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‘Unlike anything anywhere’: Iowa Hawkeyes thank fans for support during NCAA Tournament

Iowa fans made it a special environment versus Creighton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Iowa’s stars discussed what it meant.

The ending wasn’t what the fans or Iowa women’s basketball team were looking for. Tenth-seeded Creighton pulled off one of the NCAA Tournament’s big shockers by topping No. 2 seed Iowa, 64-62, in Iowa City.

The environment that Iowa fans created during the Hawkeyes’ two NCAA Tournament games was special, though. Each of Iowa’s tournament games against Illinois State and Creighton were played in front of sellout crowds.

After scoring 27 points on 12-for-20 shooting, Iowa senior forward Monika Czinano said the fan support was unparalleled.

“Yeah, I mean, I think what Iowa does and how they support women’s basketball is unlike anything anywhere. Walking out of the tunnel and seeing that many people is almost unexplainable. It fills you with joy and it makes the game so fun and it fuels you. I just thank you so much to everybody who came out today. It does suck to have that volume of people here and not be able to perform, but I really think that getting that many people in one gym to watch women’s sports is huge, and it just goes to show the love and dedication that they show to us here.

“But I think we’re a fun team to watch. I think people are picking up on that and I think it’s drawing more eyes to the sport. Obviously Caitlin’s a phenomenal player and that brings it, too. But people come a lot of times for Caitlin’s name and they stay because we’re so fun to watch as a collective unit. I’m just so proud of what we’re doing here, and the story is not over for us,” Czinano said.

Iowa sophomore standout guard Caitlin Clark echoed those sentiments from Czinano. The Big Ten Player of the Year said it was a shame to not be able to win in front of the standing-room-only crowd, but also pointed to the excitement for this group entering next season.

“Obviously a wonderful opportunity for a women’s basketball game today on ABC in front of a sold-out crowd. I just feel bad for our fans because they’ve given us so much over these past two weeks, really willed us to a regular season title here at home versus Michigan, and I hope they come out and support us the exact same way next year. I know they will. I think there’s a lot of exciting basketball ahead for this group, but obviously the feeling of letting them down, letting the coaches down, our teammates down, it stinks right now, but I think overall just more fuel for us going into next year,” Clark said.

Clark finished her season by scoring 15 points on 4-for-19 shooting. She also collected her 17th double-double of the season as she dished out 11 assists and grabbed eight rebounds. Similar to her players, Iowa head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder praise the Iowa fan base.

“Our crowd today was amazing again. I think we broke the NCAA record for first and second rounds of attendance, and I apologize to our fans that they couldn’t celebrate a victory with us today. They have been amazing all year, but boy, these last three games they’ve been incredible. So I want to thank them. I want to thank our administration because it’s a lot of hard work putting on an event like this and doing it with the class that Iowa does. And I want to thank them for that,” Bluder said.

Iowa ends its season at 24-8 overall. The Hawkeyes shared the Big Ten regular season title and won the Big Ten Tournament.

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Iowa women’s basketball, Caitlin Clark roll in NCAA Tournament opener over Illinois State

Caitlin Clark dropped 27 points in front of a sellout crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena as second-seeded Iowa rolled Illinois State, 98-58.

Illinois State jumped out to a quick 9-4 lead about four minutes into Friday afternoon’s NCAA Tournament opener after the Redbirds’ Juliunn Redmond hit a jumper. Second-seeded Iowa (24-7, 14-4 Big Ten) didn’t waste any more time after that bringing the sellout Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd to its feet.

Sophomore guard and national player of the year candidate Caitlin Clark connected on her first of two made 3-pointers on the afternoon to pull Iowa back within a bucket, and, with that Clark make, the Hawkeyes were off and running. Illinois State (19-14) answered right back with a 3-pointer from Mary Crompton, but Iowa junior guard Gabbie Marshall drilled a trey of her own on the next trip down the floor.

