IOWA CITY — Zach McCabe might be Iowa’s hardest player. When it’s time for a hard screen, an attention-getting foul or dive for a loose ball, McCabe is that guy for the Hawkeyes. He also happens to have one of the team’s softer shooting touches. When Indiana State lollygagged into a technical foul for six [...]

IOWA CITY — Thirty minutes into a competitive in-state basketball game last year, Iowa forward Zach McCabe was whistled for a charge shortly before scoring the game-tying basket at Northern Iowa. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery and the bench went ballistic, and both McCaffery and an assistant coach were issued technical fouls. Northern Iowa’s Anthony James [...]

IOWA CITY — Eric May, Zach McCabe and Melsahn Basabe have combined for 160 starts in their Iowa careers, yet none of them will open a game for the foreseeable future. The upperclassmen bring tangible qualities to the basketball court — they average a combined 18.3 points and 12.3 rebounds a game. But it’s their intangibles that [...]

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 [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa turned a hopeless first-half situation into a borderline second-half miracle last night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Trailing by 23 points with less than two seconds before halftime, the Hawkeyes rallied with energy on defense and crisp offensive execution to blow past Gardner-Webb 65-56. Iowa (4-0) outscored the Runnin’ Bulldogs (2-3) 47-18 in [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s Zach McCabe moved inside to center last year for the good of his basketball team. This year, he was moved back to forward for the same reason. This time, it’s the right fit. McCabe, a 6-foot-7 junior, started at power forward Friday in the Hawkeyes’ 86-55 win against Texas-Pan American. He [...]

NORTH LIBERTY — Zach McCabe took one for the team last year as a sophomore, and repeatedly took one against himself in the process. McCabe, a 6-foot-7 junior forward on the Iowa basketball team, started 30 games as an out-of-position center last year. He was Iowa’s most physical player in the post, but he often was [...]

EUGENE, Ore. — Zach McCabe embodies toughness with the way he battles in the post. At 6-foot-7, the Iowa sophomore is undersized to play center. He often gives up several inches in height, yet he doesn’t recoil from anyone. “I’m a little bit more stronger than those taller guys,” McCabe said. “I think toughness is something that I [...]

IOWA CITY — The old and the new left the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court together Tuesday night, arm and arm, as they received a deserved rousing ovation. Head coach Fran McCaffery pulled Matt Gatens and Aaron White with just under three seconds to go in Iowa’s 84-75 first-round NIT win over Dayton. As the pair walked [...]

Coach Fran McCaffery and players Zach McCabe and Aaron White discuss Iowa’s first-round National Invitation Tournament win over Dayton.