BLACKSBURG, Va. — There’s concern, but not dismay, over Iowa’s defensive performance in Tuesday’s 95-79 loss at Virginia Tech. The Hawkeyes (5-2) appeared to revert to bad habits that plagued the team a season ago. The Hokies (6-0) shot 52.5 percent from the field and outpaced the Hawkeyes in transition play. Virginia Tech also was [...]

BLACKSBURG, Va. — In a basketball game filled with runs, Iowa ended up with the streaks. Like extending its consecutive loss streak to seven in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge last night at Virginia Tech. Like losing its second consecutive game away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena by double digits, this time 95-79. Like revisiting questions about defensive [...]

BLACKSBURG, Va. —Virginia Tech buried Iowa with impressive free-throw shooting and countered a mid-second half Iowa run to beat the Hawkeyes 95-79 in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge tonight at Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies (6-0) knocked down 27 of 30 free-throw attempts and hit 52.5 percent of their shots from the field. They also absorbed a 16-2 [...]

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Fran McCaffery has little history associated with the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, other than his time as Iowa’s head basketball coach. But with two losses in the annual jamboree, McCaffery now has joined his predecessors in Iowa challenge futility. Steve Alford was 2-4. Todd Lickliter was 0-3. Iowa as a whole is 2-9, [...]

The Iowa men’s basketball team will play at Virginia Tech on Nov. 27, as part of the 2012 Big-Ten-ACC Challenge. Iowa has played Virginia Tech twice before, losing both meetings in Challenge games.  The Hokies edged Iowa, 69-65, on Nov. 29, 2006 in Blacksburg, Va., and 70-64 on Dec. 1, 2009 in Iowa City. Virginia [...]