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fran mccaffery--"i think it's great. i'm really happy for jarrod in particular. but for all the guys to be recognized at that level." jarrod uthoff--"to me, it's about us as a the hawkeyes and what we've accomplished as a team. there's nothing about individual, whatat've done as an individual. you know think we've come a long way through this program this year. people predicted us bottom of the big ten and we're proving that we can n play with anybody." iowa's back in action tomorrow when they host penn state. action tomorrow when they host penn state. chris: yesterday from nebraska, norfolk catholic standout david engelhaupt announced today that he will continue his football career with the in-state huskers. engelhaupt, a 6-3, 235 pounder, had been committed to wyoming before nebraska extended an offer. he was a key component of norfolk catholic's state runner up squad this year, rushing for 1,400 yards and 39 touchdowns while adding 89 tackles and two turn scores on the other side of the ball. engelhaupt is

fran mccaffery still hasn't met with the media. tony seeman will have a report coming up tomorrow morning. the hawkeyes have to regroup in a hurry and had to columbus. sunday afternoon, 3:00 tick time. senior day at northern iowa as the panthers wrapped up the regular season at home in the mcleod center. and inspired night for the seniors. paul jesperson, nba range as he knocked down a three. then it couldn't have a fantastic highlight. he will throw it down with two hands. panthers run the sycamores right out of the gym. 66-44 is the final. the panthers have hired david harris as the school's new athletic director. he replaces troy dannen, who left for tulane. harris has been a senior associate athletic director at more valley basketball. drake comes up short. missouri state beats the bulldogs 61-52. the cyclones women's team is a young squad, taking lumps and getting better. unfortunately, tonight, they ran into a couple of storing droughts. playing without shauna johnston, she was all for a family issue. jadda buckley knocking d

fran mccaffery--"they've been incredibly productive and we've won a lot of games. you know, you look at the numbers before they got here, what the numbers are now in terms of wins. those two guys are right there in the middle of all of it." be sure to tune in tuesday night to abc9 news at 10 for a look back at the sioux crew. in other basketball news, the wayne state women saw their season come to an end today, 76-56 in the nsic quarterfinals. the wildcats went 0-14 from the floor in the second quarter, allowing northern state to go on a 21-0 run. wayne state finishes the year chris: it's been a busy week for the sioux city musketeers, but not one that the guys would le to remember. they've played three game already this week and lost each of them, getting outscored 14-3. today, they tried to salvage a couple of points hosting madison for some afternoon hockey. less than five minutes, the good guys strike first...tony stillwell centers it, c.j. dodero gets the deflection in front of the net, and it's 1-0 muskies. t the caps answer...dmitri buinitsky, pulls i i back

fran mccaffery--"we were a little casual with the ball. 6 turnovers is too many 8 is way too many. you know against a team that's playing half court man you know we got to do better than that." mike gesell--"you know just uncharacteristic turnovers things that don't usually happen." alex giaimo--"multiple times iowa had a 6 point lead in the second half but just couldn't put the game away. the badgers also made an alarming 10 3 pointers." mike gesell--"we are just not getting the stops and not aying defense like we were that's i think that's it." alex giaimo--"the the fewest points in a game against wisconsin then they have all season. now iowa has last 3 of and is entering the final week of the regular season in a fran mccaffery--"they've got to understand we are not asking them to do haven't already already proven that they can play that way they just got to that way." ow that we are country and we've and it's not like that playing that way." alex giaimo--"in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, abc9 sports." chris: the hawkeyes rerern to action sunday at

wasn't a perfect game for them," said coach fran mccaffery. "but, you know, if you study this team, you're going to have to fight till the end, you're going to have to execute, you're going to have to do things. you're going to have to overcome some adversity throughout the course of the game because they're going to create that. they're going to keep coming." - iowa stays at number-4 in the new a-p rankings. iowa received 11 first place votes last week, but didn't get any this week. iowa state moved up a spot to 13th after losing at texas tech and beating texas. the cyclones visit number-25 baylor on tuesday and host tcu on saturday. villanova is number-1 for the second straight week and kansas moved up four places to second. the postseason starts tonight for some iowa boys and nebraska girls teams. in iowa, class 1a and 2a districts start in iowa. in nebraska, it's class c and d subdistrict action. we'll have highlights and scores at ten. the new iowa boys ap rankings are out. sioux city east is still receiving votes in class 4a, at 15-4. cb

