Jenna Burkerthasn’t even been atIowafor two weeks, but the new women’s assistant coach can already feel the budding rivalry withIowa State.The Cyclones announced the addition of a Division 1 women’s program beginning in 2027.Led by Ali St. John, a competitive rival of Burkert on the mat during their
After a brief reprieve, Iowa wrestling’s busy summer season rolls on with its first major post-Memorial Day competition.Up next are U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials – set to be hosted over three days at the annual locale of Geneva, Ohio.There, 14 wrestlers with some degree of Iowa ties are en
Talk about a big-time piece of scheduling news. On Tuesday afternoon, the Iowa Women’s Basketball team announced that they will begin a home-and-home with the UConn Huskies starting next season. The Hawkeyes will travel to Connecticut this coming season, with the Huskies coming to Iowa City during t
It’s a special holiday edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast. While the rest of the world is enjoying a relaxing Memorial Day, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo and putting together nearly an hour of podcast content for Iowa fans to listen to.The main topic this week is 2027 men’s basketball recruiting.
The Iowa basketball team will end up landing a point guard in the Class of 2027 recruiting class. Right now the question is who will they land and which player in the best option?We hit the road the last two weekends and hit the Adidas and Nike circuit events in Indiana and Kansas City to see all bu
It feels like just a few weeks ago that the Iowa Baseball season got underway down in Arizona. But just like that, the only activity at Duane Banks Field until September rolls around and fall ball begins will be the sound of construction noises as the new press box gets constructed.With the sheer vo
While the coaches are off the road this weekend, the AAU basketball machine continues on. Last weekend we spent time checking out the top Iowa targets on the Adidas circuit. This weekend we are in Kansas City at the Homefield complex watching the Nike EYBL teams in action.Our focus on Friday is on t
The Iowa Baseball season has come to a close. After sweeping Purdue in Des Moines to close the regular season, the Boilermakers had the upper hand on Thursday, defeating the Hawkeyes 8-1 to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal round. Iowa finishes the season with a 33-23 record, extending their 30-win s
The Iowa Baseball season has come to an end. It was going to take a herculean effort to make it through the rest of the weekend, but the Hawkeyes were never able to get anything going in Thursday’s elimination game. Purdue got great pitching and advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal round with an 8-1 wi
Postseason baseball continues from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. The Iowa Baseball team, however, has a long path to navigate to keep their season alive. They’ve fallen to the loser’s bracket and will go up against Purdue today, with the winner advancing to face #1 UCLA in Friday’s quarterfinals, w
The Iowa Baseball team faces a long road to Sunday. After a win against Illinois in their tournament opener on Tuesday, the Hawkeyes fell 4-3 to 12th seed Michigan State who is quickly becoming the story of the tournament. With the loss, Iowa falls to 33-22 and will look to stave off elimination tom
The Spartans have the Hawkeyes number. In March, they dropped two of three in East Lansing and on Wednesday night, they fell 4-3 to Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament. MSU scored a run in the top of the ninth to grab the upset win.With the loss, the Hawkeyes fall to 33-22 on the season and wil
The latest college football rankings are here from Athlon Sports as the magazinedebuted their preseason Top 25 for the 2026 season. We’re getting that much closer to the season!For the full Athlon Sports Magazine for 2026, you can clickHERE. The magazine features an in depth preview of all 138 FBS t
Postseason baseball rolls on from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. Another quadruple header of games set for Wednesday; the Iowa Baseball team gets to play in the evening slate after their win in their tournament opener. They’ll face of with Michigan State, with a spot in Friday’s quarterfinals on the
The Hawkeyes have gotten comfortable with playing from behind. It’s not the way the coaching staff plans it out and it’s certainly not ideal, but it’s the path they’ve taken as of late. In their Big Ten Tournament opener on Tuesday afternoon, Iowa fell behind in the first inning, but never faltered,
