Before we get into the preview for this weekend's match-up with Southern Illinois, let's talk TV briefly. BTN announced their coverage plans for baseball and softball this year. Iowa baseball has two games on BTN/BTN2Go:
Sunday, April 3: Iowa at Minnesota (2 PM CT)
Sunday, April 17: Iowa at Indiana (2 PM CT)
Iowa softball has one game on BTN/BTN2Go:
Sundayk, May 1: Iowa at Illinois (12 PM CT)
Several more games may be on BTN Plus ($), but those are the only games slated to be on BTN proper.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TIDBITS
Iowa's first home game of the season is still a few days away -- they host Northwestern College (NAIA) at 3 PM on Tuesday, March 8 -- but they are playing games in the midwest this weekend after beginning the season with three games in Texas and three games in Florida.