Men's basketball leads our conversation this week, following the Hawkeyes' 99-89 loss to USC late Tuesday night. The Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman also look ahead to Friday's game at UCLA and discuss Mark Gronowski's surgery and its impact on the Iowa football quarterback derby. Chad and Dargan Southard finish things up to discuss whether it's time to move Hannah Stuelke to the 5 spot.

Men's basketball leads our conversation this week, following the Hawkeyes' 99-89 loss to USC late Tuesday night. The Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman also look ahead to Friday's game at UCLA and discuss Mark Gronowski's surgery and its impact on the Iowa football quarterback derby. Chad and Dargan Southard finish things up to discuss whether it's time to move Hannah Stuelke to the 5 spot.

“Hawk Central Hour” airs between 6-7 p.m. on 1460 KXnO-AM on Wednesdays and will feature Des Moines Register Hawkeyes columnist Chad Leistikow and beat writer Tyler Tachman. 

Follow their coverage at hawkcentral.com. 

“Hawk Central Hour” airs between 6-7 p.m. on 1460 KXnO-AM on Wednesdays and will feature Des Moines Register Hawkeyes columnist Chad Leistikow and beat writer Tyler Tachman. 
Follow their coverage at hawkcentral.com.

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Hawk Central: What both Iowa basketball teams need to fix to bounce back

The Hawkeyes have been busy in the transfer portal, with a run of 11 football commitments in eight days. The Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman size up the big-picture approach and discuss the 11 newcomers who will arrive this month. Chad and Tyler also surmise what happened with Iowa men's basketball in a 0-2 week, while Chad and Dargan Southard have a different conversation after the Hawkeye women find a way to go 2-0 without playing their best basketball.

The Hawkeyes have been busy in the transfer portal, with a run of 11 football commitments in eight days. The Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman size up the big-picture approach and discuss the 11 newcomers who will arrive this month. Chad and Tyler also surmise what happened with Iowa men's basketball in a 0-2 week, while Chad and Dargan Southard have a different conversation after the Hawkeye women find a way to go 2-0 without playing their best basketball.

Hawk Central: Portal Kirk goes wild in football; varying vibes for Iowa basketball

During Iowa's bowl trip in Tampa, Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz sat down with the Register's Chad Leistikow for about an hour, most of it in podcast form, to tackle a lot of crucial categories in today's college-sports landscape. Goetz is asked about football succession plans, the nerves of the Ben McCollum hire, her thoughts on Iowa wrestling and, most importantly, Iowa's financial position in a revenue-sharing world.

During Iowa's bowl trip in Tampa, Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz sat down with the Register's Chad Leistikow for about an hour, most of it in podcast form, to tackle a lot of crucial categories in today's college-sports landscape. Goetz is asked about football succession plans, the nerves of the Ben McCollum hire, her thoughts on Iowa wrestling and, most importantly, Iowa's financial position in a revenue-sharing world.

PODCAST: Chad Leistikow's 1-on-1 with Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz

Who said Iowa football season was over? The transfer portal has fully kicked in, and the Hawkeyes have a little bit of movement out and some early movement into the program. The Register's Chad Leistikow is joined by Tyler Tachman to recap the takeaways of the ReliaQuest Bowl while looking ahead to the offseason that has already begun. Chad and Tyler also revisit Iowa's big basketball win over UCLA, and Dargan Southard joins Chad to discuss the latest happenings with Iowa women's basketball.

Who said Iowa football season was over? The transfer portal has fully kicked in, and the Hawkeyes have a little bit of movement out and some early movement into the program. The Register's Chad Leistikow is joined by Tyler Tachman to recap the takeaways of the ReliaQuest Bowl while looking ahead to the offseason that has already begun. Chad and Tyler also revisit Iowa's big basketball win over UCLA, and Dargan Southard joins Chad to discuss the latest happenings with Iowa women's basketball.

Hawk Central: What both Iowa basketball teams need to fix to bounce back

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