NEW YORK — Mike Gesell ran and stretched and popped jumpers Monday afternoon like nothing was bothering him. But minutes after his team’s workout at New York University, the Iowa freshman guard slapped a walking boot on his right foot. “I’ve been in this boot for way too long,” Gesell said. “I don’t need it to [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa freshman Mike Gesell has a decision to make. He can fight through an agonizing stress reaction in his right foot and help his team inch toward an NCAA tournament bid. Or, if the physical pain is too great, Gesell will have to suffer through the sting of regret, especially if Iowa [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa freshman Mike Gesell is likely to play this week in the Big Ten Tournament after missing the final four games of the regular season with a right foot injury. “I think he’ll be able to play,” Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said. “The question is, how does it feel and how effective can [...]

Iowa guard Mike Gesell has missed the last three games with a right foot “stress reaction” and will not play Saturday against his native state Nebraska. But Gesell still has a chance to play in next week’s Big Ten Tournament. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said he’s “guarded … because there’s no guarantee” that Gesell will [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa point guard Mike Gesell will miss the rest of the regular season with a right foot injury but could return in time for the Big Ten Tournament, which starts March 14. “He will not play any time sooner than that (the Big Ten Tournament),” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said in a [...]

IOWA CITY — Mike Gesell signed autographs outside the Iowa locker room late Wednesday night clad in a dark-colored suit and fashioned with a form-fitting boot for his right foot. Unfortunately for Iowa it wasn’t for any heroics by the freshman point guard in the Hawkeyes’ 58-48 win against Purdue. Gesell missed his first career game [...]

LINCOLN, Neb. — Less than two years into its new digs, Nebraska athletics already feels at home in the Big Ten. “There’s a comfort level,” said new Nebraska Athletics Director Shawn Eichorst, who replaced the recently retired Tom Osborne last month. “I’ve heard people say it feels like we’ve been in the league for 30 [...]

IOWA CITY — It hasn’t all been back rubs and chocolate cake for Mike Gesell in his first semester of college. He did, after all, receive an A-minus in a class. That was his lowest grade like ever, mind you. “I was very disappointed in him,” Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery said with a smile [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — There’s nothing Deshaun Thomas can’t do on a basketball court, and Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery will do everything in his power Tuesday to slow down the Ohio State forward. Thomas scored 28 points in the No. 14 Buckeyes’ 59-56 loss at Michigan State on Saturday. Thomas played all 40 minutes, scored 28 [...]

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 [...]