Iowa hires Drake's Ben McCollum as men's basketball coach​

Iowa has hired Drake's Ben McCollum as its next men's basketball coach, the school announced Monday.

McCollum just finished his first season at Drake, leading the Bulldogs to a 31-4 record and the program's first appearance in the NCAA tournament's round of 32 since 1971. They won the Missouri Valley Conference's regular-season and tournament titles before beating 6-seed Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Drake lost to Texas Tech in the second round on Saturday.

McCollum won Missouri Valley Coach of the Year honors and was named a semifinalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year award.

McCollum, an Iowa City native, replaces Fran McCaffery, whom Iowa dismissed earlier this month after 15 seasons as the Hawkeyes' head coach. He was the school's all-time wins leader with 197 and led the program to seven NCAA tournament appearances.

Only thing remotely cool anyone from that fucking shithole has ever done.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Why did we turn down a post season tourny?

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Diebler didn’t want to end the year by losing to a MAC school at home

Remember When: Warren Amling Paired All-American Seasons in Football with Final Four Runs in Basketball​

Warren Amling had one of the greatest two-sport runs a college athlete has ever had from 1944 to 1946.

On the football field, Amling earned consensus All-American honors in consecutive seasons while playing two different positions along Ohio State’s offensive line. On the basketball court, Amling played a key role in back-to-back Final Four runs for the Buckeyes.

A native of Pana, Illinois, Amling played on Ohio State’s freshman football and basketball teams in the fall of 1942 and spring of 1943. He was in line to play for both varsity teams the following year, but his athletic career was put on hold for one year as he was called to serve in the Army with World War II ongoing.

Upon his return to play, Amling became the utility man on the Ohio State football team’s 1944 offensive line, starting games at both tackle and guard. He helped lead the way for Heisman Trophy winner Les Horvath as Ohio State won the Big Ten championship with a perfect 9-0 record. The Buckeyes were also awarded a national championship for that season by the National Championship Foundation and the Sagarin Ratings, though that national championship is not claimed by Ohio State as Army was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll.

Amling drew considerable praise for his contributions to the Buckeyes’ undefeated season from head coach Carroll Widdoes following the season.

“I think Warren could play any position on the team,” Widdoes told Paul Hornung of the Columbus Dispatch. “He’s as smart as they come in every way, he’s fast and agile.”

Amling then became one of the top guards on Ohio State’s 1944-45 basketball team. Known for his defense, rebounding and “scrap and drive,” Amling was described in a Dispatch article during the season as the team’s “biggest crowd pleaser.” His efforts, which earned him an All-Big Ten honorable mention, helped Ohio State go 14-4 to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament, where the Buckeyes beat Kentucky in the national quarterfinals to earn a berth in the Final Four. While he averaged just 4.5 points per game for the season, Amling scored 10 points in his Final Four debut, finishing as OSU’s second-leading scorer in a 70-65 overtime loss to NYU.

After also competing in track and field as a shotput and discus thrower, Amling earned unanimous All-American honors in his first season as a full-time guard for Ohio State football in 1945. Playing both left and right guard for the Buckeyes’ offensive line while also contributing on the defensive line, Amling finished seventh in the Heisman vote as he led Ohio State to a 7-2 record.
Returning to the basketball court, Amling was a starting guard for the 1945-46 Buckeyes as they won the Big Ten championship and made another run to the Final Four, where Ohio State lost to North Carolina in the national semifinals before beating California in the third-place game.

Amling was the captain of Ohio State’s 1946 football team and continued to show his versatility by moving back outside to left tackle. Much like Donovan Jackson in Ohio State’s 2024-25 College Football Playoff run, Amling handled that transition seamlessly, earning consensus All-American honors even though the Buckeyes went just 4-3-2 in Paul Bixler’s lone season as head coach.

Amling concluded his athletics career by averaging a career-high 6.6 points per game for Ohio State’s 1946-47 basketball team. Those Buckeyes took a step back after three straight Final Four appearances, however, going just 7-13 in Amling’s senior season.
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So, uh. Nothing came of this? On to the Sweet 16 for Golden.

When visited tOSU, got chased out of the gym when practice started. My point being, that we don't know what happens in a non-game setting. Would imagine that one coach takes the centers to one basket, forward to another, and guards to yet another to work on their skills etc. Scrimmages should be a reward, and the work-outs should make the games seem easier. Kinda why am surprised that the position coach doesn't take players aside during a TO to remind them what they need to do (in that situation or somesuch). PS, see that in football all the time, the WRs get with Hartline who goes over what needs to happen, etc. But do agree that McGuff recruits GUARDS well. Still am a tad pissed that Dorkas and the other forward both fled after a season in scarlet and gray.

