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Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

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Past articles by Mike:

Bruce Pearl to NCAA tournament foe Iowa: “I’ve changed all the play-calls”

Iowa assistant coach Matt Gatens, you see, was on Pearl’s Auburn staff four years ago. The Hawkeyes play Pearl’s Tigers Thursday in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. → Read More

Hawkeye men to play Bruce Pearl’s Auburn team in NCAA tournament

Iowa is No. 8 seed in Midwest Region, plays Thursday in Birmingham. Which is close to Auburn. → Read More

Iowa-Auburn men’s NCAA basketball tourney glance: Day/time/TV/other info

Hawkeyes and Tigers have never met. Not even briefly. → Read More

Wildly different Selection Sunday expectations for Hawkeye women, men

Today’s brackets should clear a path to the Sweet 16 for the Iowa women and present a diifficult one for the men. → Read More

Hawkeyes have bummer of a scrum, bounce out of Big Ten men’s tourney early

A 73-69 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament sends Iowa home to get ample time to reboot for a first-round NCAA tourney game next week. → Read More

Iowa vs. Ohio State in Big Ten men’s basketball tournament: Time, TV, live stream, 5 facts

How to watch Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes play the 13th-seed Buckeyes for a spot in Friday’s quarterfinals against Michigan State. → Read More

Iowa’s Kris Murray is first-team men’s basketball All-Big Ten

Iowa junior Kris Murray was named first-team All-Big Ten by both the league’s media and coaches. Filip Rebraca was a third-team pick of media. → Read More

Another unsettling settlement, courtesy of the University of Iowa’s athletic department

When I hear I have to join you Iowans in kicking in to help pay roughly half of a $4.2 million settlement to end a discrimination lawsuit brought by former Hawkeye football players against the University of Iowa, that doesn’t sit well. Especially when we’ve heard over and over about the self-sufficiency of the UI’s athletic department. → Read More

Hawkeye men’s home farewell wrecked by hot-shooting Huskers

Iowa dominated most of the stats in an 81-77 to Nebraska loss except for a big one: Shooting. → Read More

Hawkeyes start Big Ten men’s basketball tournament play Thursday vs. Ohio State or Wisconsin

Iowa misses out on double-bye by losing Sunday, and Northwestern beating Rutgers → Read More

Sixty ways for Iowa men to be Big Ten’s No. 2 seed, but just one way: Win today

If the Iowa men’s basketball team beats Nebraska at Carver, the Hawkeyes have a double-bye to Friday’s Big Ten tournament quarterfinals and probable No. 2 seed,. → Read More

Connor McCaffery, Kris Murray, Filip Rebraca: Hawkeyes’ 3-headed MVP

It’s the last home game for a trio of Iowa men’s basketball players who have been stalwarts for a team vying for a tie for second place in the Big Ten. → Read More

Nebraska-Iowa men’s basketball glance: Time/TV/other info

How to watch Sunday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes can secure a fifth-straight 20-win season with a victory over the Huskers. → Read More

Indiana Coach Mike Woodson: Hawkeyes “just came in here and kicked our ass”

The Hawkeyes are entering March like lions after devouring the 15th-ranked Hoosiers, 90-68. → Read More

Hawkeye men roar into March like lions after devouring 15th-ranked Indiana, 90-68

Iowa's shooting was flaming hot, and its offense in general was surgical in a 90-68 rout of Indiana. → Read More

Saturday men’s basketball sensations Iowa and Indiana start over tonight

Tough duty for Hawkeyes when they face Trayce Jackson-Davis and Hoosiers. → Read More

A better staredown than Fran McCaffery’s? Here’s a contender from an MLB game in 2005

Frank Robinson and an umpire had a pretty good staredown. But better than Fran McCaffery’s? → Read More

Iowa-No. 15 Indiana men’s basketball glance: Time/TV/other info

How to watch Tuesday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Indiana. The Hawkeyes are seeking a fourth-straight victory over the Hoosiers. → Read More

Caitlin Clark has one more season left at Iowa and maybe

Iowa star tells Dan Patrick she hasn’t ruled out a fifth season as a Hawkeye. → Read More

Some Iowa fans left Carver or their TVs early Saturday, and they have regrets

Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball team was down by 11 points with a minute left before beating Michigan State in overtime. → Read More