Iowa Teams in NCAA Tourney

4th seeded Iowa State opened NCAA Tournament play with a 94-81 win over Iona. George Niang led the way with 28 points. Monte Morris added 20. The Cyclones will next play the Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday.

Iowa will be playing in the Big Apple Friday in the NCAA Tournament. Iowa, the 7th seed will take on 10th seeded Temple, in a First Round NCAA South region match-up at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. The Hawkeyes are making their third straight for appearance in the NCAA Tournament. You can hear all the action of the Hawkeyes game Friday on Y99.3, with the pre-game show starting at 1:00 and the tip-off at 2:00.

UNI will take on Texas Friday night in a First Round NCAA Tournament West Region contest. The Panthers are an 11-seed while Texas is a 6-seed. UNI comes into Friday night’s game a confident bunch. The Panthers have won six straight games and 12 out of their last 13. Game time is 8:50.