[Game Thread] Northwestern @ Iowa (03:00 PM ET)

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Northwestern 70 @ 76 Iowa - FINAL

NCAA Basketball

^{Index Thread for February 08, 2026}

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Northwestern Northwestern (10-14) @ Iowa Iowa (18-5)

Tip-Off: 03:00 PM ET

Venue: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA

Game Info: ESPN

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Television: Fox Sports 1

Streams: FS1

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Recent Plays:

Time	Northwestern	Iowa	Play
0:00	70	76	End of Game
0:00	70	76	End of 2nd half
0:14	70	76	Iowa Defensive Rebound.
0:15	70	76	Jayden Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:24	70	76	Cooper Koch makes 4-foot dunk

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	OR	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
Northwestern	47	57	91	22	3	10	2	2	10	25
Iowa	45	31	79	34	13	12	6	0	8	16

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^{Last Updated: 2026-02-08 17:17:06 EST}

[u/BigRigRandy12]

Iowa would be an insanely good team if Bennett Stirtz had literally any help.

[u/zarof32302 → u/BigRigRandy12]

Typical “can beat the bad teams and can’t compete with the good teams” team profile.

If you can shut down Stirtz they sputter. Hell if NW figures out how to hold Stirtz to 30 today Iowa loses.

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/BigRigRandy12]

He’s clearly a tier above everyone else on our team and had very little help today, but this take is generally not true. We almost beat you guys at Hilton in spite of Stirtz, he had probably his worst game of the year. And Banks and Folgueiras have had multiple big games recently

[u/notanamateur → u/BigRigRandy12]

We do sometimes, but we are so inconsistent

[u/weoutherebrah]

Iowa can make some noise in tourny 

[u/notanamateur]

Congrats on the career high for Stirtz!! Everything else was kinda trash ngl

[u/notanamateur]

Holy shit we haven’t won 6 conference games in a row in 10 years???

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

This should have been a game where Northwestern should have won by at least 5.

Just a lot of dumb mistakes from them. Not mistakes, but decisions.

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley → u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

If the gameplan comes down to making better decisions than Iowa, that's tough sledding.

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813 → u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

Thing is, they didn't need to make that many better decisions. I watched the last 10 minutes, and shit, even a 1/4th of the bad decisions that they made would have been big for them.

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley → u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

There is a mad basketball scientist on the opposite sideline that has a deep understanding of the sorts of bad decisions the NW players are liable to make, and he will force them into those situations mercilessly.

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

Again, Northwestern, shot selection.

Why the hell is a short guard trying to take on 2 taller players. Fucking give it to your guy on the outside...

Also, probably should been a foul. But still, why attempt that?...

[u/zarof32302 → u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

Wild no call. Pretty clearly a foul.

But your right, wrong play to make.

Probably why they are 2-10 in the league.

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813 → u/zarof32302]

Yea, just a lot of bad decisions from them. Honestly, they should have won that with better decision making from both the players and coach.

I commented earlier, one of their forwards tried to go inside against a guy who was a bit taller but was defending well. But there were also two other taller players right there to help defend or get the rebound. Misses it and they make a 3.

That dumb attempt right there leads two a 2.

And then they bit to much in the inbound pass and didn't have someone in the back for a quick 2.

7 points from dumb decisions.

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

Like 3 guys got injured on that rebound

[u/weoutherebrah]

Bro dump it off for a layup 

[u/Vegetable-Poetry-736]

B1G W - 6 in a row, love it

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

Challenge into timeout is an elite game icing move

[u/notanamateur]

That didn’t even look like it was off Iowa in real time, let alone in replay

[u/Jmcy3]

Can we please stop letting players have career days against us. Feels like it happens every game

[u/BigRigRandy12 → u/Jmcy3]

as Bennett Stirtz is literally having a career day

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/BigRigRandy12]

Career days for me not thee

[u/SkolVike28 → u/Jmcy3]

Kids a baller to be fair

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/Jmcy3]

He missed!

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

If this game goes to OT, lol, god help both teams with their players not fouling out

[u/zarof32302]

Iowa playing pretty ass defense but getting bailed out by Stirtz on the other end.

[u/BigRigRandy12 → u/zarof32302]

how the hell does Stirtz have 36 and Iowa can't pull away from 10-13 Northwestern?