Then, Hawkeye junior guard McKenna Warnock tied the game with a layup, Marshall gave Iowa its second lead of the afternoon on a 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining in the first quarter and the Hawkeyes ended the game’s opening quarter on a 17-6 scoring run.

After outscoring Illinois State 22-14 in the second quarter, the Hawkeyes really came alive in the third quarter. Iowa canned 8-of-10 3-point tries to balloon the lead to 74-47. When the 98-58 Hawkeyes’ victory was all said and done, Iowa had registered its most points in an NCAA Tournament game in program history.

The Hawkeyes shot 60 percent from the floor and 46.2 percent from 3-point range. Iowa also hit 20-of-21 from the free throw line to record the Hawkeyes’ best percentage finish from the charity stripe in an NCAA Tournament game.

Clark had another banner day, finishing with 27 points, 10 assists and six rebounds. It was the West Des Moine product’s 25th career double-double and 16th of the season. Iowa senior forward Monika Czinano added 18 points and was a perfect 6-for-6 shooting from the floor to go with a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Marshall and senior guard Tomi Taiwo each chipped in 13 points.

“I mean, obviously very excited about this game. Almost scoring 100 points out here tonight. We shot the ball well from all areas. Two, three, free throw line. I think we had 23 assists on 30, or 25 assists on 33 baskets. I love that style. Really sharing the ball really well. Only have 11 turnovers today, so that was great to see. I thought it was a really good game, especially with a couple weeks off here. I was worried about that rust, and I don’t think we really showed any signs of that today.

“But I really want to thank the crowd that came out. I mean, our fans were amazing. Our fans, you know, they braved parking problems today, they braved rain, and they still got here. We are so appreciative of them. But just come again on Sunday. It’s going to be easier. No hospital traffic and no rain let’s hope,” Iowa head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder said.

Iowa converted 13 Illinois State turnovers into 23 points and also outscored the Redbirds 24-2 in fast break points.

“Yeah, I think transition is always our best offense. We want to get to that no matter what. Obviously defending in transition is an area that we can still improve and get better at so it’s great to hear that we only gave up two points in transition. But yeah, I think that’s our best offense.

“I thought we got a lot of great contributions off the bench. Obviously, Tomi shot the ball well, Addy came in, so that always helps as well. But yeah, overall our transition offense when we’re doing it the way we should and when we get stops on the defensive end, that just leads to our transition offense. Hands down our best offense and that’s what we like to get to the most,” Clark said.

Iowa advances in the Greensboro region and will meet No. 10 seed Creighton in the second round after the Bluejays beat Colorado, 84-74. The Hawkeyes play at home inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday versus Creighton.

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Jordan Bohannon reflects on record-setting career with the Iowa Hawkeyes

While it ended on a frustrating note in Iowa’s NCAA Tournament loss to Richmond, Jordan Bohannon had a magical career with Iowa.

The finality of any loss in the NCAA Tournament stings. The pill of defeat is even more difficult to swallow when it’s a career-ending loss. Such is the case for Iowa redshirt senior guard Jordan Bohannon.

The 6-foot-1, 175 pound sharpshooter from Marion, Iowa, leaves the Hawkeyes as the most prolific 3-point shooter in both program and Big Ten history. After connecting on 2-of-7 from distance in Iowa’s 67-63 NCAA Tournament loss to No. 12 seed Richmond, Bohannon ends his career with 455 made 3-pointers. That’s 81 made 3-pointers clear of Ohio State’s Jon Diebler and 193 in front of Iowa’s next-closest shooter Jeff Horner.

He also ended his career having played in the most games in NCAA history with 179. In Bohannon’s postgame interview with reporters, it was only natural that emotions took over when he was asked to reflect on his career with Iowa.

“Just thanks for giving me a chance. You know this has been some of the best years of my life. I can’t even put into words what the guy to my left, Keegan, what coach (McCaffery) has meant to me. There’s not a lot of people in the country that believed in me out of high school. I faced a lot of adversity coming back, you know, a couple hip surgeries, dealt with a lot of injuries. And I can honestly say this last game, I put my heart and soul into this team.

