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BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Iowa

Eric — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:00:16 +0000

The Iowa Hawkeyes are visiting Columbus this afternoon for some Shooty Hoops action!

Joining us for the game are our friends from the BBN: The Buckeye Blog, Buckeye Empire, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Buckeye Ninja. Make sure to swing by their place and say hello.

Today’s game is scheduled for 6:00 PM EST. The LiveBlog is scheduled to start 15 minutes before tip.

Go Bucks!

Ohio State vs. Iowa- Shootyhoops live chat… [Read More]

Basketball LiveBlog: Iowa

Eric — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:00:17 +0000

Iowa is the destination for the team today as the Buckeyes meet the Hawkeyes on their court. The game is set to tip at 3:00 pm EST on the Big Ten Network.

Our Buckeye Blogger friends will be joining us at 2:30 pm. In the meantime, go check out their places! the Buckeye Blog, OSU Silver Bullet, Scarlet and Game, Buckeye House Call, Our Honor Defend, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Fox Sports Ohio.

If you’re looking for web-video for the game, try First Row Sports (warning: pop-up ads). Click the basketball tab, and you shouldn’t have any trouble finding the right game. I’ve heard people having issues with this website recently – if that’s still the case, let me know and we’ll hunt around for another source.

Go Bucks!

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Pregame Glance: Iowa

Eric — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:16:10 +0000

The Buckeyes are on the road again, this time facing the upstart Iowa Hawkeyes. Let’s take a look:

School:	University of Iowa
Location:	Iowa City, IA
Founded:	1847
Student Population:	30,328
School Type:	Public
Division:	NCAA
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Stadium:	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Seating:	15,500
Built:	1983
Head Coach:	Fran McCaffery
Year:	2nd

If you’re looking at this game as an easy OSU win, you’d better think again. You’re probably thinking that because you were busy watching last year’s [Game Vacated by Ohio State] Bowl that happened to occur at the same time on January 4th. Take a moment and recall how that game went down, as recorded by then-BBC-staffer Jay. Of course, we did get them more easily in the rematch, but that was played in Columbus where Ohio State has an incredible record against opposing unranked teams – and, lets be honest, even against much more … [Read More]

B1G Basketball Preview: Iowa

Eric — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:17 +0000

Up next on our preview list is the Iowa Hawkeyes, one of the cellar-dwellers of the Big Ten in the last several seasons.

To see the Hawkeyes scratching the bottom of the barrel the last several years is pretty depressing. Iowa was once a proud, quality team in the Big Ten conference. To have them sink so low really makes you long for the halcyon days of Big Ten basketball.

But new coach Fran McCaffery has a plan, and it’s going to be exciting to see him work to try to turn this program around. He has certainly got the philosophy and resume to be able to do it, he merely needs to get the players to buy in.

Last Season:

Under first year head coach Fran McCaffery the Iowa Hawkeyes took a step forward on the road to recovery. Despite not drastically improving their season record from Lickliter’s last … [Read More]