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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 Jan. 30, 2023 5:02 pm121d 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 pm121d 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 pm123d ago
Iowa had four iron men in a tough loss at Michigan State Thursday.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2023 8:27 pm123d 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 pm125d 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 am125d 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 am126d 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 pm126d 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 pm127d 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 pm130d ago
If you have bingo cards for all situations, you’re a silly person
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2023 4:50 pm130d 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.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2023 12:12 pm131d ago
Iowa faces an Ohio State team that has lost five straight, but still ranks above the Hawkeyes in the NET.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2023 11:42 am131d ago
Former Hawkeye Keegan Murray posted 29 points and 14 rebounds in the Sacramento Kings’ sixth-straight win Friday.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 21, 2023 11:50 am131d ago
How to watch Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Ohio State. The Hawkeyes are trying for their fifth-straight win and to square up the all-time series against the Buckeyes.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 19, 2023 5:40 pm132d ago
Kris Murray is on pace to give Iowa men’s basketball a 20-point-per-game scorer for the fourth-straight year.