“And I just, hopefully I left this jersey in a better place than I found it. That’s all I wanted to do when I came here. That was the only goal I had. I didn’t care about my individual statistics, nothing like that. I just wanted to make coach proud, I wanted to make my family proud and this whole entire state. I just want to thank every single Hawkeye fan that hopefully I inspired them to do something great with their lives and I can’t even put into words what it’s meant to be here wearing this jersey,” Bohannon said as he fought back tears.

In trying to make sense of Iowa’s defeat inside the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Bohannon was quick to credit Richmond.

“Richmond is a really great team. I thought we played one of our worst basketball halves all season the first half, and we were only down one. So we knew we had a little bit of light still in us, and we made a little bit of a run, but, you know, got to credit them. They did everything great tonight. They were locked in, and they’re playing some of their best basketball this season right now,” Bohannon said.

His head coach Fran McCaffery discussed what made Bohannon special and the legacy he left at Iowa.

“It says a lot about him, the way he responded to the question. Like we care about numbers, but you think about the numbers and they’re absolutely staggering. Two thousand points. More threes made than anybody else that ever played in the Big Ten, more assists than anybody that ever played at Iowa. That’s somebody that takes great pride in wearing that jersey, which is what he said. But his leadership, his mental toughness, it epitomizes what a true competitor is, and he came here to make a difference.

“And you think back, before his hip surgeries, he played a whole season in terrible pain, never asked to come out. I didn’t even know half the things that were bothering him. He just showed up every day at practice and played in the games and gave me everything he had. And then, double hip surgery is not easy, and we’ve had two guys that have had to go through it. Two guys who were sitting on my left and that really is difficult, and it takes tremendous sacrifice and determination,” McCaffery said.

Bohannon’s return and the leadership he provided were necessary ingredients that helped Iowa win a Big Ten Tournament championship.

“Just watching him come back and perform at the level that he did and then come back to lead a team that needed his leadership. He and Connor both had to lead a young team. They had to help Keegan take his game to the next level and bring along Kris and Tony, Joe T., Patrick, incorporate Filip and that’s what character is and that’s what he has. That’s what Connor has, and, you know, when you get into this business, you hope one day to be able to coach guys like that, and so I’m really proud,” McCaffery said.

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Iowa Hawkeyes stunned by No. 12 seed Richmond

After a run to a Big Ten Tournament championship, Iowa’s stay in the NCAA Tournament was abbreviated. Richmond stunned Iowa, 67-63.

After a first half that saw Iowa make just 1-of-13 from 3-point distance, the Hawkeyes trailed Richmond 29-28 at halftime. The Hawkeyes connect on just 30 percent of their field goal attempts in the first half.

But, it was just halftime, and this Iowa team came steamrolling into the NCAA Tournament with a head of confidence after winning the Big Ten Tournament championship and nine of its past 10 games. Surely, Iowa would manage to outrace Richmond in the final 20 minutes.

It looked that way, too. Even after Richmond’s Jacob Gilyard score five quick points right after halftime to bring the score to 34-28. Iowa’s Patrick McCaffery canned a couple of back-to-back 3-pointers, Tony Perkins added a three-point play and McCaffery added another jumper. That quick 11-0 response from Iowa seemed to signal that there was no panic from the Hawkeyes and that they were set to figure things out and advance.

Instead, Richmond responded right back with an 11-0 spurt of their own that began with a Nathan Cayo layup and ended with another made Gilyard 3-pointer. Iowa pulled back within a point after star Keegan Murray drove inside and finished a layup with 10:21 remaining.

The Hawkeyes were held scoreless for the next five minutes and three seconds of game time, though. Ultimately, that drought proved too much to overcome for an Iowa team that some thought had a chance to emerge as the champion from the Midwest region. Instead, it’s a short stay in the NCAA Tournament.

Richmond advances and will meet No. 4 seed Providence in the NCAA Tournament’s second round.

