Iowa’s Luka Garza Named Basketball Times’ National Player of the Year Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 20, 20200 University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Luka Garza has been named the National Player of the Year in college basketball by the publication Basketball Times on Thursday. Basketball Times has been a vice for collegiate basketball for over 20 years. Basketball Times becomes the sixth outlet to name Garza national player of the year: Sporting News, Basketball Times, Stadium, The
Iowa’s Luka Garza Named AP First-Team All-America Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 20, 2020March 20, 20200 Junior Luka Garza became just the third University of Iowa men’s basketball player, and first in nearly seven decades, to be voted first-team All-America by the Associated Press. Garza earned 63 first-team votes from the 65-person media voting panel. The Associated Press is one of four outlets used by the NCAA to determine
Iowa Wrestling’s Spencer Lee Named Finalist for Dan Hodge Trophy Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 20, 20200 University of Iowa junior Spencer Lee has been named a finalist for the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS and awarded annually to the nation’s most dominant college wrestler. Fan voting for the award runs from March 23-27. The winner is announced Monday, March 30. Lee was the
Hoosier Football welcomes Aaron Wellman Big Ten Indiana Hoosiers by Staff - March 18, 2020March 18, 20200 Indiana head football coach Tom Allen welcomed on Monday Aaron Wellman as senior assistant athletic director for football performance. Wellman comes to Bloomington after four years as the New York Giants strength and conditioning coach. Wellman has led strength and conditioning programs for 15 years with stints at the University of Michigan (2011-14), San Diego
Iowa’s Garza Named ESPN College Basketball National Player of the Year Big Ten Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 18, 2020March 18, 20200 Iowa men’s basketball junior Luka Garza was named ESPN National Player of the Year and to its five-member All-America first team on Tuesday. The ESPN honor is the second media outlet in as many weeks to tab Garza as national player of the year (Sporting News). So far, Garza has been named a first-team
Iowa’s Garza Named Naismith Finalist Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 17, 2020March 18, 20200 Based on regular season play, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Tuesday the five finalists vying for the honor of the 2020 Naismith Trophy, which includes University of Iowa men’s basketball junior center Luka Garza. The prestigious award recognizes the most outstanding men’s college basketball player. Joining Garza as a finalist for the prestigious
Iowa’s Garza Named to Trio of All-America Teams Iowa Hawkeyes by Staff - March 16, 2020March 18, 20200 University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Luka Garza was named a first-team All-American by CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and USA Today on Monday. Joining Garza on all three of the five-player lists are Dayton’s Obi Toppin, Udoka Azbuike of Kansas, Marquette’s Markus Howard, and Oregon’s Payton Pritchard. Last week, Sporting News tabbed Garza its National Player of the Year
Big Ten cancels all events for rest of 2019-2020 Season Big Ten News by Staff - March 12, 2020March 18, 20200 In light of this afternoon’s Big Ten Conference statement concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, all IU-affiliated conference and non-conference athletic competitions for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year, are canceled. This includes both regularly scheduled events as well as all postseason competitions, and
Men’s B1G Basketball Tournament Session 1 Big Ten Indiana Hoosiers by Brian Cranfill - March 12, 2020March 18, 20200 Photos by: Tony Vasquez, Joshua Herd, Reggie Edwards for Indy Sports Daily Banker's Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis,IN The Men's B1G Tournament kicked off today amid lots of late-breaking news and speculation about event schedules and if they would even take place with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Even as our team was heading to Banker's
Men’s Basketball on BTN Delivers Most-Watched Regular Season in Network History Big Ten News by Staff - March 11, 2020March 18, 20200 The 2019-20 men’s basketball regular season on BTN was the most-watched in network history, resulting in +12% overall growth across all games – averaging 223,749 viewers – and a +14% increase during conference play – averaging 281,641 viewers. Three of BTN’s top 10 regular season games of all time took place
