Adding to his mountain of honors, Iowa basketball guard Bennett Stirtz has been named to the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List.

McCollum's on-court tenure with the Hawkeyes starts Tuesday night after a hugely successful 16-year college coaching career at Northwest Missouri State and Drake.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two years after Caitlin Clark turned Iowa women’s basketball into a national phenomenon, the program she elevated remains nearly as popular as when No. 22 drilled logo 3-pointers and set NCAA scoring records.

The Ben McCollum era officially begins as Iowa basketball opens the 2025-26 regular season against Robert Morris on Nov. 4 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes have six former Drake Bulldogs, who chose to follow head coach Ben McCollum after having belief in their ability to play in the Big Ten.

On the opening night of the season, Ava Heiden stood out with a double-double and the performance earned a nod from ESPN with notoriety.

The intriguing part about Iowa men’s basketball’s season opener against Robert Morris on Tuesday is that nobody knows what to expect. Not even head coach Ben McCollum, who admitted he’ll use tomorrow’s game to figure out rotations – outside of Bennett Stirtz,

With the 2025-26 Iowa women's college basketball season kicking off next week from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, ESPN has released its final preseason bracketology forecast with the Hawkeyes taking a slight dip from its previous projection.

The Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team has turned into a consistently strong program under head coach T.J. Otzelberger. Entering Year 5 of his tenure, he has led the Cyclones to the NCAA Tournament four out of four years thus far.