The Iowa Baseball team is off to a good start in Omaha. They fell behind early against Illinois, but rallied with five runs in the seventh inning to grab a 10-6 win. The Hawkeyes advance to Wednesday where they will face Michigan State with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line. With the win, Iowa
The same Hawkeye bats that put up a record 52 hits over the weekend against Purdue have made their way to Omaha. Iowa trailed 4-0 after the top of the first but hit double-digits for the fourth consecutive game, including a five-run seventh inning to defeat Illinois 10-6 at Charles Schwab Field.With
As the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline looms, a handful of prospects have already confirmed whether they plan to stay or return to college. As more top transfers commit to their new team, many programs have already assembled the core pieces they will rely on in 2026-27 via multiple routes.Before getti
Welcome to postseason baseball. The Big Ten Tournament gets underway on Tuesday with a quadruple header of games and it’s time for Iowa to get their stay in Omaha started. As the eight seed, they open play today with a matchup against the 9th-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini.The Hawkeyes enter the po
It’s a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast to open the week. We are joined by the Iowa men’s basketball chief of staff, Jesse Shaw as we look back on a great season and look ahead to the future.We open talking about the first year at Iowa for Ben McCollum and his staff and how they were ab
It is postseason time for the Iowa Baseball team. The Hawkeyes will head off to Omaha for the Big Ten Tournament this week, which has been yearly occurrence under head coach Rick Heller. Prior to his arrival, Iowa had qualified for the tournament just once in six seasons, but they’ve made it in all
Iowa wrestlers claimed 2/12 Final X tickets up for grabs at the 2026 World Team Trials (WTT) Challenge Tournament.Contested Thursday/Friday in Louisville, Kentucky, the event represented one last opportunity to keep one’s World Team hopes alive. And when it comes to Spencer Lee and Macey Kilty, both
The Iowa Baseball team was in need of some rejuvenation before postseason plays gets underway. They had been playing some of their best baseball of the season, winning 11 of 14 games prior to the Nebraska series. However, getting swept by the rival Huskers was a setback. The Hawkeyes came into this
The Iowa Baseball team will head to Omaha with some series momentum. The Hawkeyes finished off a series sweep of Purdue on Saturday, defeating the Boilermakers 15-9 behind a 19-hit day from the offense. With the win, Iowa moves to 32-21 on the season and finishes with a 15-15 mark in Big Ten play.Ac
The offensive onslaught that the Iowa Baseball displayed in the first two games in the state’s capital city carried over into the series finale. Rick Heller’s squad outpaced the previous two nights for scoring, sweeping Purdue with a 15-9 win on Saturday afternoon. On the weekend, the Hawkeyes put u
The Iowa women’s wrestling program has filled its vacant assistant coaching position – and with an incredibly promising candidate to boot.On Friday afternoon,it was announced that Jenna Burkert had been hired onto the Hawkeye staff.Welcome to Hawkeye Nation,@TheJokerJB! ✨pic.twitter.com/QSMdNnlsjo—
For the second consecutive night, the Iowa offense was asked to carry the torch for much of the game. The pitching staff eventually did its part, but faced with another early deficit, the Hawkeye bats came to life again banging out 17 hits en route to a 14-5 win over Purdue on Friday night at Princi
For the second straight night, the Iowa Baseball team fell behind early, but used a strong offensive outburst to come away with a win. A four-run third inning put Purdue ahead, but the Hawkeyes banged out 17 hits and used an eight-run 8th inning to roll to a 14-5 win over the Boilermakers to clinch
Another offensive outburst carried the Iowa Baseball team to a win on Friday evening. They fell behind 4-0 in the third inning, but the bats came to life like they did in the series opener. A four-run 6th and an eight-run 8th were the difference in a 14-5 win over Purdue to clinch the series.With th
It’s the first live period of the AAU season and Hawkeye Report is front and center with their live coverage. We are spending the first two days of the live period in Indiana at the Adidas event, where there are several prospects in the Class of 2027 and 2028 in attendance.Get the very latest from t
