Lute Olson retires: See Gazette photos of Olson while coach for University of Iowa Hawkeyes October 24, 2008
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Lute Olson was head coach at Iowa from 1974 to 1983.
Iowa forward William Mayfield (#24, left) wears a basketball hoop net around his neck accompanied by Hawkeye head coach Lute Olson following a 95-64 Iowa defeat of Northwestern University in the Fieldhouse in Iowa City Saturday. The (20-8) Hawkeyes tied Michigan State and Purdue for the Big Ten title, but lost to Toledo University, 74-72, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Mayfield ended his four-year collegiate career at Iowa in 1979 with a total of 612 points and 469 rebounds. Photo March 3, 1979. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Iowa basketball coach Lute Olson, here intensely watching the flight of one of his fairway shots, demonstrated Monday that he’s just as popular with Hawkeye fans in the summer as he is in the winter. Olson was cheered loud and often as he made his way around Finkbine Golf Course during the 16th annual Amana VIP. Photo June 28, 1982. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Lute Olson, former University of Iowa basketball coach, is interviewed inside the Field House with his wife, Bobbi, as the team returns to a rally after Iowa won the NCAA Regional Championsips on March 16, 1980. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Lute Olson, former Iowa basketball coach, and his wife, Bobbi, make their way through the crowd at the University of Iowa Field House after winning the NCAA Regional Championships on March 16, 1980. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
Kenny Arnold addresses a large crowd at the University of Iowa Field House after the Hawkeyes earned a berth in the NCAA Regional Championships on March 16, 1980. Steve Waite (left), Kevin Boyle, Lute Olson and Bobbi Olson are in the background. PURCHASE THIS PHOTO
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College basketball’s tallest player in Iowa hospital after partial foot amputation October 20, 2008
Posted by John in Medicine, Sports.Tags: amputations, basketball, College Basketball, iowa, Kenny George, MRSA
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From Chicago Tribune:
Former Chicago Latin star Kenny George, a senior center at UNC Asheville, had part of his right foot amputated, a source confirmed to ESPN.com. The source said the amputation, which occurred three weeks ago, was the result of George’s battle with MRSA …
He has been hospitalized in Iowa since then, the source said, enduring several surgeries and at one time battling for his life. …
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See controversial full-page University of Iowa basketball ads Gazette sports columnist Jim Ecker is writing about September 25, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: basketball, College Basketball, Fighting Illini, Hawkeye Sports, Iowa City (Iowa), Jarryd Cole, Jeff Peterson, Jim Ecker, Ohio State Buckeyes, Rick Klatt, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Iowa Hawkeyes
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Related Jim Ecker columns:
Ad’s dunk didn’t happen, but it’s no mistake, Iowa says
College professors slam Iowa’s basketball ad
From recent Gazette archives:
Click on images to enlarge. ‘SLAM DUNK’ ads published on September 14 and September 18 in Gazette; ‘STEAL’ ad published on September 23.
Recent articles about Mark Phelps, basketball coach replacing Keno Davis at Drake April 21, 2008
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Image via WikipediaFrom Fox Sports:
Drake has hired Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps to replace Keno Davis.According to sources close to the situation, a news conference is expected on Monday. Phelps has spent the last two seasons at Arizona State after …
From East Valley Tribune (Arizona):
After a dozen years with Herb Sendek, Mark Phelps might get his first chance to run a college basketball team.
Phelps, Arizona State’s top assistant, is expected to be named the head coach at Drake early this week, a source familiar with the situation told the Tribune on Sunday.
Phone messages left for Phelps were not immediately returned. …
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Tribune suggests former Iowa coach Steve Alford may be Indiana candidate March 31, 2008
Posted by John in Jobs, Sports.Tags: Basketball Coaches, College Basketball, Indiana University Hoosiers, Steve Alford, University of New Mexico Lobos
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From Chicago Tribune:
Indiana is hoping to unveil its new basketball coach before the Final Four kicks off Saturday in San Antonio, according to a report on ESPN.com. The Web site also reported that Hoosiers athletic director Rick Greenspan is expected to be on the road this weekend to begin interviewing candidates.