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dan asked fran mccaffery who was his position, glls gesell. williams stays in the contest for the buckeyes. >> dan: iowa has gone back to a zone. >> kevin: weaving through it is williams. and lyle draws a double. >> dan: what a pass! >> kevin: lurfing, 3 -- good! he put it down! [cheers and applause] 4 of 6 on triples. 1-point game! [cheers and applause] [crowd yelling] >> kevin: 10 seconds on the clock, woodbury free, gesell driving, scooping -- no. woodbury had a hand on it but picked up by bates-diop. a chance for the lead for the [crowd yelling] >> kevin: williams. long 2! and he got it to go! they called it a 3. they're gonna look at it, i believe. what a shot! 8-0 run by ohio state! and kam williams, the top 3-pointer for the buckeyes laces one. >> dan: this is the play we were talking about. over there you can't even see him but lyle somehow finds loving who is all alone and he dox down the three -- knocks down the three. and is this a 2 or 3? but kevin, no matter, this is what we have been talking about the entire game. ohio state need

the football team will be honored during halftime and it's also fran mccaffery bobble head night. in iowa city with your hawkeye " the hawkeyes and nittany lions tomorrow-- penn state sitting 11 and 11 on the season just 2-7 in big ten play. iowa looking for their 9th win of the big ten season. jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six. jack/wxhang: now one last brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: our latest winter storm is winding down for many areas, but there is still snow falling in nw iowa and more is expected for central iowa later this evening. the worst of this storm is being felt in northwest and northern iowa where 6-10" of snow has fallen and winds are causing blowing and drifting of the snow. road conditions are terrible in these areas and travel is discouraged. meanwhile, the metro is seeing improving conditions after about 2-3" of snowfall this morning thanks to drier weather and milder temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. look for some snow to continue to fall over northern iowa

dan asked fran mccaffery who needed to play and he said it was his position, glls gesell. williams stays in the contest for the buckeyes. >> dan: iowa has gone back to a zone. >> kevin: weaving through it is williams. and lyle draws a double. >> dan: what a pass! >> kevin: lurfing, 3 -- good! he put it down! [cheers and applause] 4 of 6 on triples. 1-point game! [cheers and applause] [crowd yelling] >> kevin: 10 seconds on the clock, woodbury free, gesell woodbury had a hand on it but picked up by bates-diop. a chance for the lead for the buckeyes. [crowd yelling] >> kevin: williams. long 2! and he got it to go! they called it a 3. they're gonna look at it, i believe. what a shot! 8-0 run by ohio state! and kam williams, the top 3-pointer for the buckeyes laces one. >> dan: this is the play we were talking about. over there you can't even see him but lyle somehow finds loving who is all alone and he dox down the three -- knocks down the three. and is this a 2 or 3? but kevin, no matter, this is what we have been talking about the entire game. close -- sufficiently lyly clo

we'll hear from fran mccaffery as the first place hawks travel to second place indiana thursday night -- plus -- we''l head to the t as 16 teams across the state would punch their ticket to next week's state wrestling duals in des moines -- mark woodley joins us next on kwwl. byand 2-a would punch ther titikets to the state wrestling duals in just eight days in des moines -- top ranked don bosco -- of course -- a heavy favorite to get through -- facing ogden in the final -- and getting off to a great start at 160 pounds -- chris paulson needed just 32 seconds to take care of garrett bales -- dons pening with the fall -- and getting a dominant win at avyweight -- - ere dalton smith would roll to a 10, 1 major decision over parker stonebrenner -- but wasn't quite as dominant as gable fox at 113 -- he picked up an early first period pin -- the top ranked dons are moving on to the state duals picking a 44, 31 win -- 8th ranked independence in class 2a -- hosting denver-tripoli in regional final -- and the mustangs dominant toninit -- 160 pouus -- 3rd ranked jake juhl putting up some big t

