[Herky] Pretty Pretty Good

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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 
<mailto:scott.dochterman at thegazette.com>

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