IOWA CITY — From the midpoint of the Big Ten season, Iowa fans have asked one another a simple, yet nebulous, question. Is it better to make a long run in the NIT or play just one NCAA tournament game? “That’s a tough one,” Iowa junior Devyn Marble said. “Being able to experience New York [...]

IOWA CITY – Through a door, a right turn through the lounge, a left turn through bathroom stalls and yet another left, cornered in dim lighting sat Skylar Diggins. The Notre Dame women’s basketball team invaded the Iowa women’s volleyball locker room. They called it home through the duration of their stay in Iowa City [...]

DAYTON, Ohio — A team’s first injury of the season, an official’s interpretation of a coin-flip block/charge, a critical rebound that wasn’t collared, a 3-pointer its opponent made with a half-second left in the game. The huge heart Iowa State showed Sunday went back to Ames broken. For as much as winning 22 games including [...]

Reporters Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder talk about Iowa City hosting the NCAA women’s basketball tournament and the Hawkeyes’ draw in the first and second rounds.

DAYTON, Ohio – Everyone told Iowa State what it can’t do in general, and what it couldn’t do against Notre Dame. The Cyclones can’t defend, it was said. They certainly didn’t have a defensive answer for All-Big East Irish center Jack Cooley. They have to make their living off 3-pointers under normal conditions, so they [...]

AMES — The road to the Iowa State women’s basketball team’s first NCAA Tournament win in three years begins… On the road. The No. 23 and fifth-seeded Cyclones (23-8) tip off against 12-seed Gonzaga (27-5) at 3:15 today at Spokane, Wash. The site: The Bulldogs’ or Zags’ (take your pick of monickers) cozy home gym [...]

AMES — Iowa State’s Korie Lucious will face a former teammate and current friend in Friday’s 8:45 p.m. NCAA Tournament second round game against Notre Dame at Dayton, Ohio. He’s Garrick Sherman, who, like Lucious, once donned a Michigan State Spartans uniform before transferring. That’s where the measurable similarities end, though. Lucious is a wily [...]

In a way, it was the dawn of today. The careers of some of the state’s top college wrestlers came to light at the same site they will attempt to add to their accomplishments. Former Iowa state champions return to the Wells Fargo Arena floor, where they excelled as preps, to face the nation’s top collegiate wrestlers [...]

KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville is joined by Gazette reporters Scott Dochterman and Mike Hlas, plus former Hawkeye Mac McCausland, to talk about the NCAA Tournament as a whole, which begins Mar. 21. Watch ‘On Iowa Live’ every Monday at 6:30 p.m. on KCRG 9.2 and live online at KCRG.com.