IOWA CITY — Athletes can find motivation on Twitter, with all the haters and such. And athletes can motivate themselves on Twitter. On Jan. 20, Iowa center Gabe Olaseni did exactly that. The 6-10 London, England, native wrote: “I’m Sick & Tired Of “Having Potential.” I Need To Step Up And Do Better For Myself [...]

    IOWA CITY — Gabe Olaseni blocked a walloping seven shots for the Iowa men’s basketball team Tuesday night against Illinois, but it didn’t surprise people at a Kansas high school in the slightest. “People would think they had a breakaway against us,” said Sunrise Christian Academy Coach Kyle Lindsted. “But we’d know as [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa blasted 11 dunks in its 80-50 pasting of Coppin State in their non-conference finale Saturday. But the ambiguous method of determining a dunk champion depends on your perspective. Is it volume? Iowa sophomore Aaron White had six dunks en route to a game-high 20 points. Is it the instant reaction? Senior [...]

IOWA CITY — It was a nothing sequence in a nothing game but it was far from a nothing play for Iowa sophomore Gabe Olaseni. Less than four minutes remained Wednesday in Iowa’s 90-46 blowout against South Carolina State. After stealing a pass near midcourt, the Bulldogs’ Phillip Henry streaked toward an open layup or [...]

Iowa sophomore center Gabe Olaseni notched career highs in minutes (19), rebounds (10) and blocks (four) against South Carolina State on Wednesday. Olaseni, a 6-foot-10 native of London, provided the game’s highlight reel play, blocking a shot with less than four minutes remaining. After stealing a pass near mid-court, South Carolina State’s Phillip Henry streaked [...]

NORTH LIBERTY — Gabe Olaseni will head back to jolly old England on August 3, just in time to see his home nation host the Summer Olympics. Olaseni, a London native and a sophomore center on the Iowa men’s basketball team, hopes to take in a Great Britain men’s basketball game this year. In four [...]

IOWA CITY — Freshman Gabe Olaseni played in barely half of Iowa’s men’s basketball games this year, but Coach Fran McCaffery sees Olaseni as a major contributor for the Hawkeyes in the future. Olaseni, a 6-foot-10 freshman from London, England, saw action in 18 games and averaged just five minutes per game. He gradually picked [...]

With Anthony Hubbard’s departure on Thursday, Iowa basketball is right about where it left off in March. Hubbard, a 6-foot-5 junior-college All-Amer … (yeah, you all know his background and I’m done writing about it), bolted about a month after landing on campus. He was slated to compete for a starting wing/guard slot this fall. He [...]

NORTH LIBERTY — Aaron White is too skinny, and he knows it. Josh Oglesby hears the same criticisms. Aside from his thick English accent, Gabe Olaseni has limitations as well. All three incoming Iowa freshmen have potential, which Iowa coaches hold to mold into productive Big Ten basketball players. But getting there isn’t easy. White, a 6-foot-8 forward from [...]

The Prime Time League tips off Sunday afternoon at North Liberty Recreation Center. There are the newcomers we all want to see such as incoming Hawkeyes Anthony Hubbard, Gabe Olaseni, Aaron White, Josh Oglesby. They’ll have to face men like former Hawkeye Duez Henderson, Ex-Drake center Aliou Keita and Sports Illustrated cover model Ali Farokhmanesh over [...]