Iowa senior Eric May and junior Melsahn Basabe have combined for 121 starts in their career, but now both are filling key roles coming off the bench for the Hawkeyes May, a 6-foot-5 guard, played 13 minutes in the second half and 21 overall in the Hawkeyes’ 73-61 win against Central Michigan on Monday. His [...]
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Well, well, well. Look what school has the gall to send another of its athletic teams to Iowa City. Why, if it isn’t Central Michigan, which had the audacity to steal a football win from Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in September. That will not happen Monday night in men’s basketball at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Why? [...]
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IOWA CITY — Keno Davis has shifted from full-time basketball coach to full-time television analyst. Davis, a former Iowa player and Drake coach, will call Saturday’s Iowa-Drake game for the Big Ten Network. It’s a new role for Davis, and so far he’s enjoying it. “When you’re able to do games with teams that you’re very [...]
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Chad Walthall, Iowa’s former top assistant under Todd Lickliter, had an opportunity to coach at Butler under Lickliter. Walthall, who was released at Iowa after Lickliter was fired last March, now coaches Division II Minnesota State-Moorhead. He told the Fargo (N.D.) Forum, he was offered an assistant’s job under Lickliter in 2001 but chose to [...]
continue »It wasn’t just Iowa that offered Cedar Rapids Washington basketball swingman at last week’s big AAU tournament in Las Vegas. Former Drake Coach Keno Davis also offered the 6-foot-5 Oglesby, according to Washington Coach Brad Metzger. Davis is at Providence now, of course. It’s the 13th official scholarship offer for Oglesby. The others are Iowa, [...]
continue »Keno Davis gets it. The former Drake head men’s basketball coach knows you can’t just open up the ticket windows and expect big crowds in this economy and era, even if your team is good. In his second season as the coach at Providence College, Davis is working the promotional aspect of his job as [...]
continue »Keno Davis, the 2008 National Coach of the Year at Drake, apparently has made a good impression in one year at Providence. The school extended Davis’ contract through the 2015-2016 season Wednesday. That was a one-year extension, maybe to let high school sophomores out there know Davis will still be under contract to Providence when [...]
continue »The all-time leading scorer in Iowa men’s basketball history has a son. The son can also play the game. He’ll be a high school senior this fall in Southfield, Mich., near Detroit. He has been offered an athletic scholarship by a couple of mid-major programs. Now the majors are checking him out. Last week he [...]
continue »The Iowa men’s basketball team was supposed to play the last of its four games in Europe today, but its scheduled opponent in Greece canceled it. That’s life on summer overseas trips for U.S. college teams. They can never be totally sure of the quality of the opponents, the officiating, or the organization. Game times [...]
continue »The Big Ten Network did Iowa Hawkeyes fans a favor Tuesday night. The BTN aired a replay of the 1987 NCAA Tournament West Regional semifinal between Iowa and Oklahoma from the Kingdome in Seattle. The Hawkeyes won the game in overtime, 93-91. It was magnificent basketball played by two teams full of magnificent players. It [...]
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