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Palmerhawk

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Wish the hawks would get into that players tourny in vegas...pays out a million into nil pot for each team.
That tourny has most top programs outside Duke who has set up their own nil schedule with Amazon.

Would be a nice trip for hawk fans as well with chance to see 2 hawk games.
 
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TomKakert

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Palmerhawk said:
Wish the hawks would get into that players tourny in vegas...pays out a million into nil pot for each team.
That tourny has most top programs outside Duke who has set up their own nil schedule with Amazon.

Would be a nice trip for hawk fans as well with chance to see 2 hawk games.
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Talked with Ben McCollum about this last November. He contacted the Players Era folks and asked if they could be in it. They were not interested.
 
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Roncuba65 said:
Does anyone know or have info on what or if early season tournament we might be playing in?

I wish we could make a trip to Maui soon... it's been since 2004 since we played in it and back in the day it seemed like we played in Maui or Alaska every couple years or so... the Battle 4 Atlantis was the last cool tournament we played in.
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I've been hoping for Maui, but not looking good it will happen.
 
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TomKakert said:
Talked with Ben McCollum about this last November. He contacted the Players Era folks and asked if they could be in it. They were not interested.
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I heard the Players Era has had some problems paying the teams that competed, Virginia has already pulled out of next years Tournament.
 
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HawkInDenver

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Haven't heard anything on this topic for a while. I think the solution to the "less teams want to play us" is simple -join pre-season tournaments where you are guaranteed a couple of game against good (sometimes really good) opponents. Maui, Bahamas, Alaska, whatever.

For Example, last year we did the Acrisure Series and I thought it was good pre-season competition. No top 20 teams but no terrible teams either. We played a solid power 5 team in Ole Miss and I think Grand Canyon was a solid mid major team.
 
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HawkInDenver said:
Haven't heard anything on this topic for a while. I think the solution to the "less teams want to play us" is simple -join pre-season tournaments where you are guaranteed a couple of game against good (sometimes really good) opponents. Maui, Bahamas, Alaska, whatever.

For Example, last year we did the Acrisure Series and I thought it was good pre-season competition. No top 20 teams but no terrible teams either. We played a solid power 5 team in Ole Miss and I think Grand Canyon was a solid mid major team.
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A home and home with Marquette would be fun. The game there would be in downtown Milwaukee.
 
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I've been wanting to see a game vs the service academies in football for years, I have no idea what their basketball teams are like but a game versus one of the service academies would be cool.
 
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Paywall BS, but it looks like the Gazette uncovered à few dates not known...

Nov 6 Eastern Illinois
Dec 29 South Dakota

www.thegazette.com

What we know about Iowa men’s basketball’s 2026-27 schedule

Iowa men’s basketball has finalized five nonconference games for the 2026-27 season, including a home opener against Eastern Illinois and a neutral site matchup versus Creighton in Des Moines on November 15. The schedule highlights key rivalries and sets the stage for Coach Ben McCollum’s second...
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Franisdaman

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Roncuba65 said:
Paywall BS, but it looks like the Gazette uncovered à few dates not known...

Nov 6 Eastern Illinois
Dec 29 South Dakota

www.thegazette.com

What we know about Iowa men’s basketball’s 2026-27 schedule

Iowa men’s basketball has finalized five nonconference games for the 2026-27 season, including a home opener against Eastern Illinois and a neutral site matchup versus Creighton in Des Moines on November 15. The schedule highlights key rivalries and sets the stage for Coach Ben McCollum’s second...
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TomKakert said:
Believe there will be another game announced on Thursday. Second contest in Des Moines. Good opponent.
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Nice. IMO, I would rather play the other neutral game in Souix Falls or play a team like Bradley or DePaul in the Quad Cities... but good news nonetheless!
 
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hawksfan2025 said:
I've been wanting to see a game vs the service academies in football for years, I have no idea what their basketball teams are like but a game versus one of the service academies would be cool.
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Yeah, playing Army at West Point would be cool, the academy bleeds history. They would come here too of course.
 
