin24
is a beast.
24 points, 13 rebounds, 5 of them on the offensive end AND the win. Just another day at the office for the
@NorthLinnLynx
senior stud.
#iahsbkb
Unreal execution on the free kick from
@alanmkim
!
@JFKSOCCERCRIA
makes a quick comeback in the second half and books a trip to state.
Full highlights as
@CRCougars
win at Prairie 2-1 in the 3A Substate Final.
After a state title in 3A last year, Center Point-Urbana moved up to 4A.
Well after today's win over
#15
Grinnell, the Stormin Pointers are 8-0 and looking every bit like a title contender. Watch out for
@CPUathletics
.
#iahsbkb
If you find yourself playing
@JFKsoftball
, don't expect to score.
@kaylin2344
and
@jayme_scheck
make sure that's the case.
The
@KSoftballers
double aces have the Cougars off to an 11-1 start and they form a duo you just don't see at this level. Don't mess with the
@CRCougars
.
Lily Meester wouldn't take the credit for her gold medal in the discus today. She gave it to her
@MVActivities
coaches and teammates. Humble champ.
#iahstrk
I have a new job! I’m thrilled to say I’ll be joining the sports team at
@cbs2iowa
/
@fox28Iowa
in Cedar Rapids starting October 19th. Next week will be my last week here in Ottumwa. It’s been a great year. I’m excited to head north to cover the Hawkeyes and a whole lot more!
This is my dear sweet boy Benny. I got him for my girlfriend for her college graduation. The crate training is coming along, uh, at his pace. I love him very much.
This is Benny. He’s still working on crate training. A little self-conscious because other dogs his age already have the hang of it. 12/10 ignore them Benny you’re doing great
"Our goal is state." -
@FrasherJessie
"We can go to state. We can go all the way." -
@ellietallman1
Belief in themselves. Belief is the difference between a 13-17 season and a 15-0 start. Belief is what's powered the
@AHSBlueRaiders
softball squad's turnaround this season.
Overwhelmed with joy.
An unbelievable day with more happy tears than I thought was possible.
I am beyond fortunate for to have met this woman, and for the greatest celebration ever to start our next chapter.
8.27.22
"I just want people to know how hard working he is and how much effort he really puts in and that he loves all of us." -
@LukeLambert04
It's a special season for
@MPantherBball
, but as the Panthers chase glory, Tim Lambert (
@MonticelloBBall
) has the big picture in mind.
#iahsbkb
Everybody got in on the fun today for
@WartburgKnights
as they hand Coe its first loss of the year.
-
@Jace_Moore22
tossed the Knights first TD
-
@JomarreMcnair
took a punt to the house for a special teams TD
-
@natelink_
got the defense in on the fun with a pick six
Perfection.
I've run out of things to say about
@GCspartanFB
, the Spartans as absolutely ridiculous. The postseason can't come soon enough.
#iahsfb
#EIOT
"We were a 4 seed in our district, so it doesn't matter to us." -
@CoachMcKowen
It never looked like a 1 vs. 8 game. Why? Because
@WapsieAthletics
didn't let it happen. The red hot Warriors knocked off top-seeded Lake Mills to make it 9 straight wins. They want two more.
#iahbkb
Saying “I got this” and meaning it >>>
Jop has grown so much as a player during his time at MU, but his role, and his execution of it this season, especially since Kolek’s injury, has shown he’s also a tremendous leader. He’s going to thrive next season.
#mubb
Didn't take long for
@HawkeyeSoccer
to get on the board this afternoon!
Samantha Cary corner leads to a Sara Wheaton shot and it deflects in for the opener less than four minutes in.
#Hawkeyes