Iowa men’s basketball schedule 2024-25 season: Hawkeyes to play Utah State in Kansas City

Iowa men’s basketball is set to play Utah State at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri as part of its non-conference schedule this upcoming season, it was announced Monday.

The neutral site matchup is scheduled for Nov. 22, 2024.

It is part of the 2024 Hall of Fame Classic, which features a double-header. Wichita State and Saint Louis are the other two teams participating.

Specific game times and broadcast assignments will be announced at a later date.

Tickets for the event will go on sale Sept. 10 via the T-Mobile Center box office and t-mobilecenter.com.

Jerrod Calhoun, who spent the last seven seasons as the head man at Youngstown State, is entering his first season coaching at Utah State. Two seasons ago, Calhoun was the Horizon League Coach of the Year.

Utah State made the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons, both times under a different coach. Two seasons ago, Ryan Odom was at the helm before he left for VCU. Last season, Utah State earned an 8-seed and won its round of 64 game under Danny Sprinkle, now the head coach at Washington. Utah State finished last season with an overall record of 28-7.

Iowa will get its share of competition from the Beehive State during the 2024-25 season. The Hawkeyes are also scheduled to play a neutral site game against Utah at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota on Dec. 21.

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Here is a look at some of the opponents on Iowa’s non-conference schedule next season:

• Rider University on Nov. 19, 2024 (Carver-Hawkeye Arena).
• Utah State on Nov. 22, 2024 (T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri).
• Iowa State on Dec. 12, 2024 (Carver-Hawkeye Arena).
• University of New Orleans on Dec. 15, 2024 (Carver-Hawkeye Arena).
• University of Utah on Dec. 21, 2024 (Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
• University of New Hampshire on Dec. 30, 2024 (Carver-Hawkeye Arena).

The Big Ten announced single and double-play conference opponents for the 2024-25 men’s basketball regular season but hasn’t released exact dates yet. Here is a look at the Iowa Hawkeyes’ Big Ten opponents:

• Home only: Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
• Away only: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
• Home and away: Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin

After a lackluster 2023-24 campaign in which Iowa failed to make the NCAA Tournament, the Hawkeyes gained momentum this offseason. Iowa retained key contributors, such as Owen Freeman, Josh Dix and, after going through the 2024 pre-NBA Draft process, Payton Sandfort. Iowa also added a pair of transfer portal players in Drew Thelwell (Morehead State) and Seydou Traore (Manhattan).

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The work head coach Fran McCaffery and company have done this offseason has heightened expectations for the program entering the 2024-25 campaign.

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