The Hawkeyes return four players with starting experience, including seniors Patrick McCaffery and Tony Perkins. Iowa is one of 10 teams in the country to compete in the last four NCAA Tournaments. The Hawkeyes lead the all-time series, 14-11. The Hawkeyes and Bluejays most recently met in 2011 in Des Moines. This will be Iowa’s fifth appearance in the Gavitt Games, previously playing at Marquette (2015) and Seton Hall (2022), and hosting Seton Hall (2016) and DePaul (2019). The Gavitt Tipoff Games, featuring eight games between the two historic conferences the first full week of the college basketball season, is a unique early-season series named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. IOWA CITY, Iowa - The Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences jointly announced on Wednesday the pairings and dates for the 2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games, which include Iowa traveling to Omaha to face Creighton on Nov. Indiana opened with a 4-3 win over Illinois. The Hawkeyes erupted for 12 runs in the final four innings in a 13-3 victory over Michigan in Tuesday’s opening round. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sinnard will be a challenge for Iowa’s explosive offense. He blanked the Hawkeyes for six innings and struck out 12 in a 2-0 Hoosier victory as they claimed two of three games in the series. Brecht is 5-2 and gave up two hits in seven innings of work in Iowa’s 7-1 win over the Hoosiers in early April. Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller will send sophomore Brody Brecht to the mound this (Thursday) afternoon when the third seeded Hawkeyes play second seeded Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha.
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