Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Ben McCollum wants winners right out of high school, chiding less intense attitudes in the process.

Iowa men's basketball is riding a two-game winning streak heading into its matchup with Southern California on Jan. 28.

A sluggish and stagnant Iowa men’s basketball team faced Rutgers Tuesday night, a team who’s drifted toward the bottom of the Big Ten. But Hawkeye head coach Ben McCollum heeded a warning before the evening affair: just because the Scarlet Knights don’t have the resume of a Purdue or Michigan State, that doesn’t mean Iowa can float by.

Rutgers men's basketball put up quite a fight on the road against Iowa, but ultimately they failed to secure the win, losing to the Hawkeyes 68-62. The Scarlet

The latest ESPN bracketology has set up a riveting potential matchup against the Duke Blue Devils for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

It was a nightmare start for the Hawkeyes. The Fighting Illini led by as many as 18 points in the first half. It was ugly on both ends of the floor for the Hawkeyes. The sluggish start put Iowa in a huge early hole and forced them to play catch-up. Iowa never held the lead.

After four games in a 10-day stretch, the Iowa men’s basketball team is in the midst of 8-day break until their next game against USC. At 14-5, the Hawkeyes are in the mix for a NCAA Tournament bid, but Ben McCollum said there are still a handful of details his team needs to continue to

Bleacher Report released its latest 2026 NBA mock draft on Wednesday, and it featured a current Iowa basketball star being selected early on. Bleacher Report is projecting senior guard Bennett Stirtz to be taken with the 17th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies. They gave him an NBA comp of Malcolm Brogdon and had this say about Stirtz: