Hawkeye Report Podcast

It's a special edition of the podcast with the Iowa women's basketball team playing for a national title on Sunday afternoon.Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann, who is down covering the Hawkeyes in Dallas, discuss the huge win over South Carolina and how Iowa did it. Then we preview the Iowa vs. LSU game for the national title and what the Hawkeyes will need to do to bring home the crown.

It's a special edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast celebrating the Iowa women's basketball team punching their ticket to the Final Four with a win over Louisville. Kyle Huesmann was in Seattle and fills us in on what it was like to be there to see Caitlin Clark play one of greatest games in NCAA Tournament history. We also discuss what this win means to the career of Lisa Bluder and her staff. Finally we talk a little Iowa baseball as the Hawkeyes swept their series against Western Michigan and are off to the best start in school history with a huge series coming up this weekend against Maryland.

A very entertaining new podcast as we are joined by future Hawkeyes Owen Freeman, Brock Harding, and Pryce Sandfort. We discuss the end of their high school seasons and Brock and Owen winning a state championship and Pryce being named Mr. Basketball in the state of Iowa. We talk about their future at Iowa and much more. Then we discuss the departures of Ahron Ulis and Josh Ogundele from the Iowa program and what it might mean for Iowa's scholarship situation. Finally we talk some Iowa football with the start of spring practice on Wednesday and plenty of news from the Kirk Ferentz presser, most if it dealing with injuries to quite a few players. d

The Iowa women's hoops team is off to the Sweet 16! They beat Georgia on Sunday at a loud Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann visit about the win over the Bulldogs and how the Hawkeyes were able to move on. We also discuss the Iowa men's hoops team fall to Auburn and the long list of questions for Fran McCaffery's team heading into the off-season. Finally, we look back at the Iowa wrestlers finishing second in at the NCAA Championships and the stunning loss by Spencer Lee and then wrap up talking about the 15-3 Iowa baseball team, who swept South Dakota State this weekend.

The NCAA Tournament bracket has been released and the Iowa men's and women's basketball teams are included. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo start with a discussion of the Iowa men's team drawing the Auburn Tigers and head coach Bruce Pearl. We look at the coaching career of Pearl, including his time at Iowa and the overall match-up. Then we discuss the Iowa women being a two seed and in the women's bracket and if they should have been a #1 seed. Finally we wrap up discussing Matt's weekend in Champaign covering future Hawkeyes Brock Harding and Owen Freeman leading Moline to a state title.

It's been a pretty crazy week off the field of play for Iowa athletics. The racial discrimination lawsuit has been settled and it's a controversial decision. Our good friend Chad Leistikow from the Des Moines Register joins us to discuss his reporting on the story and if Iowa AD Gary Barta could end up being let go from his job. We then discuss the Iowa women's hoops team as they become a huge national story heading into the NCAA Tournament. Finally we discuss the men's Big Ten Tournament coming up this weekend and if Iowa can win two in a row.

What a busy weekend for Hawkeye fans! So busy that Sunday night Tom Kakert and Kyle Huesmann did a podcast to recap it. We start with women's hoops and the Hawkeyes winning a Big Ten title. We discuss the greatness of Caitlin Clark and if Iowa is a one seed. Then we talk men's hoops and the disappointing loss to Nebraska that dropped Iowa to a five seed in the Big Ten Tournament. We then jump to Iowa baseball and their best start since 2015, after a three game weekend sweep. We also talk Iowa wrestling and Spencer Lee and Real Woods winning individual titles and wrap up talking about Iowa football players crushing the NFL Combine.

The Iowa basketball team went on the road and picked up one of their most impressive wins of the season at Indiana. We look back at the win over the Hoosiers and how the Hawkeyes jumped on them early and never gave up the lead. We discuss the great performances by Kris Murray, Tony Perkins, Filip Rebraca, and Payton Sandfort. We also look at Iowa now likely to get a double bye in the Big Ten Tournament and the University of Iowa potentially settling the lawsuit with former football players.

It was a historic day for Iowa baseball and basketball on Saturday afternoon. The Hawkeye baseball team went down to Texas and knocked off #1 LSU by the score of 12-4 and the Hawkeye basketball team rallied from down 10 with under a minute left to beat Michigan State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Kyle Huesmann and Tom Kakert break down both games and the impact that the wins will have on each program and we preview the Iowa women's game against Indiana on Sunday afternoon.

Another road loss for the Hawkeyes and it was a second straight game where Iowa really struggled from three point range. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo breakdown the loss at Wisconsin and the concerns for this Iowa team and their lack of confidence shooting the basketball from three point range. We also discuss where they sit when it comes to the NCAA Tournament and if they are now on the bubble.