Iowa Big Four men's college basketball

Iowa Big Four
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1979 (Round robin), 2012 (Big 4 Classic)
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Headquarters	Iowa
Most titles	Iowa (13)
Related competitions	Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, and Missouri Valley Conference

The Iowa Big Four men's college basketball rivalries consists of games between Iowa's four NCAA Division I men's basketball teams: Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and Drake. For decades, Iowa State (of the Big 12 Conference) and Iowa (of the Big Ten Conference) had home-and-home series with in-state rivals Drake and UNI (both of the Missouri Valley Conference), with Iowa visiting Drake in even-numbered years and Northern Iowa in odd-numbered years (with the corresponding return trips to Iowa in the opposite years) and Iowa State visiting Northern Iowa in even-numbered years and Drake in odd-numbered years. Drake and Iowa State, in particular, played in 104 of 105 seasons.^[1]

In 2012, the event became a one-day doubleheader at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.^[2] In even years, Iowa will play UNI and Iowa State will play Drake, and in odd years Iowa will play Drake and Iowa State will play UNI. Since Drake and Northern Iowa are both members of the Missouri Valley Conference, they continue to play two games a year, one at the Knapp Center and the other in Cedar Falls. Iowa and Iowa State also continue to play a home-and-home series.

The inaugural event received mixed reviews, with many at Drake and Northern Iowa expressing a preference for a home game ^[3]^[4] and the event coming well short of selling out. However, in 2014 the event did sell out for the first time, largely due to Iowa State & Northern Iowa being ranked in the AP Top 25 with Iowa also receiving votes. With increasing limitations on non-conference games for Iowa & Iowa State, the series is likely to continue for years to come and has been extended through the 2017-18 season. ^[5]

There were hopes for the series to be broadcast nationally. To date, each game involving Iowa has been broadcast on Big Ten Network while the other game has been broadcast locally by cable provider Mediacom on Mediacom 22. In 2015 the Iowa-Drake game will be broadcast on ESPN3 while the Northern Iowa-Iowa State game will be broadcast on ESPNU, bringing in a national TV audience for the first time in its 4th year.

Regular season results

Key

	Drake victories
	Iowa State victories
	Iowa victories
	UNI victories
	No title/game

Round-Robin era

Season	Winner	Drake – ISU score	Drake – Iowa score	Drake – UNI score	Drake – UNI score (2)	ISU – UNI score	ISU – Iowa score	Iowa – UNI score
1979–80	Iowa	87–66	66–77	DNP	DNP	DNP	64–67	78–46
1980–81	Iowa	72–74	68–90	DNP	DNP	83–69	59–85	86–52
1981–82	Iowa	72–56	49–60	62–58	DNP	78–65	68–79	84–53
1982–83	Iowa	47–52	63–68	73–65	DNP	73–50	56–73	DNP
1983–84	Iowa State	72–79 ^OT	43-66	55–67	DNP	91–75	76–72 ^2OT	DNP
1984–85	Iowa State	73–74	DNP	DNP	DNP	69–61	54–50	DNP
1985–86		77–69	43–55	DNP	DNP	83–60	74–61	DNP
1986–87	Iowa	51–55	62–69	86–52	DNP	79–60	64–89	DNP
1987–88	Iowa State	77–83	57–70	88–77	DNP	80–75	102–100 ^OT	DNP
1988–89	Iowa	66–80	72–96	72–87	DNP	88–80	71–91	95–76
1989–90		114–117 ^OT	54–68	63–71 ^OT	DNP	92–80	87–89	74–77
1990–91	Iowa	69–86	61–80	67–83	DNP	62–68	73–75	72–68
1991–92	Iowa State	61–92	56–83	51–56	84–96	84–66	98–84	108–85
1992–93	Iowa	81–119	65–80	69–59	62–64 ^OT	74–67	51–78	64–44
1993–94	Iowa State	67–83	86–90	54–71	79–102	79–66	86–79	81–76
1994–95	Iowa State	69–94	68–103	78–67	82–71	81–62	76–63	80–48
1995–96	Iowa	62–65	66–98	76–82	66–83	DNP	50–56	78–73
1996–97	Iowa State	50–74	59–79	68–81	55–76	DNP	81–74	72–63
1997–98	Northern Iowa	63–61	60–90	60–74	55–68	48–54	59–60	78–84
1998–99	Iowa	56–57	74–78	78–72	57–83	57–61	53–74	83–67
1999–2000	Iowa State	48–44	76–83 ^2OT	58–54	54–56	73–41	79–66	67–59
2000–01	Iowa	55–75	71–73	65–63	65–71 ^OT	69–55	68–80	74–42
2001–02	Northern Iowa	72–58	59–101	56–71	71–77	88–69	53–78	76–78
2002–03	Iowa State	55–76	49–50	75–73	48–59	75–73	73–69	63–54
2003–04	Iowa State	77–83	56–74	56–76	79–84 ^OT	79–76	84–76	66–77
2004–05	Iowa	46–73	75–91	81–72	60–61	82–99	63–70	76–73
2005–06	Iowa State	74–89	60–65	72–91	49–51	68–61	72–60	63–67 ^OT
2006–07	Drake	80–78	75–59	74–61	67–59	70–57	59–77	57–55
2007–08	Drake	79–44	56–51	58–54	65–55	61–48	56–47	62–55
2008–09	Drake	66–63	60–43	59–81	47–46	71–66	57–73	65–46
2009–10	Northern Iowa	70–90	67–71	51–67	48–57	60–63	81–71	67–50
2010–11		43–91	52–59	49–69	72–69	54–60	75–72	51–39
2011–12	Northern Iowa	74–65	68–82	68–83	52–66	62–69	86–76	60–80

