Tickets go on sale in September. Television coverage will determine a start time.

The contest will be Iowa’s first trip to the Pentagon, which has hosted 15 NCAA Division I men’s college basketball games since opening in 2013. Colorado played in the venue on Nov. 13, 2015, falling to Iowa State 68-62

“This is something we have thought about for a long time,” said Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery. It’s a great facility and good people. It will be a great opportunity for our fans in the northern part of the state to see our team play.

“We had a very good experience in Sioux Falls last season,” said Colorado head coach Tad Boyle. “The atmosphere was electric; the city and Sanford Pentagon served as tremendous hosts.

Iowa is 4-3 all-time against Colorado and has won the last two meetings in the series, which dates back to 1953. They most recently played on Dec. 28, 1995, when Iowa logged a 100-85 victory in Boulder, Colorado. The programs last met at a neutral site on March 19, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri; Colorado won 75-54.