Shoud've posted this sooner. Hawkeyesports.com announced on Tuesday that Iowa will participate in the 2009 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic in Kansas City. Iowa is part of a four-team field that includes Pittsburgh, Texas and Witchita State.
Iowa will get two preliminary games at Carver against two likely cupcake opponents. The Hawks will then travel to the Sprint Center in Kansas City to play Nov. 23 and 24. They're guaranteed to play two of the other three teams: Pitt/TX/WSU.
Pittsburgh and Texas are almost assured of being ranked in the top 25 to start the season and Witchita State is a decent MVC program.
This should be a good early measuring stick to see where Iowa stands. The Las Vegas Invitational last November showed Iowa had plenty of room to improve after West Virginia blew the Hawkeyes away.
It's important to schedule at least a few decent non-conference opponents. Iowa will get strong challenges going to Northern Iowa and Iowa State and playing in the CBE Classic in the 2009-10 season.
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