No more baby steps. Iowa’s 2013-14 basketball schedule will be a man-sized challenge. “Substantially tougher,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “But that was by design.” McCaffery took a cautious approach to scheduling last season, knowing he’d have two freshmen in his starting lineup. And two — Mike Gesell and Adam Woodbury — turned into three [...]
The top two returning scorers on Iowa’s men’s basketball team will be competing for the same thing next month. Junior forward Aaron White and senior guard Devyn Marble have both been invited to tryouts for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games team. USA Basketball will release the entire list of invitees at a [...]
NEW YORK – Aaron White grew up an NBA fan, living and dying with the fortunes and failures of his home-state Cleveland Cavaliers. When his favorite team would play the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, the games seemed to be magnified. “One of the greatest places, NBA-wise, to watch a game,” the sophomore [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Something about second-round NIT basketball games agrees with Devyn Marble. And this time, his reward is another game. Iowa’s junior guard scored 28 points and led Iowa to a 75-63 victory over Stony Brook on Friday before a sold-out crowd of 15,400 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Marble scored a career-high 31 points [...]
CHICAGO — Zach McCabe sat in a corner of Iowa’s emotionally charged locker room, alone with his thoughts. The look of agony on his face told the story of what had just transpired over 40 minutes inside the United Center, a game with NCAA implications for the Hawkeyes. A 10-point lead with less than 9 [...]
Penn State’s basketball team is 0-11 in the Big Ten. Floored by the loss of team leader and all-Big Ten guard Tim Frazier to a ruptured left Achilles tendon four games into the season, the Nittany Lions continue to play like a team that is 11-0. “There’s no doubt these kids are going to play [...]
MADISON, Wis. – His post-game news conference over, Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery cut across the Kohl Center court to get to his locker room late Wednesday night. He had just coached in a 74-70 double overtime loss to Wisconsin, a game that included 145 field-goal attempts. One stood out. “I thought it was in,” [...]
WEDNESDAY’S MATCHUP: Iowa (14-8, 3-6) at Wisconsin (15-7, 6-3), 8 p.m. (BTN)
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Fran McCaffery’s first two Iowa basketball teams made steady improvement throughout the season. His third team is playing better than the first two on the defensive end. But the offense continues to spin in neutral. Better offensive efficiency is one of the things McCaffery will be looking for when his team [...]
IOWA 76, PENN STATE 67: Aaron White had a career-high 27 points for the Hawkeyes (14-7, 3-5).
