http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/teams/iowa_hawkeyes/837 Recent articles about Iowa Hawkeyes en-us Iowa guard Patrick Ingram plans to transfer after just one season with the Hawkeyes. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says Ingram, a native of Indianapolis, has been granted a release from his scholarship after indicating he wants to play closer to home. Ingram fell behind fellow freshmen Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons in a crowded backcourt last season. Gesell and Clemmons both cracked the starting lineup, while Ingram averaged less than a point a game in 19 appearances. The Hawkeyes will also add incoming freshman guard Peter Jok, Iowa's Mr. Basketball in 2013. Tue, 14 May 2013 13:20:26 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowa_g_ingram_to_transfer/13615247 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowa_g_ingram_to_transfer/13615247 Iowa G Ingram to transfer http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/iowa_g_ingram_to_transfer/13615247 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png First, here is the release from the Hawkeyes on their granting a transfer release to Patrick Ingram followed by a few of my thoughts: IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced today that guard Patrick Ingram (6-foot-2, 211 pounds) has asked for and has been granted his release from his scholarship to transfer to another school. “Patrick is a tremendous person who was an integral part of our program last season,” said McCaffery. “Patrick indicated that he wants to be closer to home and we have granted his request. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.” The native of Indianapolis averaged six minutes, 0.9 points and 0.6 rebounds in 19 games off the bench as a freshman last season. Iowa will return 11 letterwinners from a team that went 25-13 and earned NIT runner-up honors, while also adding redshirt freshman forward Kyle Meyer, sophomore swingman Jarrod Uthoff and freshman guard Peter Jok. (end of release) I don’t know th... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:52:42 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ingram_leaving_hawkeyes_program/13614479 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ingram_leaving_hawkeyes_program/13614479 Ingram Leaving Hawkeyes Program http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/ingram_leaving_hawkeyes_program/13614479 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Iowa Hawkeyes NIT run came to an end on Thursday night, as they fell 74-54. It was going to end one way or another, as it was the championship game but the Baylor Bears used a 14-4 spurt early in the second half after Iowa had cut their lead to 28-27 and the Hawkeyes could not come back. Iowa picked a bad night to have it’s worst shooting night of the year and while Baylor blocked a great number of shots, the Hawkeyes wounds were mostly self inflicted. Iowa’s biggest problems in the second half was the number of shots they missed inside four feet and it wasn’t just one player. There was one sequence where Adam Woodbury, Melsahn Basabe and Aaron White missed consecutive shots on the same possession. That helped pad the offensive rebounding stat category but did nothing for the scoreboard. Iowa had 15 offensive rebounds with 6:02 to play and had scored just five second chance points at that time. Rebounding your own close in misses and then missing the next one, and the next... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:37:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rotten_apple_hawkeyes_fall_in_nit_final/13320469 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rotten_apple_hawkeyes_fall_in_nit_final/13320469 Rotten Apple: Hawkeyes Fall in NIT Final http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/rotten_apple_hawkeyes_fall_in_nit_final/13320469 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Iowa beat Virginia 75-64 on Wednesday night to advance to the NIT semifinals for the first time in school history. Iowa will meet second-seeded Maryland on Tuesday, April 2, in Madison Square Garden. Devyn Marble turned in his third-straight scintillating performance, scoring 24 points, dishing out five assists, recording three steals and three boards with just two turnovers. That matches his 24 points from Iowa’s win against Stony Brook and the 28 he put up in Iowa’s first NIT game against Indiana State. When you toss in his NIT game against Oregon last year, he has scored 107 points in NIT games in his career, or 9.6% of the 1,107 career points he has scored as a Hawkeye. He now has 527 points during this junior year in 35 games played, bettering the 522 scored by his father Roy during his junior year. Since moving over to the poing guard position nine games ago for the injured Mike Gesell, Marble has averaged 18.6 points per game and has grabbed 37 rebounds and dished out 34... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:30:36 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_headed_to_nit_final_four/13252132 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_headed_to_nit_final_four/13252132 Hawkeyes Headed to NIT Final Four http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_headed_to_nit_final_four/13252132 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Iowa Hawkeyes won their second straight NIT game on Friday night in front of another sold out house, beating Stony Brook 75-63. Iowa fans need to take a bow for such an amazing turnout and Devyn Marble put on a show. The junior followed up his 24-point effort from Wednesday night with a 28-point outburst against Stony Brook, including five assists and just one turnover as he logged most of the point guard minutes. This who point guard thing seems to suit Marble well, just like it did last year. Marble has 52 points so far in the NIT, 11 assists and just one turnover. Aaron White scored 13 points and had seven rebounds while Zach McCabe and Melsahn Basabe scored eight points apiece. Both teams entered the contest ranked highly in the nation in defense, but this game had an offensive flair from the outset as the Hawkeyes led 17-11 at the first TV timeout of the game. Iowa made 26 field goals on the night and had an assist on 20 of them, shooting just over 47% from the floor. ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:53:03 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_n_i_terrific_top_stony_brook/13212676 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_n_i_terrific_top_stony_brook/13212676 Hawkeyes N-I-Terrific, Top Stony Brook http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_n_i_terrific_top_stony_brook/13212676 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Iowa Hawkeyes might have felt as if they belonged in the NCAA tournament this year and witnessed their bubble burst on Sunday.  Perhaps that was the reason for Iowa’s slow start, but they led by one at the half and while they started slow in the second half, Zach McCabe scored eight straight and the Hawkeyes would win 68-52. Former Iowa Assistant and Harlan, Iowa native Greg Lansing returned to Carver Hawkeye, this time as the Sycamores head coach and his team jumped out to an early lead on back to back treys to open the game but both teams offenses ground to a halt.  Iowa would regroup and hit 7 of 10 shots to end the half including alley oops from Devyn Marble to Gabe Olaseni and Aaron White and Iowa led 31-30. In the second half, the Hawkeyes would hit a few threes and Devyn Marble was very active on the defensive end as he put together his best all around game of the season. He led Iowa in scoring with 24 points, led with six assists, led with four steals and had five reboun... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:22:49 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_roll_in_nit_opener/13194325 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_roll_in_nit_opener/13194325 Hawkeyes Roll in NIT Opener http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_roll_in_nit_opener/13194325 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png It has been a rough night for Keith Appling and the Michigan St Spartans against Iowa in their quarterfinals matchup. But Appling sparked the Spartans with this posterization of Iowa’s Melsahn Basabe H/T BTN Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:29:30 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_keith_appling_posterizes_melsahn_basabe/13154842 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_keith_appling_posterizes_melsahn_basabe/13154842 Video: Keith Appling posterizes Melsahn Basabe http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/video_keith_appling_posterizes_melsahn_basabe/13154842 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/4/b4cd518937487e86fd8cef1e30f8b6f446fbde73/mini/6924130.jpg Plenty o Hoops for a Tuesday morning Hawkeyes Mashup Fran McCaffery said on his Monday night radio show as well as a conference call on Monday that Mike Gesell would return to the floor for Iowa on Thursday when the Hawkeyes take on Northwestern at the Big Ten Tournament. Gesell has missed Iowa’s last four games with a stress reaction injury in his foot.  Iowa went 3-1 in those games, losing at Indiana.  Devyn Marble played the point in his absence, something he did quite a lot of last season and did it well.  McCaffery can use Gesell at the one or the two guard position and I suspect he will use him mostly in the latter and leave Marble at the point for the remainder of this season. Gesell was Iowa’s best three-point shooter in Big Ten play as it relates to percentage and in my opinion he has the best stroke on the team.  His return would certainly be a welcomed addition and at a time when Iowa is going to need all the depth they can get in a setting where there are no days off and... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:54:55 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_gesell_to_return_jok_is_crowned/13118173 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_gesell_to_return_jok_is_crowned/13118173 Hawkeyes: Gesell to Return, Jok is Crowned http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_gesell_to_return_jok_is_crowned/13118173 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Iowa Hawkeyes need to do work in order to gain entry in this year’s NCAA tournament.  They can crash the party by winning four games in four days or pull an upset and hope that’s enough. Iowa will play Northwestern on Thursday, March 14th at approximately 8pm, the last game of the day.  If they win, they will face third seed Michigan State on Friday around 8pm. Iowa beat Northwestern two times this season.  A 70-50 affair in Evanston and a 71-57 win at Carver Hawkeye Arena.  While Northwestern is seeded 11th, they lost to 12th seeded Penn State last week in Evanston. In my opinion, Northwestern is the worst team in the Big Ten. Iowa won’t get much, if any RPI boost from beating Northwestern so the Hawkeyes will need to beat NW and then Michigan State if they have any real chance of pulling an at large bid. Fran McCaffery sounded optimistic on Saturday related to the availability of point guard Mike Gesell for the Big Ten Tourney.  