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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Men’s hoops faces Idaho State Saturday

IAN MARTIN December 3, 2010

With point guard Cully Payne sidelined indefinitely with a hernia and guard Matt Gatens still feeling the effects of a torn hand tendon, there may be a concern about bench players being thrown into the...

Women’s basketball suffers first loss

DI STAFF December 3, 2010

The Iowa women's basketball team has suffered its first loss of the season. No. 14 North Carolina defeated the 18th-ranked Hawkeyes (7-1), 79-67, on Thursday night in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina...

Iowa prepares for second annual Hawkeye Invitational

BEN WOLFSON December 3, 2010

Nearly a month has passed since the Iowa men's swimming and diving squad's last meet — a 177-119 loss to Minnesota in the University Aquatics Center in Minneapolis. Since then, the team has had time...

Women’s swimming and diving is well rested for Hawkeye Invitational

MAGGIE CUNNINGHAM December 3, 2010

The women's swimming and diving team hasn't competed in a month, but the Hawkeyes look at the absence from competition as an opportunity. Today is the start of the Hawkeye Invitational, which will continue...

GymHawks upperclassmen expected to dominate

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD December 3, 2010

Head coach Larissa Libby is looking for a "no fall" season for the Iowa women's gymnastics team this year. The season will begin with the Black and Gold intrasquad meet on Saturday, and the...

Organized new coach ready for intrasquad meet

RYAN MURPHY December 3, 2010

Hawkeye men's gymnastics head coach JD Reive is described in one word by Hawkeye coaches and gymnasts: organized. "He has every practice planned out down to the minute," assistant coach Brad...

Intrasquad meet unofficially kicks off men’s indoor track season

BEN SCHUFF December 3, 2010

Two weeks ago, Larry Wieczorek's office overlooked a gray scene of construction as the renovation of Carver-Hawkeye Arena continued. Now, in a makeshift office located in a suite in Kinnick Stadium's...

Approach to intrasquad meet no different than any other competition for Hawkeyes

AMY TIFFANY December 3, 2010

The members of the Iowa women's track and field team are approaching the Black versus Gold men's and women's combined intrasquad meet no differently from what they do for any competition. Head coach Layne...

Bluder’s bunch faces first real challenge

JON FRANK December 2, 2010

Outsized, outranked, but unwavering, the 18th-ranked Iowa women's basketball team will try to continue its undefeated season against its first ranked opponent. The Hawkeyes (7-0) will have their hands...

Undefeated Iowa heads into tough stretch

MATT COZZI December 2, 2010

No matter who the Iowa women's basketball team plays over its next few games, the mindset and goal will remain the same: Go game-by-game without looking ahead. And accomplish what they've done seven times...

Despite protests to the contrary, wrestling’s showdown with Iowa State is a big deal

SAM LOUWAGIE December 2, 2010

For a minute, they were almost believable. The Iowa wrestlers tried admirably on Tuesday to persuade reporters that Friday's showdown with Iowa State doesn't hold much extra importance. Senior Luke Lofthouse...

Long-jumper hopes to reach new lengths at collegiate level

AMY TIFFANY December 2, 2010

Iowa women's track and field head coach Layne Anderson has high expectations for freshman long-jumper Carisa Leacock, a Trinidad and Tobago native, "Anytime you jump over 20 feet in high school,...