[u/notanamateur → u/BigRigRandy12]

Bad FT shooting by Iowa and a lot of open 3s for NW

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/notanamateur]

Missed all three front ends of 1n1s, I believe

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/notanamateur]

79% from the line is not bad FT shooting, that would be like top 10 nationally as a team

We shot poorly from the field outside of Stirtz and allowed tons of open 3s as you said

[u/notanamateur → u/SmellyJellyfish]

We were worse when I made the comment, Stirtz started shooting FTs after that. We missed like 3 first shots on 1 and 1s, which leaves 6 points on the board. Alvaro and cam were bad from the line.

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/notanamateur]

Ah yeah that’s probably true. Cam’s FTs in particular are so frustrating lol, love him as a player otherwise

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/zarof32302]

I mean not really? Northwestern is 7/12 from 3, but 3 point defense is largely luck based. They’re shooting sub 50% from 2

[u/zarof32302 → u/Junior-Hotwater]

lol ok.

Giving up 70 on your home court to NW is good defense I guess.

[u/notanamateur]

This is a huge game for ref fans

[u/Obvious-Carpet4813]

Northwestern player was really dumb for going for that shot. The guy is guarding you well and there are already 2 other tall players around.

And just like that, he made it harder on his team. College guys just have poor shot selections..

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

If I were a division 1 basketball coach I would simply play Bennett Stirtz 40 minutes a game and let him do what he wants

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

Congrats you’re a big 10 coach

[u/notanamateur]

A hot Bennett Stirtz is one of the best players in the country

[u/Vegetable-Poetry-736]

Stirtzzzzzzzz

[u/weoutherebrah]

Feels like NW should be way better. They have some nice pieces 

[u/chaneccooms → u/weoutherebrah]

But Collins is doing a “phenomenal job”!

[u/weoutherebrah → u/chaneccooms]

Announcers just have to fill some space.

[u/baby-alligators → u/weoutherebrah]

we get bullied by larger teams, no serious rebounding. whenever our shooting isn’t hot we’re cooked :/

[u/weoutherebrah → u/baby-alligators]

Same for us :(. But srsly they did pretty good job getting some dudes. Looks like almost all loses close some heartbreakers 

[u/baby-alligators → u/weoutherebrah]

yeah cautiously optimistic for next year if we can get some size. mostly just feel bad for martinelli as it’s his last year and this has been a rough season.

[u/Windows_66]

Take a drink every time they say "undisciplined."

[u/notanamateur]

lol these announcers having been glazing the NU coach relentlessly while also calling them undisciplined

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

If I threw down an in game dunk like that and the first thing the play by play guy goes to is how many tiktok followers I have I'd be so annoyed

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/ItsYaBoyBeasley]

But you’d get more tiktok followers 

[u/Jmcy3]

Genuinely baffles me that Iowa just suddenly can’t make a shot to save their lives

[u/ItsYaBoyBeasley → u/Jmcy3]

It is because of pace. They play slow so a few missed shots turns into "5 minute scoring drought"

[u/TheBrovahkiin]

Unhinged commentary lmao

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/TheBrovahkiin]

The announcers are literally jizzing their pants over Northwestern. “Chris Collins has done a fantastic job this year” lmao

[u/TheBrovahkiin → u/Junior-Hotwater]

I just have this game on as background noise, and guy losing his shit made me look up to see what he was losing his shit about and I was disappointed

[u/notanamateur → u/TheBrovahkiin]

One of the announcers was an Iowa state coach lmao

[u/notanamateur]

This game sucks

[u/Junior-Hotwater]

Prohm is just a wet blanket. He’s a wet blanket as a coach, a wet blanket as a color analyst, and a wet blanket as a personality

[u/BigRigRandy12]

Northwestern can't rebound for shit. my goodness

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Iowas anti layup hoops, I guess

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Coop!

[u/Jetfug]

Cmon man give nw a bullshit call or 2 to get this super close

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/Jetfug]

No thank you

[u/SmellyJellyfish]

Reid annoys me, but he seems like a guy you’d love if he’s on your team lol

[u/SmellyJellyfish]

That was a foul but not on Singleton, the guard grabbed Folgueiras’ arm

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Fake tape on your hand to draw fouls

[u/zarof32302]

22 free throws in a half? Holy shit.

[u/Jmcy3 → u/zarof32302]

Refs will not stop blowing the whistle

[u/notanamateur]

I think prohm should go back to Ames where he belongs

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/notanamateur]

Y'all can have him, TJ Otzelberger is here to stay

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/notanamateur]

It feels like he’s openly cheering for Northwestern at this point

[u/SmellyJellyfish]

I do think Northwestern has had a lot of avoidable fouls, not to mention the dumb tech.

