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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. 2, 2023 2:19 pm51d ago
Illinois’ Orange Krush organization got a hold of 200 tickets for Saturday’s men’s basketball clash in Iowa City, but then the tickets were invalidated.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 1, 2023 3:37 pm52d ago
Payton Sandfort made a 3-pointer and three free throws with 3:36 left and matched teammate Filip Rebraca’s 20 points in Iowa’s 86-70 win over Northwestern.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 31, 2023 11:43 am53d ago
The Northwestern Wildcats bring a 6-3 Big Ten record to Iowa on Tuesday. A win would move the 5-5 Hawkeyes within a game of second place.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 31, 2023 11:45 am53d ago
How to watch Tuesday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Northwestern. The Hawkeyes seek their ninth-straight win against the Wildcats and a climb above .500 in the Big Ten.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 30, 2023 5:02 pm54d ago
Iowa junior Patrick McCaffery returned after sitting out six games, and was cheered loudly even before he sank three 3-pointers.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 30, 2023 5:04 pm54d ago
Iowa shot 3-pointers and free throws with efficiency in a 93-82 victory over a Rutgers team that had allowed 57 points per game.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2023 8:26 pm56d ago
Iowa had four iron men in a tough loss at Michigan State Thursday.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2023 8:27 pm56d ago
How to watch Sunday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Rutgers. It’s a Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and the Scarlet Knights are two games in front of the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten standings.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 27, 2023 1:21 pm57d ago
It was 2001, and the nation found out the truth from Steve Alford. I was from freakin’ Iowa.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 27, 2023 9:50 am57d ago
Michigan State eked out a 63-61 win over Iowa after Payton Sandfort missed two 3-pointers in the last five seconds.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 26, 2023 9:38 am58d ago
Spartans, in unfamiliar role of being unranked and just another face in middle of Big Ten standings, host Iowa Thursday
Iowa Basketball Jan. 26, 2023 12:32 pm58d ago
How to watch Thursday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Michigan State, plus five facts to know about the matchup.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 24, 2023 4:49 pm60d ago
Iowa junior has 8 triple-doubles in her career, topped by just two others in women’s college basketball history
Sports Jan. 21, 2023 8:58 pm63d ago
If you have bingo cards for all situations, you’re a silly person
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2023 4:50 pm63d ago
Ohio State shot 64.7 percent in the second half and pulled away for 93-77 win to end Iowa’s 4-game win streak.