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NIT nuggets from New York, New York

The city so nice they named it twice 1

  NEW YORK — I picked up a copy of the New York Post today because, hey, I had to. What other newspaper would choose the Jay Leno/Jimmy Fallon/NBC story as its cover story, and have a photoshop of Fallon riding in a sidecar of a motorcycle Leno was driving? The Post’s story about tonight’s [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) celebrates as he comes off the court following their victory over the Maryland Terrapins in their semi-final game in the NIT Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Hlas: Devyn Marble is leading

Hawkeye junior guard has blossomed in NIT

  NEW YORK — Devyn Marble is scoring. Iowa’s junior guard has 97 points in his four NIT games. That’s 24.3 points per game. That’s a lot for any four-game stretch. That’s a lot from someone who averaged 12.6 points in Big Ten play. Devyn Marble is passing. Often, and especially down the stretch in [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes center Adam Woodbury (34) celebrates as he comes off the court following their victory over the Maryland Terrapins in their semi-final game in the NIT Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Hlas: Hawkeyes still playing, and better than ever

When folding seemed possible, Hawks straightened up 1

NEW YORK — Iowa was a win from the NCAA basketball title in 1956, but Bill Russell and the San Francisco Dons got in the way. All-time great Russell had 27 points and 26 rebounds that day in Evanston, Ill., considerably more than Maryland’s 7-foot-1 Alex Len could accumulate against the Hawkeyes Tuesday night in [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) does a segment for OnIowa Live with KCRG Sports Director Scott Saville and Gazette beat writer Scott Dochterman Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Iowa will take on Maryland in the semi-finals of the NIT tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Video: Iowa’s Marble talks about NIT semis, NYC

Iowa plays Maryland in NIT semifinals Tuesday at approx. 8:30 p.m. 1

Iowa’s Devyn Marble joins the Gazette’s Scott Dochterman and KCRG-TV9′s Scott Saville to talk about the Hawkeyes’ trip to New York City and Tuesday’s NIT semifinal with Maryland.

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Melsahn Basabe with a block in Iowa's NIT second-round win over Stony Brook (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Basabe and Mom are ready for a Garden party

Hawkeyes power forward is coming home, to the city 1

  IOWA CITY — Melsahn Basabe’s mother has had her fingernails painted in Iowa Hawkeyes colors, and has been wearing outfits with those colors to work. For the last two weeks. “Ever since the NIT started,” said Mom, whose name is Aloha Wilks. “As long as they’ve been winning, it’s black-and-yellow every day.” Iowa’s men’s [...]

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Stanford seemed happy to win the 2012 NIT (AP photo)

NIT: Consolation tourney in basketball mecca

Once upon a time, the NIT ruled

  It’s safe to say this year’s NIT Final Four of Baylor, BYU, Iowa and Maryland won’t make everyone in Manhattan stop and bow in the direction of Madison Square Garden. The world’s most famous arena, as it calls itself, will host performances in April alone by Fleetwood Mac, Alicia Keys, Eric Clapton, and the [...]

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Trisha Nesbitt (left) hugs Jaime Printy as they watch the final moments of Iowa's 74-57 loss to Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament Tuesday night. It was the final game for Printy and Nesbitt, as well as Morgan Johnson. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

WBB: A returning core of four, and question marks

Second-round NCAA loss spells the end for top-10 scorers Printy, Johnson

IOWA CITY – A little more than a minute remained when Jaime Printy, Morgan Johnson and Trisha Nesbitt walked off the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court to a standing ovation. Printy stopped and shared an embrace with Iowa coach Lisa Bluder before taking a seat on the bench. “I just told Jaime not to cry,” Bluder said. [...]

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This was the following season, a 95-87 Penn State overtime win at Iowa. Chris Kingsbury is on the floor. Jess Settles and Mon'ter Glasper are stading. Dan Earl of Penn State is sitting. (Gazette photo)

Iowa’s previous NIT quarterfinal: Palookaville 3

  I barely remember this stuff, but I have archives at my fingertips. What I do recall is I thought it would be a hoot to go to New York to cover the NIT’s Final Four. And it must have meant something to Iowa fans, because they had a sellout of 15,500 for this NIT [...]

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Iowa's Melissa Dixon (left) Morgan Johnson (second from right) and Jaime Printy (right) triple team Notre Dame's Kayla McBride during the second half of their Round Two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Iowa City, Iowa. Notre Dame won, 74-57. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

McBride’s ‘green light’ stops Iowa’s season

Notre Dame junior's 3-point shots silences crowd, Hawkeyes' momentum

IOWA CITY – Kayla McBride witnessed it first-hand Sunday. The Notre Dame junior chased Tennessee-Martin’s Heather Butler for most of the first half, as the 5-foot-5 guard poured in 23 points. McBride laughed last. The Erie, Penn., native not only saw her team win Sunday, she led the Irish to 74-57 win on Tuesday against [...]

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Jef Printy consoles his daughter Iowa's Jaime Printy after the Hawkeyes'  Round Two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament loss to Notre Dame at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Iowa City, Iowa. Notre Dame won, 74-57. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

No. 2 Notre Dame sidelines Hawkeyes, 74-57

NCAA women's basketball: Iowa misfires on all 11 3-point attempts, finishes at 21-13

IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder knew what it would take to turn the women’s basketball world on its ear. “We had to experience a near-perfect night to beat that team,” she said. “It just didn’t happen tonight.” Kayla McBride established a career high with 28 points — including 24 in the first half — as [...]

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