By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Two of the nation’s top point guards will match up in Iowa’s game at Purdue on Wednesday. Their impacts, Iowa coach Ben McCollum said on Tuesday, are different. Purdue’s Braden Smith and Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz are both … Continue reading Purdue’s Actions Will Test Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — The final deficit was six points, and Ben McCollum knew where to find them. Iowa’s 75-69 loss to Illinois at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was frustrating for the first year coach of the Hawkeyes, who … Continue reading ILLINOIS 75, IOWA 69: The Finishing Pieces Are Elusive For Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It was a timeout that was needed, but Ben McCollum knew it wasn’t a good time for his voice. Iowa’s 21-point lead from early in the second half of Saturday’s game against UCLA at Carver-Hawkeye Arena had … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hawkeyes Have Found Their Pulse In First Season Under McCollum
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum has coached Bennett Stirtz long enough to know the point guard needs to be on the floor no matter what. So, when Stirtz picked up his fourth foul with 8:23 left … Continue reading IOWA 74, UCLA 61: The Right Call At The Right Time
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — It was 5 minutes and 44 seconds that Jan Jensen thinks can last the rest of the season. That was the time it took for Iowa’s women’s basketball team to break open a … Continue reading IOWA 86, NEBRASKA 76: Hawkeyes’ Final Run May Be A Sign Of What’s To Come
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — And now it’s all Big Ten the rest of the way. Iowa wrapped up its nonconference portion of its men’s basketball schedule with a 90-62 rout of UMass Lowell at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on … Continue reading IOWA 90, UMASS LOWELL 62: It’s All Big Ten From Here
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ben McCollum is working to make Iowa’s men’s basketball nonconference schedule for next season, and beyond, a little heavier with power conference teams. The Hawkeyes close the nonconference schedule in McCollum’s first season as their head coach … Continue reading McCollum Working To Strengthen Iowa’s Schedule For Next Season
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been clear, ever since seeing his team in practice, that Ben McCollum’s first Iowa men’s basketball team was going to be aggressive on defense. There’s aggressiveness, and there’s the fury the … Continue reading IOWA 94, BUCKNELL 39: Defense Travels With Hawkeyes To Des Moines
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Trevin Jirak did the math on his record playing at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. “Played there nine times, and won all nine,” Jirak said, who was on a West Des Moines … Continue reading Iowa Notes: Playing A Neutral-Court Game Is Something McCollum Wants Every Season
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Brendan Hausen matched a season high with 19 minutes in Iowa’s 91-51 win over Western Michigan on Sunday. Hausen, a senior who transferred from Kansas State last spring to play for the Hawkeyes in Ben McCollum’s first … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hausen Impresses In Battle For Minutes
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