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When McCollum said during the season, "good, we hope it's hard", or something along those lines when we were playing out on the west coast, it really stuck with me. Dude doesn't back down from a challenge. He totally embraces them. This series with Alabama proves that.
 
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Hawksfor3 said:
Torvik has them at #19 next season.
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This will be a great pre-season test. Not surprised they are pre-season ranked as they've had consistent success lately.

Alabama has six consecutive trips to March Madness. Those trips include three Sweet 16s, one Elite 8, and one Final Four. So, quality opponent for sure.

Still haven't seen us schedule a pre-season tourney for next year like we did last year (Acrisure in Palm Springs). I thought that worked out well.
 
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Nice add to the schedule. Bama has been tough in recent years, so that'll be an opportunity for a big non-con quad 1 (presumably) win. Also the game is in DSM which I believe will count as a neutral court, which the NET will like.
 
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Hawksfor3 said:
We may see the team play at a quicker pace at times this upcoming season.
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Ben historically has never played at a quick pace. Even when he’s had national championship teams. Now he might play faster than last year, but he’s just not going to change what works.
 
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HawkInDenver said:
This will be a great pre-season test. Not surprised they are pre-season ranked as they've had consistent success lately.

Alabama has six consecutive trips to March Madness. Those trips include three Sweet 16s, one Elite 8, and one Final Four. So, quality opponent for sure.

Still haven't seen us schedule a pre-season tourney for next year like we did last year (Acrisure in Palm Springs). I thought that worked out well.
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Not a pre-season game
 
Franisdaman

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Interesting nonconference scheduling, that's for sure.

Excluding multi team events, not sure if IOWA has ever had this many neutral site nonconference games.

Tues Nov 10 vs Virginia Tech (Sioux City, IA)
Sun Nov 15 vs Creighton (Des Moines, IA)
Mon Dec 21 vs Alabama (Des Moines, IA)

4 others:
home vs Iowa State
at Xavier
Nov 6 Eastern Illinois
Dec 29 South Dakota

4 match ups yet to be announced.
 
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Interesting nonconference scheduling, that's for sure.

Excluding multi team events, not sure if IOWA has ever had this many neutral site nonconference games.

Tues Nov 10 vs Virginia Tech (Sioux City, IA)
Sun Nov 15 vs Creighton (Des Moines, IA)
Mon Dec 21 vs Alabama (Des Moines, IA)

5 others:
home vs Iowa State
at Xavier
Nov 6 Eastern Illinois
Dec 13 Western Illinois
Dec 29 South Dakota

3 match ups yet to be announced.
 
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Franisdaman said:
Interesting nonconference scheduling, that's for sure.

Excluding multi team events, not sure if IOWA has ever had this many neutral site nonconference games.

Tues Nov 10 vs Virginia Tech (Sioux City, IA)
Sun Nov 15 vs Creighton (Des Moines, IA)
Mon Dec 21 vs Alabama (Des Moines, IA)

4 others:
home vs Iowa State
at Xavier
Nov 6 Eastern Illinois
Dec 29 South Dakota

4 match ups yet to be announced.
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Its possible Ben is having a hard time getting more top 25 teams to do a home and home so the neutral site thing is another option of adding quality teams to the schedule.
 
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Just got released a little bit ago...

2026-27 Nonconference Schedule
Nov. 3 - Lipscomb
Nov. 6 - Eastern Illinois
Nov. 10 - vs. Virginia Tech (Sioux City, Iowa)
Nov. 15 - vs. Creighton (Des Moines, Iowa)
Nov. 20 - at Xavier
Nov. 24 - UMBC
Nov. 28 - Prairie View A&M
Dec. 10 - Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Dec. 13 - Western Illinois
Dec. 17 - Bethune-Cookman
Dec. 21 - vs. Alabama (Des Moines, Iowa)
Dec. 29 - South Dakota
 
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