(fran mccaffery) we were a little casual with the ball. 6 turnovers is too many 8 is way too many. you know against a team that's playing half court man you know we got to do better than that. (mike gesell) you know just uncharacteristic turnovers things that don't usually happen. (giaimo) multiple times iowa had a 6 point lead in the second half but just couldn't put the game away. the badgers also made an alarming 10 3 pointers. (mike gesell) we are just not getting the stops and not playing defense like we were hawkeyes scored the fewest points in a game now iowa has last 3 of their last 4 games and is entering the final week of the regular season in a serious (fran mccaffery) they've got to understand we are not asking them to do something they haven't already done. like they've already proven that they can play that way they just got to get back to playing that way. (mike gesell) we know that we are capable of being the best team in the country and we've showed that before and it's not like that left us. we just got to get back to playing that way. (giaimo) in iowa city with y

dan asked fran mccaffery who needed to play and he said it was his position, . glls gesell. williams stays in the contest for the buckeyes. .(x-depocert.ecl) >> kevin: 10 seconds on the clock, woodbury free, gesell driving, scooping -- no. woodbury had a hand on it but picked up by bates-diop. a chance for the lead for the buckeyes. [crowd yelling] >> kevin: williams. long 2! called it a 3. they're gonna look at it, i believe. what a shot! 8-0 run by ohio state! and kam williams, the top one. talking about. over there you can't even see him but lyle somehow finds loving who is all alone and he dox down the three -- knocks down the three. and is this a 2 or 3? but kevin, no matter, this is what we have been talking about the entire game. ohio state needed to stay civil close -- sufficiently ly ly close. >> kevin: he's boost arc. that is a triple. that is a triple. and i think people saw the smile on the face of thad matta ammee probably can't believe that his young team without their best player, who they lost, jae'sean -- have a look at it right here. clearly above the line

: and he is the last player with points, steals and assists, passing number four on dan asked fran mccaffery who needed to play and he said it was his position, glls gesell. williams stays in the contest for the buckeyes. >> dan: iowa has gone back to a zone. >> kevin: weaving through it is williams. and lyle draws a double. >> dan: what a pass! >> kevin: lurfing, 3 -- good! he put it down! [cheers and applause] 4 of 6 on triples. 1-point game! [cheers and applause] [crowd yelling] >> kevin: 10 seconds on the clock, woodbury free, gesell driving, scooping -- no. woodbury had a hand on it but picked up by bates-diop. buckeyes. [crowd yelling] >> kevin: williams. long 2! and he got it to go! they called it a 3. they're gonna look at it, i believe. what a shot! 8-0 run by ohio state! and kam williams, the top 3-pointer for the buckeyes laces one. >> dan: this is the play we were talking about. over there you can't even see him but lyle somehow finds loving who is all alone and he dox down the three -- knocks down the three. and is this a 2 or 3? but kevin, no matter, this is what we have been t

fran mccaffery not fran mchappy. huge stretch by iowa. peter jok shoots the hawkeyes right back in the game. his first three is on target. more from jok. iowa cuts the indiana lead down to 7 at the half. to the second half, iowa surges. uthoff dunks. the senior did his part with 24 points. then mike gesell scores. he steps back, and stepped up with 17 splashes three. hawks take the lead. but they don't hold it. yogi ferrell missed ten shots tonight. but he makes this big three. indiana stays perfect at home, knocking off iowa,85-78. we bring in michael admire, live from historic assembly hall. michael, what made the difference in this game? here's why it wass such a iowa waslone at the top. but now with the loss, iowa is in a three way tie with indiana and maryland. michigan state and purdue move to within two games. hawkeye women lost at home to #6 ohio state, [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his gue

