Hawkeye Report Podcast

With spring ball in it's final week, we are joined by former Hawkeye Chuck Long to discuss Iowa football. We dive into what fans should be looking for on Saturday in Iowa City. We discuss what a coach wants to accomplish during the spring, the rumors of offensive improvement and simplifying Iowa's attack. We also talk about the addition of an analyst to the staff and the impact that can have. Finally we wrap up discussing the explosion of NIL money in college sports and collectives.

This week on the podcast, Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo jump back into the world of basketball. Kris Murray declared for the NBA Draft. Will he be back at Iowa next season and what's the outlook for the Hawkeyes as far as the transfer portal or a new recruiting name in the Class of 2022 that will visit Iowa this coming week? We also talk about a busy weekend of AAU evaluations for hoops prospects in the Class of 2023 and 2024. Finally we talk some football news and wrap up discussing the growth of NIL Collectives and how they are impacting college football recruiting.

This week on the podcast we open by talking quite a bit about spring football. What have we learned from talking to the Iowa coaches during spring practice? Is the Iowa passing offense set to improve? Why is the Hawkeye defense always strong and how does continuity with the staff help. We then talk about a new verbal commitment for the Class of 2023 and we talk about Iowa beginning the process of forming a collective for NIL's and what that might look like moving forward. Then we talk Iowa hoops, the transfer portal, and hitting the road to watch a whole lot of AAU basketball this weekend.

Plenty of news in the last few days for the Hawkeyes. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo break it all down. We start with a look at the transfer portal with a couple of Iowa players leaving, along with Keegan Murray making it official and entering the NBA Draft. We talk about a potential portal target for Iowa and assess the roster, along with a look at the 2023 recruiting targets. Then we talk spring football and what Brian Ferentz and Abdul Hodge had to say this week, plus what we saw at practice. We also talk a little football recruiting to wrap up the podcast.

Spring football is underway and this week on the podcast we are joined by Scott Dochterman from The Athletic to discuss the Iowa football. We dive into the two deeps and the visit with Kirk Ferentz on Wednesday and what we learned about his decision to move Brian Ferentz to OC and QB coach. We look at the interesting position battles and we discuss Iowa boosters starting an NIL collective, along with the NFL Draft prospects for former Iowa players.

One week ago it was Hawkeye happiness. This week it's Hawkeye sadness as the Men's and Women's basketball teams made a quicker than expected exit from the NCAA Tournament. Kyle Huesmann joins the pod and we look back at Iowa's stunning loss to Creighton on Sunday afternoon. We also discuss the men's team dropping a tough first round game to Richmond. We look ahead for both teams next year as well. Then we discuss the Iowa wrestlers and the Hawkeye baseball team after their big win over Texas Tech.

With the Iowa men's basketball team winning the Big Ten Tournament and the Hawkeyes landing a five seed in the NCAA Tournament, we needed to talk about it. Kyle Huesmann joins the show on Monday night to talk about the title run for the Iowa men's hoops team. We also discuss the Iowa women's hoops team enters the NCAA Tournament as a two seed and we talk a little Hawkye baseball.

The Iowa basketball team keeps winning so that means another podcast from Indianapolis. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo look back at an amazing win for the Hawkeyes over the Hoosiers that included a banked in three pointer by Jordan Bohannon. We look back at Iowa's rally, the amazing play of Keegan Murray, and the big shots by Jordan Bohannon. Then we look ahead to the title game on Sunday against Purdue and talk about Iowa's chances to be a five seed in the NCAA Tournament.

We are still in Indianapolis for another day as Iowa defeated Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament. We look back at Iowa the win and how after a slow start the Hawkeyes rolled thanks to strong play from Keegan Murray, Jordan Bohannon, and Tony Perkins. We then dive into the match-up on Saturday afternoon on CBS against Indiana. It will be almost like a home game for the Hooisers. What are the keys for the game and we give our predictions.

It was a historic performance by the Iowa basketball team at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis with the Hawkeyes scoring the most points in the history of the event in a rout of Northwestern. Tom Kakert and Matt Randazzo discuss the great performance by Iowa and Keegan Murray with another impressive game. Plus we look at ahead to the game against Rutgers and Iowa potentially improving their NCAA Tournament seed.