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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 Mar. 22, 2019 6:19 pm2366d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s not an exaggeration. This was the best and most meaningful win a Fran McCaffery-coached team has …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 22, 2019 5:30 pm2366d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For much of the first half Friday in the NCAA Tournament, it felt like the Iowa men’s …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 21, 2019 9:13 pm2367d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Connor McCaffery guarantees his Iowa team will be playing Sunday. No, the redshirt freshman son of Hawkeyes …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 21, 2019 2:51 pm2367d ago
COLUMBUS. Ohio — Iowa got an immediate debriefing on its first-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament opponent from one of its …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 21, 2019 1:24 pm2367d ago
What: Iowa (22-11) vs. No. 24 Cincinnati (28-6) When/where: 11:15 a.m. (CT), Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio TV: CBS (Brian Anderson, …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 20, 2019 12:32 pm2368d ago
This is the week that matters most in Division I men’s basketball if you’re from a major conference. If you …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 17, 2019 8:53 pm2371d ago
IOWA CITY — Not as high as UCF, VCU or Wofford. But high enough to be in and not out, …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 17, 2019 10:50 pm2371d ago
Iowa will face Cincinnati in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Hawkeyes (22-11) are the No. …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 16, 2019 10:11 pm2372d ago
CHICAGO — Two days at the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, two starkly different days at the United Center for …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 16, 2019 12:07 am2373d ago
CHICAGO — Take away 3-point shots, and Friday’s Iowa-Michigan Big Ten men’s basketball tournament quarterfinal would have been a nail-biter. …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 15, 2019 11:23 am2373d ago
What: Iowa (22-10) vs. No. 11 Michigan (26-5) When/where: 8:30 p.m. (approximately), United Center, Chicago TV: BTN (Brian Anderson, Bill …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 15, 2019 2:24 am2373d ago
CHICAGO — The Iowa men’s basketball team had to wake up Thursday morning focused on what was in front of them, …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 14, 2019 11:59 pm2374d ago
CHICAGO — It will be a Friday at the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, and Iowa will be one of …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 14, 2019 11:21 am2374d ago
IOWA CITY — There is proof Iowa has participated in the last five Big Ten men’s basketball tournaments, but not …
Iowa Basketball Mar. 14, 2019 11:36 am2374d ago
What: Iowa (21-10) vs. Illinois (12-20) When/where: 8:30 p.m. (approximately), United Center, Chicago TV: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Jon Crispin) Live …