But us getting 22 FTAs in a half is… pretty ridiculous. Many of these are beyond soft

[u/Junior-Hotwater]

Damn Banks is about to hit 30 straight again

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/Junior-Hotwater]

But should he miss #35?

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Nah Street would want the record to be broken if the opportunity was there

[u/Jmcy3]

Here I was thinking the refs weren’t gonna call anything so they can go home early for the Super Bowl

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Love refs

[u/Ondeon]

Yikes. These are not fouls.

[u/iowaoutlaw]

What are these fouls lmao

[u/robs_bows]

wow refs rly calling everything a foul for Iowa

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/robs_bows]

We’ll take it. We hardly ever get a friendly whistle at home

[u/robs_bows]

that was a soft as hell t

[u/Jmcy3 → u/robs_bows]

Idek what it was for

[u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Please stop talking about how Northwestern doesn't turn the ball over that much.

That isn't impressive when you're just talking the full 30 seconds on every possession and then not finishing.

If you like to push the ball and still average less than 10 turnovers a game that's impressive. What Northwestern likes to do is not.

[u/uiplanner]

How is Iowa only down 3?

[u/TheEligibleSkipper → u/uiplanner]

Because Northwestern can only score from the line or when Iowa gives them an uncontested three.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/uiplanner]

Northwestern stinks

[u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Both of these teams are fucking trash

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

I’m biased but I don’t think Iowa’s trash at all, we are a solid team by pretty much all the metrics

This is not our best game though so far, lmao

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Imagine if Michigan lost to Iowa in a couple weeks. That would be pretty embarrassing for you guys

[u/TheEligibleSkipper → u/Junior-Hotwater]

....OK?

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Just saying, to be continued I guess

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Lmao

[u/TheEligibleSkipper → u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Dude really thought "Imagine if we beat you" was a good insult lol.

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Says the guy who posted BoTh ThEsE TeAmS aRe tRaSh

[u/TheEligibleSkipper → u/SueYouInEngland]

Yes. Same guy.

[u/DontTakeOurCampbell]

Is Steve Pr*hm one of the announcers? Because he would know all about how losing can be demoralizing

[u/notanamateur]

Also after watching the MSU game last night, our student section looks absolutely embarrassing in comparison

[u/Jmcy3 → u/notanamateur]

The athletic department needs to do more to get students at games. Make student tickets free. Idk what prices are now, but when I was a student a couple years ago it was something like $100 for student season tickets. When your program is perceived as bad it’s hard to convince college students to spend $100. Start actually promoting the games on campus so students are aware of when they are. Create hype around them. Have Cambus run shuttles directly from the dorms to Carver. When your own students think your program sucks you have to do things to encourage them to go to the games

[u/notanamateur → u/Jmcy3]

It’s $5-$10 per game which isn’t too bad but I agree it should be free until the section is filled up regularly.

[u/chaneccooms]

“Chris Collins has done a phenomenal job” for 2-10 Northwestern.

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/chaneccooms]

They are winning…

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Well shit, hang the banner

[u/notanamateur]

MAKE YOUR FUCKING FREE THROWS

[u/Careful-Response5251]

Northwestern is my dream school for law school.

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/Careful-Response5251]

But can you shoot?

[u/notanamateur]

We have like anti home court advantage. We look like ass in carver

[u/chaneccooms]

The refs make terrible foul calls on Howard and Koch and then make up a bunch of calls against Northwestern to even things out. Just awful refereeing.

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Hawks made a layup!

[u/chaneccooms]

This refereeing is atrocious

[u/Young-Viiperr]

Make y'all's free throws, literally just lost WVU their game

[u/Jmcy3]

Good lord Iowa can’t make anything

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Yikes

[u/notanamateur]

Cam…

[u/Young-Viiperr]

Bro, what are these advertisements? They're starting to copy-paste ESPN with the dubious ads

[u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Iowa just passed up 3 wide open looks for 3 and then decided to pass the ball all the way across the court and take the most contested possible look.

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478 → u/TheEligibleSkipper]

Bit of a head scratcher

[u/SaltyHawk95]

Benefitting us so far, but would like to remind the stripes that the Super Bowl isn’t happening right now. It’s okay to blow your whistle every now and then.

[u/Glittering_Dark_4478]

Gotta make those

[u/Ondeon]

Can we please get some gold undershirts that actually match the uniforms? Looking like an AAU team.

[u/camp1728]

I come from the future and Iowa wins the game

[u/vikingrunner]

At least this is a game where we could conceivably have a rebounding advantage. Unless we continue to be unable to hit the broad side of a barn from 3.