Chris Street

Chris Street's jersey covers a chair on the Iowa bench during the second half against Wisconsin on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

BTN’s ‘The Journey’ to feature segment on Street

IOWA CITY — BTN will devote about 10 minutes of its next segment of ‘The Journey” to the story of former Iowa basketball player Chris Street, who was killed in a car accident 20 years ago. A BTN television crew spent part of last week at the Street household in central Iowa talking with Street’s parents, [...]

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The warm-up shirts didn't break NCAA rules (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

NCAA nixes Hawkeyes’ positive gesture

Bureaucracies don't bend when they should 4

The NCAA says it’s OK for Iowa (or anyone else) to have Nike swooshes on its basketball uniforms. But to have all the Hawkeye players wear the name “Street” on the back of them for one night only? That was taboo. This is shooting fish in a barrel. It’s too easy to slam the NCAA [...]

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Iowa guard/forward Eric May (25) reacts after dunking the ball over Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker (15) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa wrap-up: Defense vital toward beating Wisconsin

With notes, quotes, anecdotes, photo slideshow, videos of the Street ceremony and post-game interviews

IOWA CITY — Two weeks ago Iowa fell into a coma defensively at Michigan, giving up 95 points and allowing scores on 33 of 41 possessions over a 23-minute span. Iowa (13-5, 2-3 Big Ten) allowed the Wolverines to shoot better than 58 percent. That included transition baskets (16), points off turnovers (15), in the paint [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) points to the fans following their 70-66 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Photos/video: Iowa-Wisconsin news and notes

Iowa has beaten Wisconsin three straight for the first time since 1992-93. Coincidentally, Chris Street played in two of those games before he was killed in a car accident. The Hawkeyes lead the Badgers now 79-77 all-time. The teams began playing one another 104 years ago. Iowa (13-5, 2-3 Big Ten) was the first team [...]

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Iowa director of basketball operations Jerry Strom puts Chris Street's #40 jersey over a chair at the end of Iowa's bench before Saturday's game (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Hlas: No denying Hawkeyes this night

Hawkeyes blend emotion with aggression for win over Wisconsin 1

IOWA CITY – The 20th anniversary of Chris Street’s death was observed in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday night with a halftime ceremony that was upbeat and dignified, not maudlin. But the real honoring began immediately after the game tipped off. Iowa’s 2013 Hawkeyes played like a team captained by the 1993 Chris Street. Hard-nosed and hearty. [...]

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Iowa director of basketball Jerry Strom places the Chris Street jersey on a chair on Iowa's bench Saturday night. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)

Street family has ‘warm feeling in our hearts’

After 20 years, Chris Street family still a perfect picture of Iowa hoops

IOWA CITY — You could hear Mike Street coming. The Street family was a little late to a press conference before Saturday’s Iowa-Wisconsin game. You know the topic of discussion. You have distinct memories of Chris Street, and if you were too young to remember the former Hawkeye star who was killed in an automobile [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes forward Melsahn Basabe (1) and forward Aaron White (30) slap hands as they wear shirts commemorating Chris Street before an NCAA college basketball game against the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. The team is commemorating the 20 year anniversary of Street's death during tonight's game. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Photo gallery: Iowa/Wisconsin, Street anniversary

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Iowa Coach Tom Davis watches the Duke Blue Devils during the last minute of the game, March 16, 1991. Left to right seated behind Davis -- Chris Street, Val Barnes, James Moses and Coach Bruce Pearl in a NCAA tournament game.

Video: ‘On Iowa Live’ talks Street anniversary

The panel of Monday’s “On Iowa Live” welcomed former Hawkeye basketball player Kenyon Murray to the program to talk about the 20th anniversary of Chris Street’s death.

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Chris Street

Where were you when Chris Street died? 4

It was a moment that stopped you in your tracks. On Jan. 19, 1993, Iowa basketball player Chris Street died after suffering fatal wounds in a traffic accident. He was 20 years old. “If you lived it at the time, you understand it,” said Mike Street, Chris’ father. “I’ve had many people come up to [...]

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Chris Street gained a reputation as a hard-nosed player with a great work ethic as an Iowa Hawkeye. His coach, Tom Davis, said Street would have played in the NBA. Chris Street competes against Minnesota on Jan. 13, 1992. (The Gazette)

Chris Street’s legacy endures at Iowa, 20 years later

IOWA CITY — Chris Street’s legacy knows no boundaries and stretches into infinity. His presence still shadows the state that cheered and later wept for him. He stood 6-foot-9 and played basketball for Iowa at a time when athletes seemed larger and relationships more intimate. Street, a gregarious 20-year-old, was killed in a car accident [...]

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