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3 keys to winning in Iowa City and how to watch

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Record: 13-10 (5-7)
KenPom Rank: 55

A Quad 1 opportunity for the Gophers and a chance to avenge their home loss to the Hawkeyes last month. Can they get a win in Iowa City where they haven’t won since 2015?

KEYS TO A GOPHER WIN

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Find more scoring – The good news regarding the first Iowa matchup is that Dawson Garcia scored 30 points, there may be opportunities for him to score. The bad news is that the Gophers lost. They need to find more ways to score. I like how there has been a concerted effort to get the ball into Payne in the post, and some nice high-low action between him and Garcia. More of this will lead to balanced scoring and open threes.

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Don’t wait till the 2nd half – AGAIN, this is apparently what we do, but it isn’t sustainable. Can you imagine what it would look like if we made some threes in the first half and didn’t have to come from behind in the final 20?

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Rebound – Iowa has not been good at defensive rebounding, they rank 252nd nationally. We did not effectively take advantage of this at The Barn, but killing them with a plethora of offensive rebounds would help tremendously.

PREDICTION

Iowa has been a team that is different at home than they are on the road. And they are coming off of a bad loss to Penn State. I expect they will play focused this afternoon. Minnesota, on the other hand, has been playing really well over the last couple of weeks

I believe that Minnesota will win rebounding today but I also believe Iowa runs great offense that we will struggle to stop. It’s hard to win on the road in the Big Ten, and I expect Iowa will hold serve this afternoon.

Should be a great game to provide us some entertainment leading up to the Super Bowl.

Minnesota – 75
Iowa – 81

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Arrests made in SD in Iowa courthouse incident

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two suspects in the incident at the Lyon County, Iowa, courthouse were arrested in Spearfish, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post earlier Saturday.

The sheriff’s office identified two suspects as Brandon Lyle High Pipe, 39, and Luciano Eliseo Sanchez, 18, in a social media post on Thursday. Nationwide warrants were issued for the two suspects.

The sheriff’s office said on Tuesday the courthouse had burglarized overnight. The damage inside includes writing on walls, broken glass, tipped-over Christmas trees and other items tossed around.

The incident caused the courthouse to be closed for at least one day.

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The sheriff’s office said on Saturday morning that more information should be released later.



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Iowa City West sweeps City High in a pair of close contests

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Iowa City West sweeps City High in a pair of close contests


IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Grace Fincham led the West High girls to a second-half comeback in a 60-51 win over City High, giving the Trojans a win on their rival’s home floor.

The Trojans improve to 6-2 with the win. The Little Hawks drop to 6-2.

In the boys’ nightcap, the Little Hawks’ comeback attempt fell short, as the Trojans held on for a 53-51 win.

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Iowa football dissects LeVar Woods succession plan

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The loss of LeVar Woods, the Iowa Hawkeyes’ long-time, elite special teams coordinator, cannot be dismissed. The Hawkeyes have consistently been among the nation’s best special teams units, from punting to kicking to owning the return and field position battle.

With LeVar Woods departing Iowa for Big Ten foe, the Michigan State Spartans, the Hawkeyes have a big hole to fill, and head coach Kirk Ferentz spoke to the media this week on what that succession plan may look like.

“Yeah, it’s not a light decision. The trick will be to find the next LeVar Woods. He’s done a fantastic job. He didn’t have the profile necessarily maybe at that point to predict what he was going to do, but he’s done all the work. It’s like a good player; players do the work. LeVar has done a great job immersing himself and learning every aspect and then growing with each and every turn. So I guess I’m describing what we’re looking for, a guy who’s a good coach, who’s eager to take a challenge on, and immerse themselves in that world.

“Special teams is a unique niche, if you will. I’m sure we’ll have good candidates. It’s not pressing right now in my mind. What is pressing is the next two weeks getting ready for the game, and then after that we’ll have eight plus weeks or eight plus months actually to get it right. I don’t plan on waiting until August to fill it, but we’ll figure that out when we get in the new year,” Ferentz said about LeVar Woods.

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The past few seasons, Iowa has been elite on special teams with kicker Drew Stevens being incredibly consistent, the punting game flipping fields, and the run of returners consisting of Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Charlie Jones, Cooper DeJean, and Kaden Wetjen.

The Hawkeyes have won more than their fair share of games relying on this unit, and to continue that success, Ferentz needs to hit on this hire.

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