According to another site, flightaware.com, a plane left Bloomington’s airport Saturday night for Albuquerque, where Hoosiers icon Steve Alford currently works as the head coach of New Mexico. …
A source with ties to Indiana reports that Alford’s contract with New Mexico does not include a buyout clause, which would make him an attractive candidate. …
Former Linn-Mar star Jason Bohannon featured in article March 22, 2008
Posted by John in Sports.Tags: basketball, College Basketball, Jason Bohannon, Linn-Mar High School, Marion (Iowa), Wisconsin Badgers
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From The Capital Times:
Somebody is always trying to show up Jason Bohannon. …
His name is dirt in Iowa even though Bohannon was a prep superstar at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa, and his dad, Gordy, was a star quarterback for Hayden Fry and the Hawkeyes.
The hatred Iowans have for Bohannon for spurning former coach Steve Alford and the Hawkeyes goes beyond the intense booing and sneering aimed at his direction when the Badgers play at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They even boo his younger brothers Zach and Matt, both of whom played for Linn-Mar this year.
“People will boo them for me going to Wisconsin. Stuff like that,” shrugged Bohannon. …
Drake vs. UCLA, 1969 March 19, 2008
Posted by John in History, Sports.Tags: College Basketball, Drake University Bulldogs, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NCAA Tournament
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From USA Today columnist Mike Lopresti:
This is the legend of an upstart men’s basketball team from Drake. But not the present one.This is about one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history … that almost happened. …
March 1969. UCLA rules the land with a wizard named John Wooden and a 7-foot giant named Lew Alcindor, soon to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. …
And from Wall Street Journal today: After Years Down, Drake Wakes Up.
3/23/2008 UPDATE: Read more about the 1969 game from recently opened Sports Illustrated Vault.
Chicago Tribune: Basketball player charged in Iowa woman’s attack March 14, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Sports.Tags: Charles L. Peden, College Basketball, Cook County Jail (Illinois), Indian Hills Community College, Maywood (Illinois), Ottumwa (Iowa), Wapello County (Iowa)
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From Chicago Tribune:
Iowa authorities have charged a Wilbur Wright College basketball player who was one of several team members under investigation for an alleged sexual attack on a junior college student at an Ottumwa hotel during a basketball tournament in December.
Charles L. Peden, 19, of Maywood was arrested in the western suburb Wednesday on a fugitive warrant from Wapello County, Iowa. He is being held at Cook County Jail and plans to fight extradition to Iowa, Cook County court officials said.
The warrant was issued March 7, according to court records and cites a charge of third-degree sexual abuse. …
The victim told police that she remembered drinking and hanging out with the players, but did not remember having sexual intercourse with any of them.
Tom Davis listed among top 5 retired coaches who never made the Final Four March 12, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, Rankings, Sports.Tags: College Basketball, Keno Davis, Tom Davis
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From USA Today blog. What do you think?
John Chaney, Temple…Pete Carril, Princeton…Lefty Driesell, Maryland…Norm Stewart, Missouri…
Tom Davis, Iowa: Won 598 games coaching at Boston College, Stanford, Iowa and Drake. Got to the Final Eight twice. Turned the Drake program over to his son Keno who this year went 28-4, won the Missouri Valley Conference and is ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Poll.
Minister believes Iowa bears responsibility for 2nd Pierre Pierce assault February 29, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, Crime/Courts, Sports.Tags: College Basketball, NBA, Pierre Pierce, Steve Alford, University of Iowa basketball
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From today’s Chicago Sun-Times:
[Youth minister Albert L.] White, who also coaches a team [Pierre] Pierce plays on, believes Iowa bears responsibility for the second sexual assault.
”We’ve said prayers for the victim, as well,” White said. ”If the first [assault] had been taken care of properly, the second wouldn’t have happened. The college has just as much of the blame. They gave him a slap on the wrist when he deserved a harsher penalty. People protested when he was allowed to come back [to the team] after the first incident, and they should have protested.”
Pierce remains close to Alford, who’s now at New Mexico and who received national criticism for standing by Pierce after the first assault.
”He’s my No. 1, and I’m his,” Pierce said. ”Our relationship has been established since he recruited me.” …
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