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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. 26, 2022 4:09 pm
Iowa has locked up a 20-win season and is headed to the NCAA tournament after losing a lot of major talent. Fran McCaffery is doing Big Ten Coach of the Year-type work.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 25, 2022 10:20 pm
Iowa improved to 10-7 in the Big Ten, got its sixth win in its last seven games and snapped a 4-game losing streak at Pinnacle Bank Arena with an 88-78 win over Nebraska.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 25, 2022 9:52 am
How to watch and what to know about Friday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Nebraska. The Hawkeyes seek their 20th win of the season against a Huskers team with 20 defeats.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 24, 2022 2:33 pm
Nebraska has been a most-unfriendly place to Iowa in its last four visits, and it didn’t matter if the Huskers were good or something less than that.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 23, 2022 10:56 am
Iowa mauled Michigan State in Carver, 86-60. Keegan Murray scored 28 points and drew big accolades from Hall of Famer Tom Izzo, but the Hawkeyes’ 10-man rotation is getting things done.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2022 9:32 pm
Iowa men’s basketball started fast and then went faster in earning its third-straight win vs. Michigan State and improving to 9-7 in the Big Ten.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2022 8:00 pm
Luka Garza, Iowa’s all-time leading men’s basketball scorer, had his No. 55 retired in a halftime ceremony that also celebrated Chuck Darling, Roy Marble and Murray Wier.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2022 10:52 am
Iowa men’s basketball will try to bump off Michigan State after a halftime ceremony celebrating Luka Garza, Chuck Darling, Roy Marble and Murray Wier.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2022 10:50 am
Iowa men’s basketball seeks its third win over Michigan State since last February. Here is how to watch and what to know about Tuesday’s game.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 22, 2022 10:44 am
Iowa is 25th in this week’s Associated Press men’s basketball poll after Saturday’s win at Ohio State.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 19, 2022 7:34 pm
Iowa men’s basketball out-rebounded No. 18 Ohio State by nine, and double- and triple-teamed OSU star E.J. Liddell out of his comfort zone in a 75-62 win.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 18, 2022 11:03 am
Iowa must bounce back from its home loss to Michigan Thursday to compete against 18th-ranked Ohio State and E.J. Liddell.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 19, 2022 12:35 pm
The winner of Saturday’s Iowa-Ohio State men’s basketball game takes the lead in their all-time series, not to mention a step toward improving its status in the Big Ten standings.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 18, 2022 9:37 am
Iowa almost chopped all of a 12-point deficit, but dropped to 7-7 in the Big Ten.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2022 9:40 pm
Michigan and Iowa are tied in the Big Ten men’s basketball standings after being a long way apart in preseason projections.