Mike Hlas

IOWA CITY — In the words of Joe Cocker, I can stand a little rain. Snow, not so much. On …

You missed a great basketball game. The Cyclones beat the Cowboys in three overtimes, 98-97.

The first half of the Big Ten’s men’s basketball season can be summed up this way: Iowa won at third-ranked …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With all the chaos and carnage in Big Ten basketball over the last week, Iowa’s rocket ride …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — State Farm Center is kind of cold tonight.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The only “must-wins” are wars. That said, Iowa really needs to beat Illinois tonight here in men’s …

I can never tell when I drift from Champaign into Urbana and vice versa. It’s probably how strangers feel about …

I covered the New England-St. Louis Super Bowl in New Orleans 12 years ago. Little did we know it was …

We’re talking Big Ten basketball on the Mike Hlas Podcast with basketball analyst Jim Jackson of the Big Ten Network …

Wednesday night was a faith-shaker for those who think the Big Ten has the best basketball conference in the country. …

(This post was written before an insane Wednesday night in the Big Ten. Heavy underdog Penn State won at Ohio …

IOWA CITY – That’s why they’re Michigan State and Iowa isn’t. Not yet. The Spartans men’s basketball team gave a …

The weather is warming. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Now, on with the Fun Facts: 1. Iowa …

In mid-November at a big-deal college basketball doubleheader in Chicago, Michigan State beat Kentucky. The nation’s preseason No. 2 team …

One wonders if Michigan State’s basketball team will enter Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a fife and drum Tuesday. The Big Ten’s …