6/26/2014: PTL Notebook — Centers focus on strength
Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — At this time last year, building up strength was atop Adam Woodbury’s list of offseason priorities. Strength is an attribute centers need to have in order to survive the grind that is Big Ten basketball and this was something Woodbury recognized and addressed. As he continues to […]
PTL preview: 6/26/2014 games
Posted on 25. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com Here’s a rundown of what Iowa basketball fans can expect Thursday evening with the three Prime Time League games taking place inside the Jones & Roberts Gyms at the North Liberty Community Center: Culver’s/McCurry’s (1-0) vs. Vinton Merchants/Marion Iron Company (1-0) 6 p.m., Roberts Gym Although this is the lone contest featuring […]
McCaffery, Hoiberg team with Vitale in fight versus cancer
Posted on 21. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com RIVERSIDE, Iowa — In the world of college basketball, there might not be a bigger advocate than Dick Vitale. His passion for the game oozes on ESPN every season and any compliments he gives toward either the Iowa or Iowa State basketball programs don’t go unnoticed throughout the state. In the […]
6/19/2014: PTL Notebook — White, Woodbury now taking charge
Posted on 19. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — Exactly three months have passed since the Iowa Hawkeyes were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Tennessee. For a team that danced for the first time in eight years and has most of its nucleus back from a season ago, not much needs to be different. If […]
PTL preview: 6/19/2014 games
Posted on 18. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com The Prime Time League starts its 28th year as a summer basketball league in Iowa on Thursday with a trio of games taking place inside the two gyms at the North Liberty Community Center. For the first time since 2011, the PTL features players from both the Iowa Hawkeyes and Northern Iowa […]
Olaseni top pick in 2014 PTL Draft
Posted on 15. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — When Gabe Olaseni first arrived on Iowa’s campus in the summer of 2011, his first Prime Time League experience came playing alongside former Iowa guard Bryce Cartwright, who was picked first overall in that year’s draft. As the 6-10 center prepares for his senior season, it was he […]
PTL games in Waterloo re-scheduled for July
Posted on 12. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com HawkeyeDrive.com has learned the Prime Time League games being played at Waterloo’s Cedar Valley SportsPlex are now scheduled for the Thursday evenings of July 3 and 10. Originally, the two nights Waterloo was slated to host the PTL were June 26 and July 17 with the North Liberty Community Center hosting all […]
Big Ten announces future postseason sites
Posted on 05. Jun, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball, Iowa Football
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com The Big Ten made a pair of announcements Thursday regarding the future of both its championship game in football and its basketball tournament. On the football side of things, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will remain the site of the Big Ten Championship Game through 2021. It has been the lone […]
Waterloo receives two nights of PTL
Posted on 09. May, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com When the Prime Time League reconvenes next month, the North Liberty Community Center won’t be its sole locale. For the first time in its existence, PTL games will be played outside of the Iowa City corridor as league commissioner Randy Larson revealed Friday that the Cedar Valley SportsPlex in Waterloo will be […]
Reports: DC to host Big Ten tourney in 2017
Posted on 05. May, 2014 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles HawkeyeDrive.com The Big Ten Conference will conduct a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to announce its men’s basketball tournament will be played at the Verizon Center in 2017, according to multiple reports. Currently, the league is in the middle of an alternating rotation between Chicago and Indianapolis as host sites […]
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