By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The transformation of Iowa’s men’s basketball program continued Wednesday, with the last scholarship player from this season’s team deciding his future. Guard Carter Kingsbury, who originally came to the Hawkeyes as a walk-on, announced that he was … Continue reading Kingsbury Is Latest Hawkeye To Enter Portal
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Western Illinois coach Chad Boudreau has been recruiting Isaiah Griffin for a while, starting when he played at Southeastern Community College. Boudreau finally got him on Tuesday when Griffin, a 6-foot-6 forward who has been at Idaho … Continue reading WIU Lands Commitment From Idaho State’s Griffin
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ben McCollum’s pitch to Cooper Koch worked. McCollum, hired as Iowa’s new men’s basketball coach last week, said he wanted to see the Hawkeyes who had entered the NCAA transfer portal come back, and Koch became the … Continue reading Koch Chooses To Return To Iowa
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum used his introductory press conference as Iowa’s new men’s basketball coach on Tuesday as a recruiting pitch to rebuild the Hawkeyes’ roster. He wouldn’t mind starting with some members of this … Continue reading McCollum’s Next Task Is Building Hawkeyes’ Roster
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum said he grew up a fan of Iowa’s men’s basketball team and then he name-dropped Wade Lookingbill, Val Barnes and Mon’ter Glasper and yeah, he was a fan. The guy who … Continue reading ‘You Can’t Complicate Winning’: McCollum Drops All The Right Notes, And Names
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It was the perfect ending for Iowa’s search for a new men’s basketball coach. Drake’s Ben McCollum was hired Monday to take over the program, and in the end Iowa athletics director Beth Goetz made the best … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: The Hiring Was Easy, But Now Comes The Hard Part
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Western Illinois cashed in on bonus basketball. The Leathernecks took the postseason invitation they didn’t expect to get, and kept dancing — no, really, they were dancing — with an 89-74 win over Lipscomb … Continue reading WIU 89, LIPSCOMB 74: Bonus Basketball Is Fun For Leathernecks
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Western Illinois’ women’s basketball team got a chance to extend its season, but coach JD Gravina wanted to make sure his players wanted to keep going. The answer, Gravina said, was an “overwhelming ‘Yes.’” The Leathernecks not … Continue reading Western Illinois Gets A Chance To Keep Playing With WNIT Berth
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP One by one, Jan Jensen went down the two rows of seats and hugged every player on Iowa’s women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes had just found out on Sunday night where they were going in the NCAA … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hawkeyes Hit The Road, But To Jensen, They’ve Already Won
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The breakup was never going to be clean. It started with the rumors, and then the official announcement on Friday — Fran McCaffery was out as Iowa’s men’s basketball coach. Fifteen seasons and a program-record 297 wins … Continue reading This Time, Iowa’s Rebuild Is Going To Cost A Lot More
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