Iowa Hawkeyes vs. North Dakota: Streaming, broadcast info versus the Fighting Hawks on Tuesday
The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ 2023-24 men’s college basketball season officially gets underway Tuesday night from inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as Iowa welcomes the North Dakota Fighting Hawks.
Last season, Iowa earned its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth and finished 19-14 (11-9 Big Ten). Iowa is one of three Big Ten programs (Michigan State and Purdue) and one of 10 programs nationally that can say they have advanced to each of the past four NCAA Tournaments.
While Iowa returns several key faces, the Hawkeyes are replacing their top two scorers and rebounders from last season: forwards Kris Murray and Filip Rebraca.
That means senior guard Tony Perkins, junior forward Payton Sandfort and redshirt senior forward Patrick McCaffery are the presumptive favorites to be this team’s consistent leaders. Each of those three have been double-figure scorers one season throughout their careers.
Perkins averaged a career-high 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game last season. Sandfort similarly delivered career bests of 10.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in 2022-23, while shooting 34.3% from 3-point distance. McCaffery averaged 9.8 points per game and netted 34.7% of his 3-point tries last season for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa brought in transfer portal additions Ben Krikke from Valparaiso and Even Brauns from Belmont to help inside.
Krikke, a 6-foot-9 graduate student forward, averaged a Missouri Valley Conference-best 19.4 points per game last year. He also reeled in 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per night, while shooting 55.2% from the floor. Meanwhile, Brauns averaged 7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game on 58.3% shooting last season with Belmont.
Sophomore guards Dasonte Bowen and Josh Dix figure to be heavy rotation players as will the Hawkeyes’ freshmen signees Brock Harding, Pryce Sandfort, Ladji Dembele and Owen Freeman.
Iowa won its exhibition contest against Quincy on Oct. 30, 103-76. Seven Hawkeyes finished with double-figure scoring. McCaffery led the way with 16 points, but Krikke, Perkins, both Sandforts, Dix and Freeman each finished with 10 or more points.
Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery shared with reporters on Sunday what he would like to see his team improve upon from the exhibition and closed scrimmages to this evening’s contest against North Dakota.
“The only thing you ever really want to see is you just want to see improvement. That’s both individually and collectively. Most of our guys have played pretty well.
“Maybe some of them didn’t shoot as well, have as good of a game. You want them to be better. We got outrebounded in the scrimmage. We had 14 3s in the last game. Those kind of things you want to see improvement on. You have to play better defense than that,” McCaffery said.
It all gets underway tonight in an exclusively streamed game this evening. How can Iowa fans watch, listen and follow tonight’s action? All of the information fans need is below.
How To Watch
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 7
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Live Stream: Big Ten Network Plus (BTN+)
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, play-by-play; Bob Hansen, color analyst) | Varsity Network
BTN+ Broadcast Team
Talent: Charlie Fox (play-by-play), Jess Settles (color analyst)
Where To Find, How To Get BTN+
Iowa’s season opener will stream exclusively on BTN+. Fans can subscribe here and sign up for one of three packages: the conference pass, the school pass or the sport pass.
The conference pass allows fans access to all BTN+ content for all 14 schools on either a monthly ($14.95/month) or an annual ($119.95) plan.
The school pass gives Hawkeye fans access to all of the Iowa BTN+ streams and content. Again, there are monthly ($9.95) or annual ($79.95) options.
Lastly, fans could choose the sport pass, which lets fans pick a sport and gain access to all of the BTN+ content for that particular sport. There’s a drop-down menu to choose basketball and the price is $54.99 per year.
Probable Iowa Starters
G, 6-2, So., Dasonte Bowen: 3.1 points per game, 47.5% FG, 36.4% 3-point FG
G, 6-4, Sr., Tony Perkins: 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game, 44.0% FG
F, 6-7, Jr., Payton Sandfort: 10.3 points, 4.1 rebounds per game, 40.9% FG, 34.3% 3-point FG
F, 6-9, RS Sr., Patrick McCaffery: 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds per game, 40.9% FG
F, 6-9, Gr., Ben Krikke: 19.4 points, 5.9 rebounds per game, 55.2% FG, 79.6% FT
Scouting North Dakota
The Fighting Hawks went 13-20 during the 2022-23 season — a seven-win improvement over the 2021-22 campaign. UND won a Summit League Tournament game for the first time since 2020.
UND, which was picked to finish fifth in The Summit League Preseason Coaches’ Poll, returns three starters and seven letterwinners in 2023-24. B.J. Omit, a preseason second-team All-Summit League selection, is the team’s top returning scorer. He averaged 12 points and 3.7 rebounds a season ago.
The Fighting Hawks are led by fifth-year head coach Paul Sather, who has posted a 43-80 record in four seasons in Grand Forks. Sather spent five seasons at Black Hills State and nine at Northern State before making the jump to Division I.
Series History
Tuesday’s game will be the ninth meeting between Iowa and North Dakota. The first game was contested in 1923 in Iowa City — a 22-11 Hawkeye win.
The Hawkeyes are 8-0 in the all-time series, winning the eight games by an average of 20.9 points. Iowa is 7-0 in Iowa City and 1-0 in Grand Forks.
Iowa won the last meeting, 84-73, on Dec. 20, 2016 in Iowa City
Iowa Notes
The Hawkeyes open the regular season Tuesday, hosting North Dakota in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa has won its last 12 regular season openers and are 12-1 in season openers under head coach Fran McCaffery.
Iowa has won 83 of its last 89 nonconference home games, dating to 2012.
McCaffery is 11 wins from becoming the winningest coach in Iowa basketball history. Tom Davis had 271 victories as Iowa’s head coach.
The Hawkeyes return two starters and eight letterwinners from a team that won 19 games, finished fifth in the Big Ten standings and advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament.
Iowa added eight newcomers to the roster, including Valparaiso transfer Ben Krikke and Belmont transfer Even Brauns.
Seniors Patrick McCaffery (46) and Tony Perkins (47) have combined to start 93 games (and play in 184 games) in their collegiate careers. Perkins is Iowa’s top returning scorer at 12.3 points per game.
Mr. Basketball x 2. Two of Iowa’s incoming freshmen — Brock Harding and Pryce Sandfort — were named Mr. Basketball in their home states. Harding earned the distinction in Illinois; Sandfort in Iowa.
Senior Tony Perkins is a preseason second-team All-Big Ten selection by THE ALMANAC, while junior Payton Sandfort is ranked as the 89th-best player nationally by the publication. Sandfort is also on the Julius Erving Award Preseason Watch List.
Iowa is one of 10 teams in the country to make the last four NCAA Tournaments and one of only three Big Ten teams to accomplish the feat (Purdue, Michigan State).
The Hawkeyes have placed fifth or better in the Big Ten standings in five straight and 10 of the last 11 years.
Iowa has won 10 or more Big Ten games in eight of the last nine seasons.
The Hawkeyes led the Big Ten and was 18th nationally in scoring offense (80.1). The Hawkeyes have led the league in scoring in seven of the last 11 seasons, including six straight years.
Iowa has five native Iowans on the roster, two players from Illinois and New York and one player from Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, New Jersey, Nebraska, Michigan and Canada.
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