Big Four Classic era

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Attendance
December 15, 2012	Iowa	80–73	Northern Iowa	13,180
December 15, 2012	Iowa State	86–77	Drake	13,180
December 7, 2013	Iowa State	91–82*	Northern Iowa	14,512
December 7, 2013	Iowa	83–66	Drake	14,512
December 20, 2014	Iowa State	83–54	Drake	15,124
December 20, 2014	Northern Iowa	56–44	Iowa	15,124
December 19, 2015	Iowa	70–64	Drake	15,124
December 19, 2015	Northern Iowa	81–79	Iowa State	15,124
December 17, 2016	Iowa	vs.	Northern Iowa
December 17, 2016	Iowa State	vs.	Drake
December 16, 2017	Iowa	vs.	Drake
December 16, 2017	Iowa State	vs.	Northern Iowa

* indicates the number of overtime periods.

Outright Big Four Championships by team

Team	Championships	Last Season Claimed
Iowa	13	2012–13
Iowa State	12	2013-14
Northern Iowa	6	2015-16
Drake	3	2008-09

Big Four Classic standings by team

Team	Record	Percentage
Iowa	4–1	.800
Iowa State	3–2	.600
Northern Iowa	3–2	.600
Drake	0–5	.000

References

External links

[1] ttp://thegazette.com/2012/12/15/big-four-classic-a-success-but-emotions-remain/

[2] ttp://thegazette.com/2013/10/30/unis-jacobson-on-big-four-classic-it-was-ok/

[3] ttp://qctimes.com/sports/basketball/college/big-10/iowa/big-four-classic-has-pluses-minuses/article_73e1c5c6-4801-11e2-b16d-001a4bcf887a.html

[4] ttp://hawkcentral.com/2012/12/15/bryce-miller-big-four-classic-mostly-a-success-bitter-feelings-fester/

[5] ttp://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12042391/iowa-big-four-classic-extended-2017

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v t e Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	The Shed (1907–1909) Alumni Gymnasium (1910–1919) Des Moines Coliseum (1920–1926) Drake Fieldhouse (1927–1957) Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1957–1992) Knapp Center (1992–present)
Culture & lore	History Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches All-Century Team
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	Margaret Hall Gymnasium (1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
Venues	UNI-Dome (1976–2006) McLeod Center (2006–present)
Culture & lore	2007 Summer Universiade Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Iowa Big Four men's college basketball

Contents

Regular season results

Key

Round-Robin era

Big Four Classic era

Outright Big Four Championships by team

Big Four Classic standings by team

See also

References

External links

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