fran mccaffery--"they've been incredibly productive and we've won a lot of games. you know, you look at the numbers before they got here, what the numbers are now in terms of wins. those two guys are right there in the middle of all of it." chris palmquist--"be sure to tune in tuesday night to abc9 news at 10 for a look back at the sioux crew. the hawkeyesesn action yesterery at ohio state, looking to ap out of a funk. mike gesell, playing above the rim...he gets out in front of the pack and slams it down to snap a 22 all tie late in the first. just a minute later--i wanna be like mike...the cross over gives him a free path one-handed rim rattler...ohio state led it by 5 at the break though. into the second...dom uhl, open on the wing...he knocks down the three pointer to give iowa a six point lead, but t ey couldn't hold it. kam williams...this jumper puts the buckeyes on top and they wouldn't give it up from there...iowa loses yet again, 68-64. i'll have highlights from the state basketball tournament coming up later today, hope clouds will increase from the west

fran mccaffery will take the win, and isn't surprised it was close. hawks play at penn state wednesday night. it's a 5:30 tip, iowa time. the cyclones who can beat any team in the country showed up strong saturday night. jameel mckay returned from a two game attitude suspension, and provided a lift, and lift off, steve prohm says mckay won't start at baylor either, but he's needed for isu to go next level. another chance at a top 25 win when iowa state plays at baylor tuesday night. iowa state and baylor have identical 18-7 records overall, and 7-5 in the conference, tied for fourth. finally tonight, forget playing one dog in florida was born to boogie! this video shows why she earned the name "ginger rogers." the one year old pup showed off her moves at the shelter she was taken to after being found roaming the streets. when the video went viral, someone decided they had room for a dancing dog, and adopted her. next on the news at nine... we're enjoying the spectacular seaside view, and so could you. the disney sea & shore sweepstakes begins tonight.

dan asked fran mccaffery who needed to play and he said it was his position, glls gesell. williams stays in the contest for the buckeyes. >> dan: iowa has gone back to a zone. >> kevin: weaving through it is williams. and lyle draws a double. >> dan: what a pass! >> kevin: lurfing, 3 -- good! he put it down! [cheers and applause] 4 of 6 on triples. [cheers and applause] [crowd yelling] >> kevin: 10 seconds on the clock, woodbury free, gesell driving, scooping -- no. woodbury had a hand on it but picked up by bates-diop. a chance for the lead for the buckeyes. [crowd yelling] >> kevin: williams. long 2! and he got it to go! they called it a 3. they're gonna look at it, i believe. what a shot! 8-0 run by ohio state! and kam williams, the top 3-pointer for the buckeyes laces one. over there you can't even see him but lyle somehow finds loving who is all alone and he dox down the three -- knocks down the three. and is this a 2 or 3? but kevin, no matter, this is what we have been talking about the entire game. ohio state needed to stay civil close -- sufficiently lyly close. >

jon: yeah jack an ugly one today for coming up on local 5 sports fran mccaffery has multiple levels of madness-- today we saw defcon 2... a couple more losses and we might hit defcon 5... we'll hear from fran next. " now, local 5 sports three weeks ago iowa appeared to be well on its way to a big ten title and according to some, the #1 overall seed in the tournament. how quickly things can change. 3 losses in 4 games, now leave the hawkeyes a game behind indiana in the big ten. today things didn't go any better for the hawkeyes. it could be fatigue, it could be mental breakdown, or it could be this team isn't as good we thought they were. plain and simple-- iowa has a lot to figure out in the next two weeks if they want to make a deep run in the ncaa tournament. let's see what happened today. hawks taking on a dangerous buckeyes team on the road. 1st half, was the dunk contest featuring mike gesell. off the steal, gesell finishes with the flush. then check out the crossover and the one handed slam!! worth another look. the boy can flat out jump out of the gym! iowa up 2. but osu would

fran mccaffery--"they've been incredibly productive and we've won a lot of games. you know, you look at the numbers before they got terms of wins. those two guys are right there in the middle of all of it." chris palmquist--"be sure to tune in tuesday night to abc9 news at 10 for a ok back at the sioux crew. the hawkeyes in action yesterday at ohio state, looking to snap out of a funk. mike gesell, playing above the rim...he gets out in front of the pack and slams it down to snap a 22 all tie late in the first. showed once again why he just may the best game on saturday. threining m-v-p set one record, tyed another ... and also won the game... pretty much by himself. "announcer nats "bang, bang oh what a shot from curry" oh what a night! steph curry had an evening for the record books -- with this 3 pointer from 35 feet deep in the paint in overtime nats announcers...the golden statewarrior broke the n-b-a single season mark for 3- pointers.... and tied for the most 3- pointers in a game! watch again -- curry steps ... and shoots with seconds left on the clock! the

