By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum has already won quite a few games in his first season as Iowa’s men’s basketball coach, but he hadn’t gotten that win, that brick in what he is wanting to build … Continue reading IOWA 57, NEBRASKA 52: The Win They Were Seeking
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s slow starts in recent games have concerned coach Ben McCollum to the point where he is considering a change to the starting lineup. The Hawkeyes (18-7 overall, 8-6 Big Ten), who lost back-to-back games last week, … Continue reading McCollum Considers Lineup Change To Spark Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP There were going to be nicks and gashes in Ben McCollum’s first season as Iowa’s men’s basketball coach — the losses you endure, the losses you lament. “Scars” are what McCollum called them after Saturday’s 78-57 loss … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: ‘Scars’ Are Just Part Of What Hawkeyes Are Trying To Build
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum and his players knew an opportunity was missed. The setup was perfect on Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena — a sellout crowd for the first time this season, a nationally-ranked opponent in … Continue reading PURDUE 78, IOWA 57: An Opportunity Lost For Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team was going to have to sit on a three-game losing streak for six days, so coach Jan Jensen used the time to get the Hawkeyes to work on themselves. Jensen wanted to give … Continue reading IOWA 65, WASHINGTON 56: Hawkeyes Get Back To The Basics Of Winning
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tavion Banks has seen the Bennett Stirtz show before — first at Drake, now at Iowa — so when Stirtz was having one of those days on Sunday against Northwestern at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, … Continue reading IOWA 76, NORTHWESTERN 70: Stirtz Does His Thing, And The Hawkeyes’ Streak Hits Six
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jan Jensen doesn’t want to wait to play again. A three-game losing streak is gnawing at the Iowa women’s basketball coach, and she wants her players to feel a little bit of the … Continue reading MINNESOTA 91, IOWA 85: Losing Streak Makes The Clock Tick Louder
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum’s choice for the final shot, the last chance to salvage what would have been a devastating collapse, was of course going to be Bennett Stirtz. USC made that choice before the … Continue reading IOWA 73, USC 72: Stirtz’s Free Throws, And McCollum’s Energy, Save Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team will head into a West Coast swing of two games that will mean plenty in the Big Ten standings dealing with the news that one of its starters will miss the rest of … Continue reading With McCabe Out, Hawkeyes Will Turn To Deal
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team will have to go the rest of the season without its leading 3-point shooter. Senior guard Taylor McCabe, who was injured on the first possession of Sunday’s 91-70 win over Ohio State, suffered … Continue reading Hawkeyes Lose McCabe For Rest Of Season
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