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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..
Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 10, 2021 9:57 pm
IOWA CITY – The Iowa men’s basketball team woke up with a big cup of Joe. Joe Wieskamp gave the …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 9, 2021 5:22 pm
First, the substance. The spice comes a little later into this article. As of Tuesday afternoon, it appeared CJ Fredrick …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 9, 2021 1:33 pm
What: No. 25 Rutgers (11-6, 7-6 Big Ten) at No. 15 Iowa (13-6, 7-5) in men’s basketball: When/where: Wednesday, 6:30 …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 7, 2021 3:26 pm
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Iowa lost for the second time in 17 days to Indiana, a middle-of-the-pack Big Ten men’s basketball …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 6, 2021 1:26 pm
What: No. 8 Iowa (13-5, 7-4 Big Ten) at Indiana (9-8, 4-6) in men’s basketball When/where: Sunday, 11:07 a.m. (CT), …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 5, 2021 2:09 pm
KenPom.com is a sacred website to many men’s college basketball followers, with Ken Pomeroy’s rankings cited by many as gospel. …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 4, 2021 11:21 am
What: No. 7 Ohio State (14-4, 8-4 Big Ten) at No. 8 Iowa (13-4, 7-3) in men’s basketball When/where: 6:01 …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 3, 2021 2:59 pm
Iowa is at the midway point of its Big Ten men’s basketball schedule, with the main question about the team …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 2, 2021 9:33 pm
IOWA CITY – There’s no substitute for winning, and there would have been no winning without the substitutes. The No. …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 2, 2021 9:59 am
What: Michigan State (8-6, 2-6 Big Ten) at No. 8 Iowa (12-4, 6-3) in men’s basketball When/where: 6:07 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 1, 2021 4:48 pm
This just doesn’t look right. Michigan State is 2-6 in Big Ten men’s basketball. In league play, MSU is the …
Hawkeye Basketball Feb. 1, 2021 11:10 am
Iowa remained in the top 10 of Associated Press’ men’s basketball Top 25 Monday despite losing a second-straight game. The Hawkeyes are No. …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 30, 2021 9:42 am
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fran McCaffery was sarcastic and feisty after his Iowa men’s basketball endured a tough 80-75 loss to …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 29, 2021 10:41 pm
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A racehorse basketball game with 22 lead changes turned on a changed officiating call that was horse-something …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 29, 2021 10:36 am
What: No. 7 Iowa (12-3, 6-2 Big Ten) at No. 19 Illinois (10-5, 6-3) in men’s basketball When/where: 8 p.m., …