IOWA CITY — Jarrod Uthoff often watched his teammates on television and wondered how he could have helped his team win. Iowa’s close road losses this year bit at him nearly as much as for those who endured it on the court. Uthoff, now a 6-foot-10 red-shirt freshman, couldn’t travel with the team and watched [...]
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IOWA CITY — Eric May grew up nearly halfway between Iowa City and Madison, Wis., and saw an awful lot of red and white mixed with black and gold. May, an Iowa senior guard and a Dubuque Wahlert graduate, went to high school with friends who lived across the Mississippi River. That’s one reason why [...]
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CHICAGO — Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema told reporters Thursday he doesn’t want to recruit any players away from a team with which he has to compete. Bielema said that opinion wasn’t shaped by an offseason situation involving Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan and former Badgers basketball player Jarrod Uthoff, who will pay his own [...]
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NORTH LIBERTY — Jarrod Uthoff competes with and against Iowa players in the summer Prime Time League. He communicates with regularly them during games. But when the game ends, he makes his way to the opposite gym at the North Liberty Recreation Center and shoots either by himself or with non-Iowa players. It’s an awkward [...]
continue »Here are some of my impressions of Sunday’s Prime Time League action: Iowa freshman point guard Mike Gesell (14 points, nine assists) is a terrific ballhandler and distributor. Yes, he’s only a freshman and it’s way too early to make long-term comparisons, but there’s so much to like about his game. He can dribble himself [...]
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Two of Jarrod Uthoff’s biggest fans have never seen him play in an organized basketball game. “We know Jarrod Uthoff, the person,” said Amy Kuhn, “and the person is amazing.” Much has been made over the last two months regarding Uthoff’s decision to transfer from the Wisconsin men’s basketball program. The player from Cedar [...]
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Yes, Jarrod Uthoff. We’ll get to it below. Right now, we’re going to talk about a University of Iowa athlete who’s literally running his last race in “black and gold.” He’s flown the colors for four seasons on a track, in relative anonymity. He deserves all of your positive energy 6:10 p.m. Friday at Drake [...]
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Jarrod Uthoff ended almost two months of speculation Wednesday night when he announced his decision to play basketball for the University of Iowa. Uthoff, a 6-foot-8 forward and a Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate, will sit out this season as a transfer and be eligible for three seasons at Iowa beginning in 2013. He red-shirted last [...]
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It was no accident that programs as successful and diverse as Florida, Marquette and Creighton were interested in persuading Jarrod Uthoff to join their program after he announced he was leaving Wisconsin. Getting Uthoff is kind of a big deal for Fran McCaffery’s Iowa program. Well, not kind of. Uthoff was Iowa’s Mr. Basketball [...]
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IOWA CITY — Jarrod Uthoff left Wisconsin two months ago looking for the perfect place to restart his college basketball career. The right fit was just a quick drive from his hometown of Marengo depending on the direction. For a week Uthoff contemplated heading east to Iowa City or moving west to Ames. In the [...]
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