really doing a terrific job i thought, of executing their offense against us," said head coach fran mccaffery. "we were down 18-16. they were moving the ball. they got great looks at it. demps had ten quick. we marked him and already he's got ten. there was no panic there. i think that's the maturity side of it." the hawkeyes drop two spots to number-5 -- just behind maryland. iowa his home against penn state on wednesday -- and will visit illinois on sunday. iowa state moves up a spot to 13th after kansas and losing at texas a&m. the cyclones host #14 west virginia on tuesday and hosts oklahoma state on saturday. oklahoma is number-1 for the third straight week. duke is not in the top-25 for the first time in 8 years. were going to take a live look at des moines where democrat hllary clinton has taken the stage.

to coast - it was never in doubt from the start - hawkeyes steamroll the this hawkeye team - fran mccaffery was able to empty his bench all the way down to - but more importantly - it's another notch in the win collumn - keeping iowa tied on top of the big ten standings - if we take care of business it always has been, always will be. we took care of our business and we do it to our full i thought we were really locked do that, but you've got to get stops. we got stops. the goal now for iowa is to not look ahead to that big match-up with indiana next thursday - especially with a potential trap game at 10th place illinois on sunday - in iowa city, mark woodley, kwwl news -- thanks zach. we'll be right back. there are many sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. and with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u.s. cellular, he can find some new ones. russell's brussels. russell speaking. paleontologist. hashtag t-rex. park ranger. where am i? and t.v. spokesperson. that's my line. i got it. with u.s. cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywher

to be slipping away -- iowa would look to get back on track this afternoon at ohio state -- fran mccaffery's team a game and a half behind indiana at the start of this one -- mike gesell trying to get them closer -- check out the cross-over and the slam -- hawks up 2 in the first half -- but ohio state with a great finish before half -- keita bates-deop with the and 1 -- buckeyes would lead by 5 at the break -- hawks did not hit a 3 in the first half -- but they get one here -- jared uthoff the trey -- he had xx in the game -- iowa up 2 -- (13:47) but the buckeyes didn't go away -- final minutes -- kam williams with the long two -- part of an 7-0 run -- 63, 62 ohio state -- same score -- a minute to go -- williams -- makes it a 10 - oh run -- hawks loyola visiting the uni women -- first place panthers going for a 6th straight win on senior day -- and getting off to a great start -- sharnae lamar from beyond the arc -- uni jumping out to a quick 3 point edge -- moments later -- that's amber sorenson putting home 2 of here 12 in the game -- and uni would once again get it done -- madison weekl

fran mccaffery--"we've had some time to work on some things. but, i think you make a good point, the next four games are really all against really good teams. so hopefully we'll play well, play a little better than we have recently. we're close but i think our defense has to get better, especially with the weapons that we're going to face wednesday night." iowa and wisconsin tip off at 8 pm tomorrow night...the game can be seen on btn. in the gpac, briar cliff swept weekly basketball player of the iowa and wisconsin tip off at 8 pm tomorrow night...the game can be seen on btn. in the gpac, briar cliff swept weekly basketball player of the week honors. on the women's side, senior jessi corrick won the award after her career best 31 points on wednesday night...she averaged 24 points, 6 and a half boards, and 5 assists for the chargers in their two games. for the men, senior clay harreld notched another honor, threes in two wins last week. he shot 60 rcent from deep and now leads both the gpac and the naia with 120 made three pointers. briar cliff

