The Iowa men's basketball team gained its sixth member of the 2008 recruiting class Friday by picking up former West Virginia shooting guard Devan Bawinkel.
The 6-foot-5 guard played at Winnebago (Ill.) High School, spent a year at West Virginia, and is currently at Highland Community College in Freeport, Ill.
Bawinkel was a casualty of the coaching change in West Virginia when John Beilein left and Bob Huggins took over following the 2006-07 season.
I promised this blog over two weeks ago. I've been way too busy. This will be short. Partly because of lack of time, partly because I'm just not a big believer in analyzing recruits before they've even played a down at the collegiate level. That being said, here we go.
The Hawkeyes signed 23 high school players to go with the junior college addition already on campus, forming a recruiting class that coach Kirk Ferentz said addresses Iowa's short- and long-term needs.
Michigan State brought its talent and depth, its No. 6 ranking, its 14-1 record, its celebrated head coach and roughly 100 boisterous fans into Saturday's game against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa, on the other hand, brought the embarrassment of losing by 31 points at Ohio State on Wednesday, a depleted roster and a 7-9 record into the game.
In the end, new Hawkeye head coach Todd Lickliter got his first Big Ten victory.
Iowa held Michigan State to it's lowest point total since 1952.
There's a new group forming for Big Ten basketball fans. I encourage all members of Hawkeye Huddle to join up!
http://www.fannation.com/groups/show/30546
Last night was certainly a test of patience for Hawkeye fans. The Buckeyes treated us like the passed out drunk chick at a frat party. They pretty much had their way with us.
David Lighty started a 21-1 scoring run for the Buckeyes, who outscored Iowa 27-3 during the final 10:53 of the first half to take a 45-17 lead into halftime. The 17 points matched Iowa's lowest point total in half this season. The Hawkeyes also scored 17 in the first half of their loss to Wake Forest on Nov. 26. The most telling stats of the first half were; OSU no turnovers. UI 9 turnovers just 4 assists.
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