Gesell has been out of action since Iowa’s late ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:38:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_big_ten_tournament_path_set/13105051 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_big_ten_tournament_path_set/13105051 Hawkeyes: Big Ten Tournament Path Set http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_big_ten_tournament_path_set/13105051 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Hawkeyes Coach Fran McCaffery talks Eric May’s final home game, Mike Gesell’s health and NCAA bubble chatter in this transcript Q.  A lot of milestones that could be met tomorrow.  In your own milestone, have you had a chance to reflect on your own  milestones (300 wins)? COACH McCAFFERY:  I don’t think about that.  I would think more about team accomplishments, one of my player’s accomplishments.  I think that would be awesome for Dev and for Roy. It would be a great accomplishment for this team to say we won 20 games, but at the same time you really don’t want to celebrate that too much because it’s just the next step in the journey and we got a long way to go this year. It’s not something we really talk about very much. Q.  How about Eric making his last regularseason game here? COACH McCAFFERY:  For him, in light of how incredible he’s been for us, it would be great for him to be on a team that accomplished things and know that he was a captain of that team, an integral part of tha Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:06:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_mccaffery_talks_season_finale_bubble/13088839 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_mccaffery_talks_season_finale_bubble/13088839 Hawkeyes: McCaffery Talks Season Finale, Bubble http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_mccaffery_talks_season_finale_bubble/13088839 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Iowa lost to Nebraska 64-60 on Saturday after leading the Cornhuskers by 19 points late in the first half. How late? It was 41-22 Iowa until Nebraska hit a shot with :24 seconds left. Iowa could not afford a loss to 3-10 Nebraska. They could really ill-afford any losses other than to Indiana down the stretch if it wanted to make the NCAA tournament as an at large team. They did, so that dream is likely over, barring a miracle win at #1 Indiana on March 2nd. That said, you sort of felt it was coming, or at least I thought it was very possible, up until Iowa built that 19 point lead. When I projected the rest of the Big Ten schedule on Friday afternoon, I had Iowa finishing the year at 9-9 which meant a 3-2 finsih the rest of the regular season. I didn’t outright say they’d lose to Nebraska; I was just as worried about the Purdue game at home given the matchup. I thought it would be the game at Nebraska or the Purdue game. Let’s hope it’s not both. Still, the 19 point lead? An... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:11:23 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_lose_more_than_a_game/12977983 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_lose_more_than_a_game/12977983 Hawkeyes Lose More than a Game http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_lose_more_than_a_game/12977983 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Winning on the road in the B1G is no easy feat this year, and neither is ducking a thrown shoe. But Iowa and head coach Fran McCaffrey were able to do both while visiting Northwestern, as the Hawkeyes rolled to a 70-50 win in Evanston. Alex Marcotullio of the Wildcats had lost his shoe at the foul line extension, and Aaron White of the Iowa had the prescense to toss it off the court. It just happened to be a dart at his coach’s head. But McCaffrey ducked the fly footwear with the quickness. (Insert Austin Powers joke here) H/T BTN.com Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:00:43 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_fran_mccaffrey_avoids_flying_footwear_in_iowa_win/12654697 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_fran_mccaffrey_avoids_flying_footwear_in_iowa_win/12654697 Video: Fran McCaffrey avoids flying footwear in Iowa win http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/video_fran_mccaffrey_avoids_flying_footwear_in_iowa_win/12654697 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Normally after March it's all quite on the Badgers basketball front, well, minus recruiting stuff of course. But, the point is that normally we aren't talking much about the current makeup of the roster because it's not changing. In 2012 Bo Ryan had something happen that only has occurred one other time in his entire career - a player went through with a transfer from Wisconsin.  Before we go any further don't forget to check out another transfer story, the saga that was Danny O'Brien, which came in No. 10 on our Badgers 2012 Year in Review.  Today, we explore one of the strangest and most insane stories to happen around Wisconsin basketball in quite some time as No. 9 on our list is the transfer saga of Jarrod Uthoff.  What happened: April 12, 2012... It's a date that probably doesn't mean much to the normal human being, but if you are a hardcore Badgers fan it's a day that won't be soon forgotten, because it's the day that a re... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:20:16 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/badgers_2012_year_in_review_no_9_jarrod_uthoff_transfers_to_iowa/12480625 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/badgers_2012_year_in_review_no_9_jarrod_uthoff_transfers_to_iowa/12480625 Badgers 2012 Year in Review: No. 9 - Jarrod Uthoff transfers to Iowa http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/badgers_2012_year_in_review_no_9_jarrod_uthoff_transfers_to_iowa/12480625 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The opening game of the Big 10 Tournament foreshadowed what promises to be a tremendous tournament. The Iowa Hawkeyes took over in the 2nd half behind Senior Matt Gatens and Freshman Aaron White and brought down the reeling Illinois Fighting Illini 64-61. Matt Gatens Illinois had lost 11 of their last 13 games coming into the tournament and simply didn’t have enough to knock off the determined Hawkeyes. Fran McCaffery’s team wore out the Illini with their up tempo offense, worked their tails off on the offensive glass, and just had a little bit more in the tank when it counted most. A few missed free throws down the wire by Devyn Marble and White nearly cost the Hawkeyes the game. The win by the Hawkeyes breaks a 7-game losing streak against Illinois. Matt Gatens topped the scoring list with 20 points on 7-12 shooting as he remains red-hot down the stretch. The inspired play of White may have been the difference for the Hawkeyes though. The big, savvy freshman worked his way to 13 p... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:24:15 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/big_ten_tournament_iowa_overcomes_illinois_64_61/10259869 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/big_ten_tournament_iowa_overcomes_illinois_64_61/10259869 Big Ten Tournament: Iowa overcomes Illinois, 64-61 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/big_ten_tournament_iowa_overcomes_illinois_64_61/10259869 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/3/53db7de0b7158a114ac2480805bd2accd42b8b43/mini/3d.jpg IOWA CITY, Iowa The last player striding into the Iowa locker room Thursday night was the first player an entire team eagerly wanted to greet. When Matt Gatens finally found his way inside after wading through a mass of student court-stormers, his teammates collectively hoisted him over their shoulders, drowning the room with cheers to celebrate his performance. It was a fitting parallel on a night in which Gatens carried the Hawkeyes on his own broad shoulders for 40 minutes with a shooting display for the ages. Gatens, the Hawkeyes' senior captain, drilled seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points to light a flame under his team, as Iowa staved off No. 16 Wisconsin 67-66 in Carver Hawkeye-Arena on a night dubbed "Matt Gatens Bobblehead Night."He didn't need the bobbleheads, handed out to the first 2,000 fans, to serve as extra incentive. The Iowa City native, playing just a few miles from home, is attempting to will his team to a postseason tournament of some kind for the first Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:51:02 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowas_gatens_an_unsung_hero_in_big_ten/10089502 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowas_gatens_an_unsung_hero_in_big_ten/10089502 Iowa's Gatens an unsung hero in Big Ten http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/iowas_gatens_an_unsung_hero_in_big_ten/10089502 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/3/53cf0cdcc837f67f1f5188e3e6ceac49a03fdc61/mini/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_MAR_04e7.jpg Iowa senior Matt Gatens has often been viewed as the steady though unspectacular leader of a rebuilding Hawkeyes program. Gatens finally showed how spectacular he can be against No. 18 Indiana on Sunday, burying the Hoosiers with a remarkable second-half shooting display. Gatens scored a career-high 30 points and the Hawkeyes beat Indiana 78-66 on Sunday, snapping the Hoosiers' three-game winning streak. Melsahn Basabe had 13 points and five blocks for the Hawkeyes (14-13, 6-8 Big Ten), who beat the Hoosiers in Iowa City for the seventh time in eight tries. Iowa jumped out to an 11-point halftime lead and pushed it to 52-33 midway through the second half. Indiana closed to 10, but Gatens responded with four crucial 3s to guide the Hawkeyes to the easy victory. ''Gatens, who was the most determined player on the floor in my opinion the whole day anyway, just took it to another level,'' Indiana coach Tom Crean said. ''When he hit those shots, we just couldn't overcome it.&#3 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:13:34 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_gatens_scores_career_high_30/10010146 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/hawkeyes_gatens_scores_career_high_30/10010146 Hawkeyes' Gatens scores career-high 30 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/hawkeyes_gatens_scores_career_high_30/10010146 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/3/53db7de0b7158a114ac2480805bd2accd42b8b43/mini/3d.jpg Iowa has a basketball team that has struggled to find victories these last couple of years. On Tuesday night Iowa didn’t add to their win total losing 95-61 against Michigan State, but did provide us with this   excellent highlight. During the second half of the blowout, Iowa’s head coach fran McCaffery did something we haven’t seen for twenty seven years by hurdling one of the chairs. Obviously angry at his teams lack of effort and performance, coach McCaffery took out his angry in the form of chair slamming. It turns out that the chair that McCaffery’s chair tossed left a mark on the floor of the Breslin Center. Atleast Iowa will be remember this year for something basketball related.   Pic via  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:46:27 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowas_fran_mccaffery_pulls_a_bobby_knight_throwing_chair/9262961 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/iowas_fran_mccaffery_pulls_a_bobby_knight_throwing_chair/9262961 Video: Iowa coach throws chair http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/iowas_fran_mccaffery_pulls_a_bobby_knight_throwing_chair/9262961 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/1/f1106099dc68602b4dbcf4e4385dd451e9f02655/mini/chair.jpg