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Iowa’s Keegan Murray, Jordan Bohannon preview first round NCAA Tournament matchup versus Richmond

Iowa star Keegan Murray previewed the challenge that the Richmond Spiders present in the NCAA Tournament’s first round.

After winning nine of their past 10 games, Iowa (26-9, 12-8 Big Ten) enters the NCAA Tournament with all sorts of momentum. That stretch included four wins in four days to capture the program’s third Big Ten Tournament championship after a 75-66 win over Purdue.

Now, the Hawkeyes are gearing up to tip off as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest region against 12th-seeded Richmond. Richmond also won its conference tournament championship, upsetting Davidson in the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game, 64-62.

Iowa sophomore forward Keegan Murray met with reporters ahead of the Hawkeyes’ first round matchup to preview what type of challenge Richmond will bring to the table inside of KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

“Yeah, I think they’re a really experienced team. They have a lot of seniors on their team, so that helps them a lot going into March, but they’re a team that plays really well together. They share the ball really well. They have a couple good players, and I feel like their team is really, their experience helps a lot, and that’s what you need and that’s how they made their run in their tournament as a six seed. So, yeah, for us it’s full hands on deck because we know that they’re a really good team,” Murray said.

Richmond brings a wealth of experience to the table. The Spiders’ starting five features a sixth-year player in forward Grant Golden and a pair of fifth-year players in guard Jacob Gilyard and forward Nathan Cayo. Nick Sherod is another sixth-year Richmond guard that comes off the bench for the Spiders.

Iowa redshirt senior guard Jordan Bohannon appreciates the Spiders’ experience and knows that’s a big part of what makes Richmond dangerous.

“I have to give a lot of credit to this Richmond team. They have a lot of those guys that brought all these guys back and decided they wanted to do something special this year, and they’re one of the most experienced teams, very skilled. They’re really tough to guard. I can’t say enough good things about that,” Bohannon said.

Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery can’t say enough positive things about Richmond either. He noted that Richmond’s players returning is similar to Bohannon’s return for the Hawkeyes. It’s all about why a player chose to return and make use of the COVID eligibility year to come back.

“I think it says a lot about Chris (Mooney) and how he’s built that program. I will say this. I wish I could come back for a sixth year. It’s something that I think was strange at first for the guy. I remember talking to Jordan about it in the beginning, you know, because he had graduated and he had in his mind kind of moved on. We had senior night and celebrated senior night. Wait a minute, I can come back. How great would that be?

“I think the important thing for him—and I’m sure it’s the same for the Richmond guys—okay, if we’re coming back, we’re coming back for a reason, and I think that’s what we saw. Two teams that won the tournament championship and get to play in this tournament, so I’m happy for all of them,” McCaffery said.

To put Richmond’s experience in perspective, the Spiders’ Gilyard and Golden have both eclipsed the 2,000 career points mark, while Cayo and Sherod have each eclipsed 1,350 career points. Burton is right on the doorstep of being a career 1,000-point scorer with 984 points thus far in his career.

McCaffery was asked if he’d seen a team with that type of experience and scoring balance.

“No, I don’t remember any. There may have been. We did play a number of teams this year that had a lot of seniors. You’re seeing that more and more. Seven of your top nine, eight of your top ten are either red shirt juniors, which makes them four-year players or beyond, but I think the point that you’re making is these guys were all incredibly productive 1,000 point scorers, so that gives them a lot of weapons, and I think that that has been proven, especially when they come down the stretch,” McCaffery said.

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Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball NCAA Tournament history

Fifth-seeded Iowa tips off against No. 12 seed Richmond on Thursday. What does the rest of Iowa’s NCAA Tournament history look like?

Iowa (26-9, 12-8 Big Ten) is back into the NCAA Tournament after punching its ticket with a Big Ten Tournament championship win over Purdue, 75-66. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes will face No. 12 seed Richmond (23-12, 10-8 Atlantic 10) in the NCAA Tournament’s first round from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

After winning four games in four days to capture the Big Ten Tournament title, Iowa has emerged as a trendy pick to perhaps come out of the Midwest region and reach the Final Four. As far as those expectations go, Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery knows the Hawkeyes can’t get ahead of themselves.

