Mar 17, 2025 - Sports

Four teams from Iowa headed to March Madness

Everett Cook

Curtis Jones #5 of the Iowa State Cyclones celebrates a basket against the Brigham Young Cougars in the first half during a quarterfinal game of the Big 12 men's basketball tournament. — Curtis Jones and the rest of the Iowa State Cyclones made the NCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed. Photo: Ed Zurga/Getty Images

Basketball fans in Iowa are going to be glued to their TVs in March — four teams are playing in the NCAA Tournament.

Driving the news: Both the Iowa State men's and women's teams are in, though the women have to play in one of the First Four games on Wednesday against Princeton in order to make the field of 64.

That game starts at 7pm in South Bend, with the winner playing Michigan on Saturday.
The Cyclones men's team is a No. 3 seed, playing Lipscomb in Milwaukee on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Drake men's team continues its underdog run as a No. 11 seed, playing No. 6 seed Missouri in Wichita on Thursday.

And the Iowa women's team is a No. 6 seed, playing No. 11 seed Murray State in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday.

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Four teams from Iowa headed to March Madness

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