For this week's podcast, Brion features former Iowa player and Oklahoma legendary head coach, Bob Stoops. He also reviews Stoops' book "No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach" that was published in 2019.

Earlier this month, we lost another Hawkeye legend, Kenny Ploen, who died at the age of 88. He was the QB for Iowa during the 1956 season, leading them to the Big Ten title and first Rose Bowl appearance in school history.

Check in with Pat & company before a big weekend in the Hawkeye sports world!

Scott Dochterman from The Athletic and Rob Howe bring you the Hawkeye Hotspot Podcast. In this episode, the discuss Caitlin Clark's announcement that she's headed to the WNBA after the season, talk about the men's team's NCAA chances and gets updates from Scott on the Hawkeyes at this week's NFL Draft Combine.

Jess Settles has the distinction of being Iowa's only Big Ten Freshman of the Year honoree in men's basketball. But he should soon have company in 6-10 Hawkeye forward Owen Freeman, who has been named Big Ten Freshman of Week nine times this season.

We appreciate Jess taking time from his busy schedule to speak with us. His interview starts approximately one hour into the near-two hour podcast:

Rob Howe answers your Twitter/X questions in the HF Mailbag Podcast. In this episode, we talk about Payton Sandfort's triple-double, the logistics of a weekday night game at Kinnick Stadium, takeaways from Iowa women's basketball loss at Indiana and more.

Start your week off with all of the latest in the Hawkeye sports world!

For this week's podcast, Brion shares the final part of a 4-part series to highlight black players and coaches at Iowa in honor of Black History month in February. He highlights the following athletes and coaches, many that were trailblazers at Iowa and across the nation: Kevin Gamble, Ed Horton, Robert Smith, Larry Station, Quinn Early and Andre Tippett.

Pat & company get your weekend started with all of the latest in the Hawkeye sports world!

Scott Dochterman from The Athletic and Rob Howe bring you the Hawkeye Hotspot Podcast. In the latest episode, they catch up on men's and women's basketball action and look ahead to the stretch run for both teams. They also discuss Hawkeye wrestling and baseball.

The past and the present with Hawkeye basketball was featured on Wednesday's Hawk Fanatic radio show and podcast.

Former Hawkeye Adam Haluska and current Hawkeye Payton Sandfort, who scored 22 points in Tuesday's 78-71 win at Michigan State, both appear as guests.

Haluska's segment starts about 40 minutes into the podcast, while Sandfort's segment starts immediately after, and about one hour into the podcast.

The Iowa men climbed back to .500 in Big Ten play at 8-8 with the win over Michigan State and now face another difficult road test at Illinois on Saturday.