Archive

By Michael Hemmerle | @MichaelHemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – He had entered the game in the first half, part of a flurry of Iowa substitutions that made freshman Payton Sandfort easy to miss. He had averaged 5.0 points in his freshman season and went scoreless in 10 games. Sandfort had double-figure games against …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Coming off an emotional last-second win on Saturday in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Iowa Hawkeyes completed the task and defeated the Purdue Boilermakers, 75-66, on Sunday afternoon to win the championship. The title is the first for …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — In his 177th game as an Iowa Hawkeye, Jordan Bohannon banked in the biggest shot of his career. With a semifinal game of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament against Indiana knotted at 77, the Hawkeyes were looking to take the final shot of …

By Seth Hine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — In the first-ever Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament meeting of Rutgers and Iowa, Iowa was able to come away with a 84-74 win. Iowa (24-9), after setting the tournament record for points scored at 112 on Thursday, was able to make solid use of its bench …