One person doesn’t make a successful men’s college basketball program, but one person’s influence can be the difference between success and failure. Iowa fans should know exactly what I mean by that. Fran McCaffery has relied on the help of countless people to rebuild the Iowa men’s basketball program, which faces Baylor in the NIT [...]
So just what has John Streif meant to the University of Iowa’s athletic department? “I don’t even know where you begin,” said Tom Davis, who spent 13 seasons as the Hawkeyes’ head men’s basketball coach. “He did everything.” Streif, an Iowa graduate who spent more than four decades serving the athletic department with dedication and [...]
Fran McCaffery is taking the unusual step of traveling with a former player to an NBA evaluation tournament.
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Matt Gatens passed a classmate on Iowa’s career scoring list Thursday. Kind of. His career-high 33 points in Thursday’s 67-66 victory against No. 16 Wisconsin gives Gatens 1,536 for his career. That puts him in 9th place. He passed Greg Brunner (1,516), Don Nelson (1,522) and Andre Woolridge (1,525). Nelson, who [...]
Iowa senior Matt Gatens hasn’t had a lot of wins with Hawkeyes, but still bleeds black and gold.
Matt Gatens was recruited by Steve Alford, survived the short stint of Todd Lickliter, and is thriving under Fran McCaffery
Senior Matt Gatens starts his senior season in 30th place on the all-time scoring list with 1,103 points, with room to move way up.
Mike Gatens, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, made his first career start for Iowa against UCLA on Jan. 17, 1974.
