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 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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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