and experienced approach, the kind of thing you need to be able to do on the road," said coach fran mccaffery." the hawkeyes move up one spot, to number-4 in the new a-p rankings. iowa did get 11 first place votes. the hawkeyes visit indiana on thursday night. iowa state drops last week. the cyclones go to texas tech on wednesday and host texas on saturday. villanova is number-1 for the first time in school history, replacing oklahoma. iowa state won't have center jameel mckay on wednesday. coach steve prohm says mckay continues to be suspended and will not play against texas tech -- he also missed saturday's game. prohm says mckay will practice but no decision has been made on whether or not mckay will travel with the team. mckay is averaging 12 points and 9 rebounds in 22 games this season. the new iowa boys ap rankings are out. sioux city east is receiving votes in class 4a, at 14-3. missouri river conference leader cbal is, ranked fifth. in 3a, spirit lake and moc-floyd valley both move up to fifth and sixth. bishop heelan and sgt. bluff-luton are receiving votes. western christian is sti

what you're going to get out of koenig and hayes certainly, you know that," said iowa head coach fran mccaffery. "those guys, the more they've gotten to play, the more they've been in situations where they have to take big shots and make big plays. they've done that." iowa and wisconsin tipoff at 8 o'clock on the big ten network. the gpac tournament gets underway tonight. on the men's side, top- seeded briar cliff ons up against northwestern . the chargers won the gpac regular season title with an 18-2 record. bc swept northwestern , winning 104-81 and 99-91. the red raiders were the last team to get into the conference tourney, going 9-11 in league play. the chargers have already clinched a spot in the they know that northwestern will be fighting to keep their season alive. "i think it's always a challenge to have to beat a team three times," said briar cliff head coach nic nelson. "so what both teams will do is look at the film from the previous games, both teams will make adjustments, take some things away that they didn't the first couple games. i think that's always an interesting dynamic,

it also left fran mccaffery's team with renewed focus. >> these next four games are all against really good teams. hopefully we will play a lot better than we have recently. we are close, but i think our defense has to get better, especially with the weapons we are going to face on wednesday night. >> the last two practices have been doing a nice job for us, and just getting back to the basics, kind of getting back to what was successful for us earlier. andy: iowa's players hosting a badgers wednesday night at 8:00. there are no high school events at wells fargo arena this week. this, after four full days of state wrestling competition. next up, the best prep basketball squads will make their way here. girls next week, boys the following seven days. we'll have highlights from the postseason leading up to the well tonight at 10:00. vinton shellsburg is your class 1a state bowling tournament. make stein takes the -- nick stein takes the individual crown. wild hosts manitoba. this is one of these crazy stretches where they played three of 16 games at home. at's all this nonsense about bal

fran mccaffery--"i think it's great. i'm really happy for jarrod in particular. but for all the guys toe recognized at that level." jarrod uthoff--"to me, it's about us as a the hawkeyes and what we've accomplished as a team. there's nothing about individual, what i've done as an individual. you know i think we've come a long way through this program this year. people predicted us bottomf the big ten and we're proving that we can play with anybody." iowa's back in action tomorrow when they host penn state. chris: after receiving a scholarship offer yesterday from nebraska, norfolk catholic standout david engelhaupt continue his football career with the in-state huskers. engelhaupt, a 6-3, 235 pounder, had been committed to wyoming before nebraska extended an offer. he was a key component of norfolk catholic's state runner up squad this year, rushing for 1,400 yards and 39 touchdowns while adding 89 tackles and two return scores. engelhaupt is expected to shift to tight end or h-back when he joins the huskers. engelhaupt joins these other d-1 commits, some of whom

i think that's a good thing," said coach fran mccaffery. "but this game will be a lot different i think." senior adam woodbury, from sioux city east, is having his best season. woodbury is averaging a career-high 8 and a half points and a team-high 7 rebounds a game. he's had four double- doubles in his last seven games, and is the anchor in the middle of the iowa defense. "every big ten team has some guys that can really put it in the hole," said woodbury. "it's a key for our defense to kind of limit those guys under their averages and make them really work for their points. this will be no different for indiana. we've got to continue to make them work as hard as they can." iowa and indiana tipoff at 8 o'clock thursday on espn. road at texas tech tonight at 8. the cyclones will be without starting center jameel mckay for the second straight game -- he's under an indefinite suspension. nebraska is without leading scorer shavon shields, for their game at wisconsin, which is just underway. shields was knocked unconscious in the huskers win ov

