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After Saturday's Hy-Vee Classic, no one knows when century-old rivalries will renew

Fran McCaferry talks Hy-Vee Classic closure, uncertainty of future in-state matchups

Dating more than a century, Iowa and Iowa State have faced Drake and Northern Iowa a combined 338 times in men’s basketball.

After Saturday, no one knows exactly when these matchups will take place again.

“I loved following these games,” said Drake coach Darian DeVries, an Aplington native and former UNI guard as well. “For me, that’s a little bit of my childhood being taken away with these games going away.”

Saturday’s Hy-Vee Classic doubleheader at Wells Fargo Arena — Iowa State faces .