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DePaul coach: Non-football Big East schools need to weigh their future in realignment world

With the Big East facing yet another departure of a football member, DePaul men’s basketball coach Oliver Purnell said the league’s non-football schools need to seriously consider their future within or without the Big East structure. “I think we have to have our heads in the sand not to be thinking about some of those [...]

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Iowa's Adam Woodbury tries to block Kevin Hartley of Gardner-Webb during the first half at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on November 17, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

MBB: Iowa rally shovels dirt on last year’s woes

IOWA CITY — Nearly a year ago the Iowa men’s basketball team limped into a pre-Thanksgiving match-up against Campbell after suffering a 23-point loss to Creighton. The Hawkeyes’ fragile egos were nearly shattered in a 16-point loss to Campbell. After a porous defensive effort in the first half, the Hawkeyes continued their defensive woes and made [...]

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