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Mike Hlas
I am the sports columnist and Iowa men’s basketball beat writer for The Gazette. I have been at The Gazette since well before TheGazette.com was a thing, but not as long as Charles Grassley has been a U.S. Senator. I have dined with kings and queens, and I have dined on pork and beans. Oh, only the pork and beans part of that is true. I am the most unaffectedly personal columnist in Iowa, and perhaps the world. To verify that, please contact my representation.
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Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2020 4:22 pm2090d ago
MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing about the moment suggested a comeback victory was coming. The Iowa men’s basketball team had just fallen …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2020 10:31 am2090d ago
Is Big Ten men’s basketball as good as so many people would have you believe? Yes. Are Big Ten teams …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2020 10:30 am2090d ago
What: No. 21 Iowa (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) at Minnesota (12-11, 6-7) When/where: Noon, Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn. TV: FS1 …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 13, 2020 11:09 pm2092d ago
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — ‘This is the state of basketball,’ says the narrator in the pregame video introducing the Indiana men’s …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 13, 2020 3:38 pm2093d ago
What: No. 21 Iowa (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) at Indiana (15-8, 5-7) When/where: 7:07 p.m. (CT), Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind. …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 12, 2020 5:12 pm2094d ago
Junior forward Riley Till has played 32 minutes in Big Ten men’s basketball games this season for Iowa. Fellow frontcourt …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 12, 2020 12:37 pm2094d ago
The University of Iowa’s last Associated Press first-team All-America men’s basketball player was someone you never saw play. Unless you’re …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 11, 2020 3:53 pm2095d ago
Joe Wieskamp was a 30-point game waiting to happen for the Iowa men’s basketball team, and the sophomore accomplished that …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 10, 2020 11:41 am2096d ago
Size matters. The disparity in the point totals of Iowa and Purdue last Wednesday cost the Hawkeyes four spots in …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 8, 2020 9:22 pm2098d ago
IOWA CITY — You know who enjoyed Iowa’s 104-68 men’s basketball loss at Purdue on Wednesday as little as the …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 8, 2020 11:21 am2098d ago
What: Nebraska (2-9 Big Ten, 7-15 overall) at No. 17 Iowa (7-5, 16-7) in men’s basketball When/where: 5:07 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 7, 2020 4:20 pm2099d ago
IOWA CITY — This looks like less than an inopportune time for Nebraska to come to Iowa for a men’s …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 5, 2020 9:42 pm2101d ago
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Somewhere, maybe Rick Mount was smiling. Fifty Februarys ago in a college basketball time before 3-pointers …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 5, 2020 9:39 am2101d ago
What: No. 17 Iowa (7-4 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) at Purdue (5-6, 12-10) When/where: Wednesday at 6:01 p.m. (CT), Mackey …
Iowa Basketball Feb. 4, 2020 2:35 pm2102d ago
There’s only so much oxygen to go around when it comes to publicity for a basketball team, and Iowa’s Luka …

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