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Iowa's coaching staff watches Tuesday's Iowa-Western Kentucky game.

Basabe, Gesell spark Iowa men to 5-0 start

Hawkeyes beat Western Kentucky to advance to play Wichita State Wednesday night

CANCUN, Mexico — Iowa matched its best start in nine years with a 63-55 win against Western Kentucky tonight in the Cancun Challenge at Moon Palace Resort. Iowa (5-0) will play Wichita State (5-0) in Wednesday’s championship game. Wichita State beat DePaul in the other semifinal 74-63. CBS Sports Network will televise the game. The 5-0 [...]

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Iowa's Adam Woodbury tries to block Kevin Hartley of Gardner-Webb during the first half at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on November 17, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

MBB: Iowa rally shovels dirt on last year’s woes

IOWA CITY — Nearly a year ago the Iowa men’s basketball team limped into a pre-Thanksgiving match-up against Campbell after suffering a 23-point loss to Creighton. The Hawkeyes’ fragile egos were nearly shattered in a 16-point loss to Campbell. After a porous defensive effort in the first half, the Hawkeyes continued their defensive woes and made [...]

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A baseball dance-off (video) 5

These are the Western Kentucky and Florida Atlantic college teams going at it during a rain delay in Boca Raton, Fla. Some pretty entertaining stuff here. Reminds me of a rain delay in Cedar Rapids about five years ago when the Kernels and Peoria Chiefs entertained the soaked crowd with similar shenanigans. Their performance ended with a [...]

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