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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Women’s basketball team waits for NCAA brackets

MIKE BROWNLEE March 13, 2009

Their own beds and home-court advantage are among the many perks that await the Iowa women’s basketball players in the NCAA Tournament. Three teams will join Iowa inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena March 22...

Mich-again for Iowa at Big Ten Championships

SCOTT MILLER March 12, 2009

Manny Harris sat on the bench for the first minute in overtime. You figured he was hurt or that Michigan head coach John Beilein was going to work his star into the game somehow. But Harris, an All-Big...

Each game a season as Iowa searches for winning formula

CHARLIE KAUTZ March 12, 2009

The Iowa men’s basketball team was like a wet matchbook during Big Ten play this season. For every rare game with just enough spark to ignite a fire under the Hawkeyes, there were several that saw Iowa...

Looking for wrestling revenge in the nationals

ZACH SMITH March 12, 2009

Tom Brands is not big on superstition, nor are his wrestlers. Whether it’s a uniform change, a pre-match ritual, even a select pair of socks, the Hawkeye wrestlers rarely lose their focus on the big...

Women’s golf struggles after 12th place finish in Florida

PETER GUSTIN March 12, 2009

The weather was sunny, around 80 degrees. The course was very forgiving with wide fairways and flat greens. However, it wasn’t Iowa’s time to excel. Before entering the Eagle Landing Invitational,...

Diving career of Iowa’s Deidre Freeman springs ahead

EVELYN LAU March 12, 2009

Deidre Freeman didn’t know where her future stood in diving four years ago. Growing up in Grinnell, she displayed all the poise and agility needed to become a diver, but she didn’t start the sport...

Haal excels everywhere, from tennis court to 3.97 GPA

AMIE KIEHN March 11, 2009

Court Eight in the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex has garnered a lot of attention throughout the spring tennis season. The painted asphalt has been worn down by Iowa’s Reinoud Haal during the...

Beatty tries to heal knee before NCAA championships

RYAN YOUNG March 11, 2009

Iowa 197-pounder Chad Beatty is already making good on his pledge to be mat ready by the NCAA championships, which begins on March 19. Just days after beating Minnesota’s Gordon Bierschenk with an injured...

Despite record, Iowa basketball stays tenacious

SCOTT MILLER March 11, 2009

Penn State’s Talor Battle had 11 points in the last 2:41 to force overtime against Iowa on March 7. Everyone in Carver-Hawkeye Arena thought the game was over. The Hawkeyes had blown a nine-point lead...

Iowa has international accent on tennis court

ROBBIE LEHMAN March 11, 2009

There is a culture clash on the Iowa women’s tennis team, but, head coach Daryl Greenan says, this is a good thing. Greenan has eight players on the current Hawkeye roster. Six are from the United States,...

Wrestlers say job not finished after 33rd Big Ten title

RYAN YOUNG March 10, 2009

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The communal celebration didn’t last very long inside the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday. After officially locking up their second-consecutive Big Ten championship with 141 team...

Geoff Reins a model of consistency for men’s gymnastics

JORDAN GARRETSON March 10, 2009

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team has struggled to achieve consistency all season. Senior Geoff Reins, however, is not on the same page. After first-place finishes in both the vault and the floor exercise...