High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball
In Class 1A Substate 4, #10 Burlington Notre Dame will face off against #8 North Linn for the Substate Championship tonight at 7 pm at Iowa City High. KILJ 105.5 FM, kilj.com, will be on the call with the pregame show at 6:45 pm.
For Class 2A Substate 5, #10 West Burlington will compete against #5 Grand View Christian for the Substate Championship tonight at 7 pm at Oskaloosa high school.
In Class 3A Substate 6, Keokuk will travel to #3 Knoxville on Monday, March 3rd, at 7 pm for the Substate Championship.
High School Girls’ Postseason Basketball
Class 5A will tip-off the state tournament on Monday, March 3rd, with #1 Johnston facing off against #8 Iowa City Liberty at 10 am. Other Class 5A matchups include: #4 Ankeny Centennial will take on #5 Pleasant Valley, #2 Dowling Catholic will compete against #7 Davenport North, and #3 Waukee Northwest will tangle with #6 Prairie.
Also starting their tournament run on Monday will be Class 3A with #1 Mt. Vernon going against #8 West Marshall. #4 Cherokee Washington will look to defeat #5 Estherville Lincoln Central, #7 Spirit Lake will look to knock off #2 Wahlert Catholic, and #3 Williamsburg will face off against #6 Des Moines Christian.
Class 2A will start on Tuesday, March 4th, along with Class 4A, while Class 1A will compete on Wednesday, March 5th. The Class 2A matchups include #1 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, looking to cap out a perfect season, facing off against #8 Treynor. #4 North Mahaska will verse #5 Central Lyon. #2 Regina Catholic returns to the state tournament to compete against #7 Maquoketa Valley, while #3 Hinton will take on #6 Rock Valley.
For Class 4A, #1 Bishop Heelan will face off against #8 Xavier with the winner competing against either #4 Norwalk or #5 Central DeWitt. On the bottom half of the bracket, #2 North Polk will tangle with #7 Sioux Center and #3 Maquoketa will take on #6 Dallas Center-Grimes.
Lastly, in Class 1A, #1 Saint Albert will lead off the day against #8 Dunkerton, followed by #4 Bishop Garrigan versus #5 Montezuma, #2 North Linn taking on #7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck, and #3 Newell-Fonda attempting to avoid the upset against #6 Springville.
Southeastern Community College
The men’s basketball team will face off against Moberly Area Community College at 2 pm today.
College Basketball
The #9 Iowa State men’s team will host #22 Arizona tonight at 8 pm.
The Iowa men’s team’s chances at making the Big Ten Tournament took a hit last night after falling to Northwestern on the road 68-57. Drew Thelwell put up 14 points in the losing effort. The Hawkeyes sit in 16th place in the conference with two conference games left on the schedule as they look to upset #8 Michigan State on Thursday, March 6th, at 7 pm at home for their senior night.
The Iowa women’s team will take on Wisconsin at home tomorrow, March 2nd, at 3 pm.
The Iowa State women’s team will face off against #14 Kansas State tomorrow at 3 pm at home.
This Day in Sports History
1910 – National Baseball Commission prohibits giving mementos to players on winning World Series teams; a decision later reversed, making way for traditional winners’ watches and rings.
1970 – Minnesota coach Charlie Burns becomes the final player/coach in NHL history, when he plays in the North Stars’ 8-0 win over Toronto Maple Leafs; remains in the role for the final month of the season.
1996 – Atlanta’s Lenny Wilkens becomes first coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 career victories when the Hawks beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 74-68.