By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s men’s basketball game against Xavier on Friday felt like the first measuring stick for the Ben McCollum era as soon as it came out on the schedule. An early-season game against a … Continue reading IOWA 81, XAVIER 62: Hawkeyes Pull Away In First Power Conference Test
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP There have been so few blemishes on the box score line for Iowa guard Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright that they were easy for her to remember. Her 16-point, 10-assist game in Sunday’s 119-43 win over Evansville at Carver-Hawkeye … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: ‘Chit-Chat’ Speaks Loudly In Her First Week With Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — His first victory as Iowa’s men’s basketball coach secured, Ben McCollum took a lap around Carver-Hawkeye Arena’s floor and his players followed. McCollum and the Hawkeyes waded into the new student section at … Continue reading IOWA 101, ROBERT MORRIS 69: A Thank-You Lap To Start A New Era
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum’s first Iowa team is still a “work in progress,” the coach said on Monday, but there’s no more time to prepare. The season starts on Tuesday night with a game against … Continue reading Hawkeyes Are ‘Work In Progress,’ But Now The Season Begins
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum won four NCAA Division II national championships coaching at Northwest Missouri State, then moved up to Division I and won 31 games and the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles … Continue reading McCollum Wants To Make Sure Hawkeyes Keep Their Edge
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — Iowa’s women’s basketball team is young, again. Nine of the 14 players on the Hawkeyes’ roster are freshmen or sophomores. It’s why, coach Jan Jensen said on Wednesday at the Big Ten basketball media … Continue reading Iowa Women’s Notebook: Hawkeyes’ Rotation May Be Larger Late In The Season
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ben McCollum’s first Big Ten schedule as Iowa’s men’s basketball coach will include two games with Purdue and road games against the other two new coaches in the conference. The conference revealed its home-and-home and single-play opponents … Continue reading Iowa’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Matchups Announced
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 Ben McCollum will have a couple of familiar faces next to him on the bench at Iowa next season. The new head coach of the Hawkeyes announced on Tuesday that Josh Sash and Bryston Williams, who were … Continue reading McCollum Names First Members Of Coaching Staff
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
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