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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. 8, 2022 9:26 am1366d ago
Iowa men’s basketball halted a two-game losing streak with a big second half and a 71-59 win over Minnesota.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 8, 2022 6:04 pm1365d ago
Iowa men’s basketball improved to 5-6 in Big Ten after a big Keegan Murray game against Minnesota.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 5, 2022 4:56 pm1369d ago
If Iowa men’s basketball doesn’t improve on recent shooting, it can lose to anyone. Will Sunday’s lineup be shuffled against Minnesota?
Iowa Basketball Feb. 5, 2022 10:56 pm1368d ago
Iowa men’s basketball tries to snap a two-game losing streak against a Minnesota team the Hawkeyes beat on the road.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 4, 2022 1:01 pm1370d ago
Iowa men’s basketball acting head coach Billy Taylor has been a head coach for more than a game or two. He goes back a ways with Fran McCaffery, who is out for Sunday’s game because of COVID-19.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 4, 2022 11:17 am1370d ago
Jack Nunge, a 7-foot transfer from Iowa leads No. 21 Xavier in scoring, and has given the program more than that.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 4, 2022 11:04 am1370d ago
The Big Ten says Iowa and Ohio State will work with the conference to reschedule Thursday’s postponed men’s basketball game, but their schedules are already compressed.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 2, 2022 2:13 pm1372d ago
Iowa is shooting just 35.2 percent over last four games, three of them losses
Iowa Basketball Feb. 1, 2022 12:40 pm1373d ago
End-of-regulation magic didn’t carry into the OTs for Iowa, and Connor McCaffery had a shoulder injury
Iowa Basketball Jan. 31, 2022 8:45 pm1373d ago
Murray’s miracle forces OT, but Penn State wins, 90-86
Iowa Basketball Jan. 31, 2022 4:56 pm1374d ago
Iowa men’s basketball starts an Eastern swing by trying to repeat its Jan. 22 home win over the Penn State, and the result of that game has no bearing on this one.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 31, 2022 8:38 am1374d ago
Didn’t we just see an Iowa-Penn State men’s basketball matchup? Why yes, we did. But this time it’s in State College, where the Nittany Lions haven’t played in 20 days and Iowa hasn’t in three years.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2022 9:40 am1377d ago
No. 6 Purdue led for all but the game’s first 19 seconds and survived a second-half rally sparked by Iowa’s Murray twins.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 28, 2022 9:37 am1377d ago
Purdue led for all but the first 19 seconds and withstood Iowa’s second-half comeback to pull away for a regular-season series sweep of the Hawkeyes.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 27, 2022 10:02 pm1377d ago
Potential NBA lottery pick Jaden Ivey and No. 6 Purdue pose a big challenge and a big opportunity for Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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