“The only way we handle that is to specifically focus on the next game and not look too far ahead or not think too much about all of the talk around what’s possible. I think you have to take care of the present. That’s what we’re trying to do,” McCaffery said to reporters ahead of Iowa’s NCAA Tournament date versus Richmond.

With sophomore forward Keegan Murray leading the way, Iowa has a chance to make a serious run in this year’s edition of March Madness. Murray was recently named first-team All-America by the Associated Press after a season in which he has averaged 23.6 points per game.

“For me, it was really just putting my head down and not listening to what anyone had to say about me. I feel like if I listened to other people’s opinions, I wouldn’t be here right now. For me and my brother, we really just worked in silence. We worked out with each other a lot and got each other better, and I think that was one of the key things that allowed me to have my run this year and also last year, my ascension. I just credit the hard work and the people that have been around me and stuck with me,” Murray said of his breakout season.

Iowa certainly hopes it’s a memorable 28th NCAA Tournament appearance. What has the rest of Iowa’s NCAA Tournament history looked like? Here’s the full history.

Iowa vs. Richmond: Stream, injury report, broadcast info for Thursday

Iowa rolls into the NCAA Tournament off a Big Ten Tournament championship. Here’s broadcast info for the Hawkeyes’ date versus Richmond.

Iowa (26-9, 12-8 Big Ten) rolls into the NCAA Tournament after capturing the program’s first Big Ten Tournament title since 2006 after downing Purdue, 75-66, in the championship game. It was the third tournament title in program history and it capped off an incredible run to the crown.

In the process, the Hawkeyes became the only school to win a Big Ten Tournament championship twice by winning four games in four days. Iowa accomplished that same feat in 2001 when it won the tournament title as the league’s No. 6 seed.

Sophomore forward Keegan Murray was named the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 25.7 points per game on 55.8 percent field goal shooting. Murray made 8-of-10 3-point attempts in Iowa’s 80-77 semifinal win over Indiana and finished the tournament shooting a blistering 53.8 percent on 3-pointers.

Murray was joined on the Big Ten’s All-Tournament Team by redshirt senior guard Jordan Bohannon. Bohannon averaged 13 points per game and connected on 43.3 percent of his 3-point tries in the Big Ten Tournament.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been more proud of a team than this group, how they worked and sacrificed and incredible unselfishness. But I have to say we played a tremendous team today, incredibly well-coached team who had a great year and anything short of the effort that we put forth today, you know, we would not have won. They were committed to the game plan, they were committed to each other, and there’s no better feeling as a coach than to watch them celebrate the way they were able to celebrate after the game for the Big Ten championship,” Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery said after the Hawkeyes’ win over Purdue.

Now, Iowa looks to keep the momentum going as the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region. The Hawkeyes are set to battle Richmond (23-12, 10-8 Atlantic 10), who earned the No. 12 seed after topping Davidson, 64-62, in the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game.

Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:

  • Date: March 17
  • Time: 2:10 p.m. CT
  • TV Channel: truTV
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

Iowa vs. Richmond injury report:

The great news is that both teams enter the NCAA Tournament with a good bill of health. Neither Iowa or Richmond have any injuries to report according to the USA TODAY Sports injury database.

Players to watch:

Iowa:

  • Sophomore forward, Keegan Murray: 23.6 points per game, 8.6 rebounds per game, 2.0 blocks per game, 55.5 percent field goal shooting, 40.5 percent 3-point shooting
  • Redshirt senior guard, Jordan Bohannon: 11.1 points per game, 1.8 assists per game, 38.9 percent field goal shooting, 38.5 percent 3-point shooting, 88.9 percent free throw shooting
  • Redshirt sophomore forward, Patrick McCaffery: 10.3 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, 1.6 assists per game, 42.2 percent field goal shooting, 31.2 percent 3-point shooting
  • Sophomore forward, Kris Murray: 9.9 points per game, 4.2 rebounds per game, 48.6 percent field goal shooting, 40.6 percent 3-point shooting

