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Iowa Hawkeyes vs Michigan State Spartans: Stream, broadcast info, injury report for Saturday

The Hawkeyes host the Spartans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday. Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to Iowa versus Michigan State.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are staying home for a pivotal matchup in their gauntlet of Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes are welcoming in the Spartans of Michigan State in a matchup of two teams in the NCAA Tournament right now but looking to build their resume, improve their conference standing, and get hot at the right time heading down the stretch before Big Ten Tournament play and NCAA Tournament play gets going.

Iowa comes into the matchup sitting with a record of 17-11 overall and a mark of 9-8 in conference play. The Spartans boast just slightly better records in each as they are 17-10 overall and 9-7 in Big Ten play. Iowa has dropped their last two games and should have a bit of a sense of urgency going into this game.

With the matchup a pivotal one for the conference standings and tournament seedings, Carver-Hawkeye Arena is certain to be a loud, charged up environment at tipoff. Here is how to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes versus the Michigan State Spartans.

ESPN Bubble Watch has Hawkeyes still in NCAA Tournament, seeding suddenly in question

While both on the road, the Hawkeyes have dropped their last two. ESPN’s Bubble Watch has Iowa in the tourney but their seed in question.

The last two contests have not been kind to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Road basketball games in the Big Ten are always a gauntlet, but, at the end of the day, a loss is a loss and the NCAA Tournament selection committee views those as black and white.

Iowa’s high-powered offense has suddenly gone ice cold at the worst time of the year as they are closing out the regular season. ESPN’s John Gasaway has taken note of this and has the Hawkeyes in a treacherous spot with their seeding fading down the stretch.

In its past two outings, Iowa has lost road games at Northwestern and Wisconsin by 20 and 12 points, respectively. The defeat at the hands of the Badgers represented the worst showing on offense (0.85 points per possession) recorded by the Hawkeyes in 13 months. Road losses to at-large-level opponents are surpassingly common in the Big Ten, naturally. Still, the fact that Iowa’s offense suddenly looks weak in defeats by double-digit margins does raise the question of whether this group can hold on to its expected No. 8 seed. – Gasaway, ESPN

Prior to the loss to Wisconsin, Iowa was sitting firmly as a No. 7 seed but that appears to be fading after two consecutive slip ups. That said, the sky has not fallen yet.

The Hawkeyes have games against tournament-bound teams Indiana and Michigan State, and a matchup against a suddenly very feisty Nebraska team left to boost their resume along with the Big Ten Tournament.

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Iowa basketball Bracketology roundup entering regular season’s penultimate week

The Iowa Hawkeyes are headed into the final stretch of the regular season. A look where they are projected among major Bracketology updates.

With just four games to go in the regular season, the Iowa Hawkeyes are pretty firmly in the 2023 NCAA Tournament barring some sort of unforeseen implosion and collapse down the stretch. Where they will wind up in the tournament is still the largest looming question.

Their next four games include matchups against at least two teams currently projected to be in the tournament in Indiana and Michigan State with Wisconsin still looking to pad their résumé and punch their ticket.

Also looming is the Big Ten Tournament which is another chance for the Hawkeyes to continue to build their résumé and stack a handful of big time wins together to improve their seeding.

Right now, Iowa can be found anywhere as high as a No. 6 seed and as low as a No. 11 seed with the truth and realistic expectations lying somewhere in the middle. That is unless they run the table and win the Big Ten championship in a repeat title defense.

Here is a roundup of some of the Bracketology projections for the Hawkeyes as they head into their final four games of the regular season with who they are projected to meet.

Iowa Hawkeyes men’s hoops frosh Josh Dix updates his progress from scary injury

After suffering a broken tibia and broken fibula, Iowa Hawkeyes guard Josh Dix is rehabbing very nicely and expects to be fully ready soon.

Iowa Hawkeyes 2022 signee Josh Dix suffered a scary injury that ended his high school career. On Jan. 21 with his Council Bluffs Lincoln squad leading Le Mars 52-33 and 1:45 remaining, Dix went up to block a shot, found his legs tangled and wound up landing awkwardly.

What resulted was Dix suffering a broken tibia and broken fibula, the same injury Paul George suffered in 2014. Naturally, that put his true freshman season—or at least the start of it—in question with the Hawkeyes.

Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery said he’s expecting Dix back, full-go to start the month of September. On Tuesday, Dix met with the Iowa media and discussed the injury, his rehab and when he expects to fully integrate into the Hawkeyes’ rotation.