[Herky] Pretty Pretty Good
Sue Bailey
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Tue Feb 9 04:22:18 PST 2016
Pretty, pretty good
Iowa improves to No. 4/5 in polls, gets firstplace votes
By Scott Dochterman,The GazetteCHAMPAIGN, Ill. Anthony Clemmons is all
about priorities, and the Iowa senior met them all on Sunday at Illinois.
Clemmons, a 6-foot-2 guard, scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds,
swiped four steals and added a pair of assists in the Hawkeyes' 77-65
win at Illinois. He played solid defense on high-powered Illini guard
Kendrick Nunn, who connected on just 2 of 13 shots and whiffed on all
seven 3-point attempts.
'I knew what type of player (Nunn) was since we started scouting him,'
Clemmons said. 'I think I established myself early, and he was never in
a goodrhythm.'With his job accomplished, Clemmons stood outside his
team's locker room and referenced his future workload in a set of
chronological priorities.
'We're going to enjoy it a little bit, watch the Super Bowl and then
after it's locking in on Indiana,'he said.It was Iowa's second
consecutive win at Illinois - a feat the program last met in 1986-87 -
and its first double-digit win in Champaign since 1979. The Hawkeyes
(19-4, 10-1 Big Ten) now are ranked No. 4 by the Associated Press (fifth
by the USA Today/Coaches poll) with 11 first-place votes.
Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons drives to the basket defended by Illinois
guard Malcolm Hill and forward Michael Finke during the second half
Sunday at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Iowa beat Illinois, 77-65.
USA Today Sports
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Iowa leads the Big Ten by one-half game over Maryland and boasts its
first 10-1 league start since 1982. The Hawkeyes have a shot at a No. 1
seed and could open the NCAA tournament in Des Moines.
Each of those facts are causes for celebration, yet Iowa players and
coaches remain locked on the task at hand. For weeks, Iowa's schedule
has pointed toward Thursday's game at Indiana (8 p.m., ESPN), yet the
players didn't acknowledge the potential showdown even in casual
conversation. The No. 22-ranked Hoosiers (19-5, 9-2 Big Ten) were tied
with Iowa atop the league standings until Saturday, when they were upset
at Penn State.
By the end of Sunday's game, Iowa's players finally started referencing
their upcoming game at Bloomington.
'We know what we're coming against, playing in that building,' Clemmons
said. 'It's going to be a really tough atmosphere. I have a lot of
confidence in our guys that we'll come ready and our coaching staff
making sure we get ready.' Oddly, this is Iowa's fifth straight trip to
Bloomington without a return. The Hawkeyes won at Assembly Hall, 77-63,
last year and traveled twice to Indiana in 2014. A ceiling tile crashed
from the roof and forced a postponement a few hours before tip-off. Iowa
played there nine days later and lost, 93-86. The teams met home-and
away in 2012-13, with the first game held in Iowa City on Dec. 31, 2012
and the second on Feb.
2, 2013 in Bloomington.
The Hoosiers do come to Iowa City for the home finale on March 1.
'It never gets easier,' Iowa center Adam Woodbury said. 'Every time we
win, the next one gets tougher.
There's no doubt about it. The place is going to be loud, it's going to
be a crazy environment.
We'll be ready to go.'
•Comments: (319) 3393169; scott.dochterman at thegazette.com
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