My bad

Am thinking that while he was at tOSU, there were some superior players ahead of him. Now, at the pro level, not so much. A great testimony to Noah, certainly, but also to WRU, where the 5*s are stacked like firewood. But!. they take when they've learned here, and put it to work at other places, notably the pro level. Someone above noted his blocking skills. Well, as commonly known (?), at tOSU, a WR doesn't see the field unless they can demonstrate a downfield blocking ability. Another reason why WRs flock to Ohio State. Hartline's training (based on his real-world experiences). Anyway, don't mean to hijack, but trying to point out why Noah (and others) have continued success in the league.

Please tell me we no longer have interest in him.

Anyone watching the new Daredevil?

Probably the dopest line in MCU history when Murdock told the crooked cop that he'd need a few more crooked cops the next time they meet. Had me ready to defund the police

Who cares.

LordJeffBuck said:

Maybe make an exception for jail cells....

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A fine idea. I swear that after Buster Douglas that Tyson that there was a story about the Mayor of Cincy calling the Mayor of Columbus and telling him that naming the outer belt around Columbus the James Buster Douglas Way was a bad idea… “just look at us, we have Pete Rose way…”.

A true buckeye with questionable parenting skills.

Patricia, Ebner, Yates....

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Ohio State Pistol Team Wins a Fifth Consecutive National Championship​

The Ohio State pistol team was already a dynasty, but the trophies just don't stop rolling in for the program year-over-year.

Less than two months removed from a title win in the first 12-team College Football Playoff, a Buckeye athletics squad has captured another national championship thanks to the OSU pistol team securing the highest honor in its sport for a fifth straight year.
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Oklahoma Sooners' Michael Fasusi reveals why he chose OU​

“After that first visit, she said, ‘Michael, you’re coming here.’ And we here," Fasusi said regarding his mother going on the visit with him.

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Skull Session: Evan Turner Buried Michigan 15 Years Ago, Greg Oden and Mike Conley Almost Went to Wake Forest and Bryce Underwood Tells LeBron James “It’s Over for Ohio State”​

On choosing Ohio State over Wake Forest​

“If Chris Paul was gonna say at Wake Forest, I probably would have went with Mike to Wake Forest. I would say that. But Chris Paul left for the league. Mike wanted to go there and play with Chris Paul, but Chris Paul leaves. … It wasn’t etched in stone (that I would go where Mike went), but we had a good visit down there at Wake Forest. I’ll put it like that. It was a good time. Nah, I will say this, though. When we went to the Texas-Ohio State football game, just seeing that atmosphere on that visit and seeing what that city was, I think we all kind of were like, ‘Alright, this is it. This is where we want to be at.’ But I think Wake Forest was definitely a very, very close second.”

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On Ohio State’s loss to Florida in the national title game​

“Going up against Florida, as you all know, Taurean Green, Corey Brewer, (Lee) Humphrey, Al (Horford), Joakim (Noah), Chris Richard coming off the bench, Marreese Speights a freshman. … They’re arguably one of the best college basketball teams in history. Actually, they have to be top five because there are only three or four of them that actually went back-to-back. If we hit a couple more threes, I would like to say I hope we had a better chance. But f— everybody that does the Gator Chomp. That s— hurts my soul to this day. I’m a grown a— man, but when I see the Gator Chomp, I see a tear. I’m like, ‘You know what? This some bull—.”

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On leaving Ohio State for the NBA​

“The week before I went to school, it was nothing. After the championship on Monday, going to class on Wednesday, I couldn’t make it a block without people getting out of their cars, asking for autographs, stopping to take pictures. Literally, I couldn’t make it to class. I went back to my dorm, called Coach (Matta) and I’m like, ‘I literally can’t make it to class. I’m overwhelmed.’ That’s when I knew it was about to happen.
“(But) I wanted to stay. We were that close. You think about all the times (Conley and I) won in high school, in AAU, in eighth grade. You think about our high school years, we barely lost 10 games. We probably lost three in AAU. It’s less than 15 games from sixth grade, seventh grade, up to college. I wanted to win. But I went and talked about that to Coach, and he was like, ‘Ha. Get the f— out of here.’ It was like a soft laugh. ‘He was like, ‘You can’t do that, brother. I can’t do that to your family. I can’t do that to you.’ When you’re put in this position, you have to take advantage of that. I am thankful for the people around me. My life changed after that.”

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