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