Richmond:

  • Junior forward, Tyler Burton: 16.3 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game, 46.7 percent field goal shooting, 37.7 percent 3-point shooting
  • Senior forward, Grant Golden: 14.1 points per game, 6.1 rebounds per game, 2.8 assists per game, 51.5 percent field goal shooting
  • Senior guard, Jacob Gilyard: 13.3 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, 5.4 assists per game, 36.4 percent 3-point shooting

Keegan Murray named to AP All-America first team

Iowa basketball star Keegan Murray has been named first-team All-America by The Associated Press.

The awards and accolades keep rolling in for Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star Keegan Murray, but this one has to feel especially good.

Murray was named first-team All-America by The Associated Press on Tuesday, earning his place on a list that is widely regarded as the gold standard for the nation’s top college players.

Murray, who ranks fourth in the nation in scoring at 23.6 points per game, recently was named Most Outstanding Player of the Big Ten tournament. Murray also leads the Hawkeyes with 8.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game. The Hawkeyes won four games in four days in Indianapolis and captured the tournament championship with an upset win over Purdue on Sunday.

Murray recently was named first-team All-Big Ten and received All-America nods from two media outlets. He was a six-time winner of the Big Ten’s Player of the Week honor this season. Additionally, ESPN ranks Murray as the best player in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

Iowa is a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes open play Thursday at 2:10 p.m. CDT against No. 12 seed Richmond in Buffalo, New York.

Two other Big Ten players were named to the All-America first team by the AP: Illinois center Kofi Cockburn and Wisconsin guard Johnny Davis. Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji and Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe round out the first team.

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ESPN’s Jay Bilas predicts Iowa Hawkeyes’ March Madness run

See how Jay Bilas expects the Hawkeyes to perform in the NCAA tournament.

The Iowa Hawkeyes enter the NCAA tournament on a high note, having just won the Big Ten tournament with a signature win over Purdue, and are led by one of the top players in the tournament field in Keegan Murray – but how far can the Hawkeyes advance in March?

According to ESPN’s Jay Bilas, Iowa is primed for a Sweet 16 appearance, but may struggle to advance past that stage in the

Bilas released his predictions for every game in the 2021 men’s NCAA tournament, and has the fifth-seeded Hawkeyes beating No. 12 Richmond and No. 13 South Dakota State before falling to top-seeded Kansas.

Via ESPN:

“A battle of two Wooden Award candidates in Agbaji and Murray. Because Kansas has multiple ball handlers against Iowa’s different defenses, I favor Kansas to move on.”

Bilas’ bracket has Kansas advancing to the Final Four, but Gonzaga taking down Arizona in the national championship game.

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How to watch: Wisconsin basketball vs. Iowa

How to watch, listen and stream Wisconsin basketball against the Iowa Hawkeyes:

On Thursday night, the Wisconsin Badgers will move on after upsetting No. 3 Purdue to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Kohl Center.

Related: Previewing No. 23 Wisconsin vs. Iowa

This matchup will feature two of the premier scorers in the country in Wisconsin guard Jonathan Davis and Iowa forward Keegan Murray. Davis has risen to the occasion when playing against tough opponents this season, as can be seen by his 37 point performance on Monday, and he will be tested against the Hawkeyes.

This should be another outstanding matchup to watch as Big Ten foes and some of the top scorers in the country will face off on a Thursday night.

Matchup: Iowa Hawkeyes at Wisconsin Badgers

Where: Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

When: Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. CST

Where to watch: FS1

  • Announcers:
    • Play-by-Play: Kevin Kugler
    • Analyst: Stephen Bardo

Where to stream: Fox Sports App or foxsports.com

Where to listen: Badger Sports Network on the iHeartRadio app or Sirius Satellite Radio XM 195

  • Announcers:
    • Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay
    • Analyst: Mike Lucas

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