(fran mccaffery) his role is obviously much more critical than its ever been. he's been a starter since he got here but the way he anchors the defense and the communication that he provides and the rebounding. you know he doesn't make mistakes he's scoring the ball. he provides an element of toughness that i think every team needs. (giaimo) woodbury always believed that he was on the right path and now hawkeye fans are now buying in. (adam woodbury) i think if you guys listened to some of my interviews from back what i wanted to do. i wanted to help bring the iowa team back to some of the national prominence that it used to have. this is a very storied program that we have so we're just trying to help it and get some of the esteem that it once had. (giaimo) in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, local 4 sports. " woodbury and the hawkeyes tip off at 8 pm tonight on espn. the hawkeyes are trying to stay ahead of the hoosiers in the big ten standings. iowa is currently at the top of the conference. jon: on the ice-- the iowa wild are rol

really doing a terrific job i thought, of executing their offense against us," said head coach fran mccaffery. "we were down 18-16. they were moving the ball. they got great looks at it. demps had ten quick. we marked him and already there. i think that's the maturity side of it." the hawkeyes drop two spots to number-5 -- just behind maryland. iowa his home against penn state on wednesday -- and will visit illinois on sunday. iowa state moves up a spot to 13th after beating kansas and losing at texas a&m. the cyclones host #14 west virginia on tuesday and hosts oklahoma state on saturday. oklahoma is number-1 for the third straight week. duke is not in the top-25 for the first time in 8 years. former iowa state great jeff hornacek has been fired as the head coach of the phoenix suns. hornacek coached the suns for two and a half seasons. the suns had lost 10 of 11 games and 19 of its last 21. phoenix is 14-35 -- tied for fourth worst in the nba. hornacek is still iowa state's all-time leader in assists and had his jersey retired in 1991. three assistants will be interviewed for the interim he

fran mccaffery--"we mean, if you score because it's harder to run on makes. but they run on makes. your defense back. you don't get the defense back they're going to score 100." alex giaimo--"they'll senior guard yogi best in the country, averaging 18 points per game." all. he can shoot, he can drive, he's really quick. probably one of the greatest guards in the big ten and i think mike and anth got him handled." mike gesell--"a guy like that, you're not gonna guard with just one player. it's going to be a concerted effort from all five guys out there and he's just a guy that y ou've really got to lock in on." alex giaimo--"the hoosiers trail the hawkeyes by just one game in the big ten standings. there's a lot on the line for both of these squads. it's going to be intense and it's going to be a big ten battle. in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo." indiana and iowa have split their last six meetings at assembly hall and last 8 overall. south sioux alum mike gesell is just two points from 1000 for his career and will aim to get that milestone shortly afte

(fran mccaffery) they are still doing kind of what they've always done and it's a winning formula. (nicholas baer) you know they are going to play hard, they are going to play physical, and they've got some great bigs that can stretch you. (jarrod uthoff) i think it's a different team without frank, treyvon, those guys i think it's a different team but we'll look at them today and try to get a better feeling for them. (giaimo) that team started off big ten play one and four but now the surging badgers have won 8 of their last 9 games. (fran maccaffery) you know they got some young guys yea. i think it's to be expected you know guys who haven't played as much you know what you're going to get out of koening and hayes and the more they've been in situations where they've had to take big shots they've done that. (giaimo) as far as the hawks go they're regrouping and trying to get back to the championship level they played at earlier this season (nicholas baer) these last couple of practices have been doing a really nice job for us just getting back to the basics of what we were doing

and iowa head coach fran mccaffery expects his success . i think you always kind of but this is a completely great to have the experience to* like we were last year. but this game will be a lot different. at 8 oclock thursday night from bloomington, inndiana. for the third time in 18 years the city of denver is a sea of orange. the broncos captured the third super bowl title in franchise history with a 24-10 victory ovee favored carolina sunday... in what is probably his last rodeo---quarterbac k peyton manning said everybody played a part. "our special teams were awesome all year, there is no crcrtical times, verybody contributed, all 53 guys on the roster played a huge role in it this season and that helped us win a super bowl championship." and tonight the top high school wrestling programs in iowa battle for spot in the state duals in des moines later this month... 64 teams in classes 1a and 2a will sites across the state. we will have highlights from do bosco and independencnc tonight at n. meteorologist mark schnackenberg from sony pi

