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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

Sports Brief: After cancellation, softball heads for Illinois State

DI SPORTS STAFF March 25, 2009

The Iowa softball team (26-5) will travel to Bloomington, Ill., today for a 5 p.m. game against Illinois State (13-14). The team’s home game with William Penn on Tuesday was canceled because of poor...

Tech still unfazed after playing Hawkeyes in NCAA Tournament

MIKE BROWNLEE March 24, 2009

All season long, the Georgia Tech women’s basketball team has shown it’s not afraid to step out of its comfort zone. The Yellow Jackets traveled to Storrs, Conn., in its second game of the year to...

No. 1 Oklahoma acting like an underdog

JEFF PAWOLA March 24, 2009

A powerhouse on most accounts, top-seeded Oklahoma feels it has a lot to prove. Two of this year’s No. 1 seeds have never won a national championship, the Sooners and Duke, making the 2009 tourney important...

Rowers happy with start

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI March 24, 2009

The Iowa women’s rowing team got its spring season off to a fast start last weekend, competing in the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas. The Hawkeyes’ varsity and novice squads both finished...

GymHawks look to regional

EVELYN LAU March 24, 2009

The multitude of injuries and inexperience finally caught up. Unfortunately for the Iowa women’s gymnastics team, they caught up during the Big Ten championships last weekend in Champaign, Ill. Despite...

Softball tries for 10 in a row

JON LINDER March 24, 2009

The Iowa softball team (26-5) looks to push its current win streak to double digits this afternoon when Division II’s William Penn visits Pearl Field. The nine-game stretch — which started with an...

Zero hour for wrestlers

ZACH SMITH March 13, 2009

Several hours of workouts that would weed out Navy Seals. Countless days have turned into weeks, weeks into months. For the nine Iowa wrestlers who are set to throw it down next week at the Scottrade...

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...

Wolverines crush Hawkeyes

CHARLIE KAUTZ March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — After all the injuries, all the adversity, and all of Michigan’s biggest man on campus DeShawn Sims Thursday, the Hawkeyes’ postseason hopes amounted to 40 minutes from hell in Indianapolis. That,...

Spirit goes AWOL for men’s basketball team

SCOTT MILLER March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — I’m very conscious of being too critical of student-athletes. After all, they’re people just like me who go to class and are on campus to get education and have fun. They just so...

DeShawn Sims too much for the Hawks to handle

CHARLIE KAUTZ March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan head coach John Beilein would’ve been well-suited to arrange a massage and a king-sized hotel mattress for forward DeShawn Sims on Thursday night in Indianapolis. If Sims was...

Poor shooting led to collapse against Michigan

SCOTT MILLER March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Senior Cyrus Tate said something interesting on Monday. Something that raised a few eyebrows in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “Going into the [Big Ten] Tournament, teams realize we live and...