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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 Hawkeyes guard Mike Gesell (10) battles for a ball on the floor with Indiana Hoosiers forward Cody Zeller (40) and guard Jordan Hulls (1) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

MBB: Iowa seeks effort and toughness, not panic

Hawkeyes to face No. 22 Michigan State on Thursday

IOWA CITY — Aaron White almost scoffed at the notion that it’s must-win time for the Iowa men’s basketball team. “You’ve got 15-plus games on your schedule, including the Big Ten Tournament, the postseason. It’s way too early to say that,” said White, a sophomore. “We’ve lost two games in a row. It’s a one-game-at-a-time [...]

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Illinois's bench celebrates their lead over Gonzaga, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in Spokane, Wash. Illinois beat Gonzaga 85-74. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)

MSU’s Izzo: Big Ten ‘has to be the best in my era’

MSU's Tom Izzo has high praise for this year's basketball conference

IOWA CITY — Tom Izzo might have the Big Ten’s sixth-best basketball team, and his Michigan State Spartans rank 19th in both major polls. “This league, definitely, has to be the best in my era,” Izzo said Monday morning. Izzo has coached the Spartans since 1995 and taken the team to seven Final Fours and one [...]

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Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo, right, shakes hands with forward Draymond Green shortly before Green left the game while playing Purdue in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind.  Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Michigan State won 76-62. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

My Big Ten Awards: Top players, coaches, freshmen

Scott Dochterman's end of the season ballot 1

No other league can match the Big Ten when it comes to competition from the league’s best to its last-place teams. For the first time since 1994, every Big Ten team won at least four league games. Every Big Ten team beat a ranked opponent, and seven Big Ten teams won at least three games [...]

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Michigan State's Travis Trice, top, and Iowa's Zach McCabe scramble for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 95-61. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Historic win for Izzo, Michigan State in thrashing Iowa

95-61 beatdown is the largest margin of victory for the Spartans in the series' 118-game history

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo surpassed legendary coach Jud Heathcote in games coached at Michigan State Tuesday night. To celebrate the occasion, Izzo’s squad slapped an equally historic beatdown on the Hawkeyes. No. 6 Michigan State (15-2, 4-0 Big Ten) blasted Iowa (10-8, 2-3) in every conceivable fashion 95-61 at Breslin Center, [...]

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MIchigan State's Keith Appling and Matt Gatens of Iowa dive for the ball during the first half at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Wednesday on February 2, 2011. (Cliff Jette/Sourcemedia Group)

Detroit-area rivals Devyn Marble, Keith Appling to clash at Breslin Center

From high school, AAU and pick-up games in Detroit to Big Ten arenas, it’s all about winning for Appling and Marble

IOWA CITY — Devyn Marble and Keith Appling are rivals from way back, competing against one another in Detroit-area prep basketball. Marble, Iowa’s sophomore point guard, was an all-stater at Southfield Lathrup. Appling, Michigan State’s sophomore point guard, was a McDonald’s All-American at renowned Pershing High. They were prolific scorers with Marble averaging 24.5 points [...]

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Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery shakes hands with Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan before the start of their Big Ten Conference College Basketball Game Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.  (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)

A gigantic look at Iowa’s basketball opponents this year 2

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s men’s basketball schedule could have the team headed in a favorable direction next season. The Hawkeyes played a grueling schedule last year that included 12 postseason teams and eight ranked opponents. The Hawkeyes finished 11-20, the second-most losses in school history, but seven losses were by five points or less. Of [...]

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Iowa's Matt Gatens (5) and Devyn Marble (4) put pressure on Illinois D.J. Richardson (1) during the second half of their Big Ten Conference college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.  (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)

Scouting Iowa’s Big Ten basketball single-plays: Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State

Iowa’s Big Ten opponent list is set for the upcoming season. The Hawkeyes know who and where they’re playing; they just won’t know when for a few more months. Until we get the dates and can dissect the Big Ten schedule in entirety, here’s a look at four opponents Iowa will face just once in [...]

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Big Ten basketball could have early December start date

CHICAGO — Big Ten men’s basketball coaches and officials are considering shifting its league schedule to early December in an effort to build early momentum for their sport. The number of college football bowl games have grown recently and bowls are spread from mid-December through the second week of January. Coaches and officials are concerned football [...]

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Wisconsin's basketball program earned more than $17.66 million in fiscal year 2010, nearly $1.1 million more than runner-up Indiana and tops in the Big Ten.

Coaches: Basketball took ‘back seat’ in Big Ten expansion

No Big Ten men’s basketball program generates revenue like Wisconsin. The Badgers earned more than $17.66 million in fiscal year 2010, nearly $1.1 million more than runner-up Indiana, according to the U.S. Department of Education. But Wisconsin’s profitable basketball program also ranks below every other league football program in revenue. So when Big Ten officials [...]

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