fran mccaffery is halfway on the floor. >> dan: a time-out. >> kevin: ohio state by 2. 1.2 to go.ve hundred coming soon from progressive, it's "savin' u," the new hit single from the dizzcounts. cash money the biggest discount and understand... the dizzcounts. safe driver, paperless, paid-in-full, multi-car and joey fatone. savin' you five hundred we have auto-tune, right? oh, yeah. that's a hit! all: yeah! >> kevin: moments ago. >> dan: this was not a foul, i don't think. he comes from behind. i think he gets all ball. this is where i think the foul was, right there. giddens just lays out uthoff, setting the screen. >> kevin: how about the perform by keita bates-diop? 19 points for the sophomore. bates-diop with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks. and a beautiful swat inside on the driving gesell. 3-point lead. [cheers and applause] >> kevin: wow. time-out, iowa. and pure elation in columbus. >> kevin: tonight on cbs, two hours of "60 minutes"," back-to-back of the award winning show. and then the movie "last vegas." and this is today in the big ten. >> dan: the key thing as we have been tell

. >> fran mccaffery's team plays indiana in bloomington on thursday. which is a place they should feel plenty comfortable. thanks to too many teams for a round-robin schedule. and a scheduling quirk in the computers. thursday will mark the 4th straight time these two teams have played in indiana. >> it's a lot of fun. the arena is different. everything is on top of you. a sweet atmosphere. >> it was great to have the experience at that environment and be successful. that is a good thing. this game will be a lot different. >> four and five in his hawkeye career against the hoosiers. live on espn. its never easy to win games on the road in the big 12. that's what has been so impressive about iowa state this season. the clones have big wins on the road against ranked cincinnati, k state, and osu. so leaving the friendly confines of hilton coliseum and heading down to texas doesnt seem to rattle this group. >> i don't think you take for granted any wins on the road. i think just being on the roads sometimes you can get away from things, your focus level a

fran mccaffery--"his role is obviously much more critical than it's ever been. he's been a starter since he got here, but i mean, the way he anchors the defense, the communication that he provides, and the rebounding, he provides an element of toughness that i think every team needs." adam woodbury--"i think if you guys listen to some of my interviews when i was a senior back in high school, this is what i wanted to do. i wanted to help bring the iowa team back to some of the national prominence that it used to have." alex giaimo--"woodbury always believed in himself and now hawkeye fans are also believing." adam woodbury--"for it to kind of come to fruition a little bit so to speak, it's cool. but right now i'm stuck in the moment and just trying to win as many games as i can." alex giaimo--"in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, abc9 sports." hawkeyes have a big one tonight. they head to assembly hall to take on indiana...p off is at 8 o clock and the game can be seen on espn. chris: we're less than 100 days away from the sioux city x

fran mccaffery not happy, and it would get worse. big first half for peter jok. this three ties the game at 25. then jok again from three 28-25. jok had 17 first half points. 49-43 iowa. woodbury 6 points, career high 18 rebounds. crazy dunk by wisconsin's khalil iverson 53-51 badgers. this guy should just take the rim home. jok jumper tied at 56. peter leads iowa with 21. three by bronson koenig. hawkeye fans see their team lose at home for the first time this hawkeye fans see their team lose at home for the first time this season. hard to believe, but early exit after iowa collapses at crunch time. badgers win again, 67-59. iowa women also having a disappointing season. tonight, the hawks lose at penn state, 81-68. northern iowa finds its new athletic director in ames. david harris goes from associate a-d at iowa state, to the a-d the 44 year old harris faces several challenges at uni, almost all them dealing with finding the funds to keep panther sports programs thriving. like this one. senior night at uni, it's a final home game for wes washpun. and paul jesp

and experienced approach, the kind of thing you need to be able to do on the road," said coach fran mccaffery." iowa goes to indiana on thursday