Fran McCaffery

Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery stands in front of the teams bench during the first half of their semi-final game in the NIT Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa MBB notes: Future skeds, Marble to Russia?

CHICAGO — Iowa still has a few holes on its schedule for the upcoming basketball season, coach Fran McCaffery said. “We’ve got to schedule at least one more game, maybe two,” McCaffery said from the Big Ten spring meetings at the Sofitel Hotel. “We might go on the road. We’ve got a lot of things [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery talks with Maryland Terrapins head coach Mark Turgeon 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)

B1G meetings: Coaches yet to discuss divisions

CHICAGO — Big Ten men’s basketball coaches lack the same zeal as their football counterparts to split the league into divisions. After a full day of meetings at the Sofitel Hotel, basketball coaches have yet to discuss a potential divisional alignment, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “I don’t think divisional play is where we’re headed,” [...]

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Sioux City East's Adam Woodbury (right) is fouled by West Des Moines Valley's Peter Jok during the second half of their class 4A quarter final game at Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sioux City East won, 66-60. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa coaches expect Peter Jok to make impact

IOWA CITY — Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery has no plans to red-shirt incoming freshman Peter Jok this fall. Actually, McCaffery expects Jok to compete for playing time right away. “With Peter, we looked at a lot of different players,” McCaffery said. “We just kept coming back to him as a guy that we think as a [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery stands in front of the teams bench during the first half of their semi-final game in the NIT Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Fran McCaffery says Iowa can ‘make a move’ 3

IOWA CITY — Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery has no problem telling reporters his team could challenge for the hierarchy next year in Big Ten play. Iowa returns nearly 93 percent of its scoring on an upper-division Big Ten team that won 25 games last year. Those are enough reasons to energize a fan base [...]

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Baylor Coach Scott Drew directs his team during the second half of his team's NIT semifinal game against the Brigham Young Cougars  in the NIT Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Baylor, Iowa look for redemption 1

NEW YORK — Iowa and Baylor had NCAA aspirations but NIT pedigrees. The teams finished conference play at 9-9 and that was enough to keep them out of the Big Dance. But each since has carved out its own side room and danced to a different beat in the renowned consolation tournament. Iowa (25-12) has [...]

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Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) and forward Melsahn Basabe (1) joke around as they leave practice at New York University  Monday, April 1, 2013 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)

Is Iowa’s season now a success? Players undecided 2

NEW YORK — Iowa has won 24 games, tied for the third-most in school history. If the Hawkeyes win the NIT championship, they’ll own second place by themselves. While the wins and losses matter, they don’t tell the complete story of this year’s men’s basketball team. Iowa was 9-9 in league play and didn’t qualify [...]

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Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery smiles before a game against Stony Brook in the second round of the NIT Friday, March 22, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.  (AP Photo/The Gazette,Brian Ray)

Iowa notes: Virginia AD once hired McCaffery

IOWA CITY — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery received his first job in college basketball from a man who indirectly will oppose him in an NIT quarterfinal Wednesday night. Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage became the head basketball coach at Pennsylvania in 1982. McCaffery graduated from Penn’s vaunted Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1982 [...]

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Iowa forward Aaron White (30) reacts after being called for a foul on Michigan State Spartans guard Gary Harris (14) during the second half of their game in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Conference basketball tournament  Friday, March 15, 2013 at the United Center in Chicago.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa now plays the postseason waiting game 2

CHICAGO — Iowa’s postseason fate is out of its control, and it’s an uncomfortable feeling for the Hawkeyes. Minutes after losing a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal to No. 8 Michigan State on Friday, Iowa’s players and coaches made one last plea for the NCAA selection committee to consider them for at-large discussion. The Hawkeyes (21-12) [...]

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Michigan State's Branden Dawson steals the ball from Iowa point guard Mike Gesell and streaks toward a breakaway dunk during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa’s Marble ‘tired of losing’ to Michigan State

CHICAGO — They’ve been knocked down and punked out. They’ve slammed chairs and had turnovers slammed. Iowa’s recent history with Michigan State is full of heartbreak and backdowns. Five consecutive losses, including two straight in Big Ten Tournament play. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery infamously slammed a chair last year in East Lansing and his players infamously [...]

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Iowa forward Eric May is fouled by Indiana guard Jordan Hulls as they get tangled up in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, March 2, 2013. Indiana defeated Iowa 73-60. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Iowa notes: Fran on lineup, Groce on Lickliter

IOWA CITY — In the two games since Mike Gesell’s foot injury, sophomore Josh Oglesby has started at off-guard and Devyn Marble has played the point. The results have been mixed. Marble has scored 38 points in the two games, while Oglesby is 1-for-9 from the field with seven total points. Senior Eric May has [...]

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