CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Andrew Francis had a bounce in his step as he left the Iowa locker room Wednesday night. “It’s always nice to go home,” said Francis, Iowa’s assistant basketball coach and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. The Hawkeyes punched a homecoming ticket for their coach by beating Virginia 75-64 to advance to Tuesday’s [...]
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 [...]
Eric May talks about his last trip through the postseason: Mike Gesell said he will play in Wednesday’s NIT game: Zach McCabe wants to make a statement in the NIT:
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 [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Sherman Dillard returned to his Carver-Hawkeye Arena office at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, and got back to work. “I’ve got the Nebraska scout,” said Dillard, one of Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery’s assistants. Hours earlier, Dillard was on the bench as the Hawkeyes dismantled Minnesota, 72-51, the program’s most one-sided victory over [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Iowa’s long bench has made this a challenging season for Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery. Who to play? Who to sit? Which lineup will click? How does he balance egos and get everyone the minutes they deserve? Now another challenge has emerged. McCaffery is wrestling with making a change in his [...]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – This basketball team is one of the deepest in the Big Ten. They just had a two-game winning streak snapped by a ranked team on the road. In their two victories – one at home, the other on the road – they led by at least 20 points in both. And [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO It was hard not to be “Taken” with the performance of Iowa junior Zach McCabe on Tuesday night. “He’s a competitor,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said of McCabe. “He’s got a very unique skill set. You can post him, you can pop him out and he’s usually automatic from the foul line. If [...]
Iowa’s bench has outscored its starters in the last two Big Ten Conference basketball games. That shouldn’t be a surprise. Heading into Saturday’s game against Wisconsin at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa’s bench has started a combined 166 times, more than the 124 of the starters. Three reserves eat up most of those starts. Eric May has [...]
It was hard to tell after Thursday’s 62-59 loss to Michigan State if Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was more upset with his team or with the officials. But since rules prohibit McCaffery from blasting the officials, he focused on what’s now becoming a disturbing theme: his team’s lack of toughness. McCaffery didn’t toss any of [...]
