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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Sue,<div>I will take one :-)</div><div>Thank you.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">To: herky@lists.herky.net<br>From: minburnsb@gmail.com<br>Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 07:18:38 -0600<br>Subject: [Herky] Really, really great in Iowa City<br><br>
<p class="ecxmaintitle"><span class="ecxFid_20"> I will try to get extra
copies, anyone want one??? Sue<br>
</span></p>
<p class="ecxmaintitle"><span class="ecxFid_20">'Really, really great' in
Iowa City </span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_19"> SI cover just another perk of
being a Hawkeye</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_11"> By Scott Dochterman,</span><span class="ecxFid_12"> The Gazette</span><span class="ecxFid_10"> IOWA
CITY - Jarrod Uthoff saw the image earlier in the day. Adam
Woodbury had not. Mike Gesell saw the back of his head. Anthony
Clemmons didn't see anything until a reporter showed him.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> 'Holy Buckets,' Clemmons
said, reading the 'Sports Illustrated' headline. 'Good</span><span class="ecxFid_10"> thing we're defending somebody.' The Iowa
basketball program, which tumbled to a school-worst 10-22 season
in 2010 before Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery arrived on campus, now
adorns the regional cover of the nation's foremost sporting
magazine.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> It's the first time since
1966 the Hawkeyes landed on the cover. As expected, players and
coaches had different reactions to the publicity.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> The cover photo and story,
which is written by Brian</span><span class="ecxFid_10"> Hamilton,
features Uthoff, who leads the Big Ten in scoring at 18.6 points
per game.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> Uthoff has ignited a
basketball program on the verge of a third straight NCAA berth,
something the program hasn't done since the 1991 through 1993
seasons.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> An Iowa coach informed Uthoff
via text that he is on the cover. But you'd never know it based
on his response.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_10"> 'It was pretty neat,' Uthoff
</span><span class="ecxFid_6">said with little inflection in his
voice.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_17"> </span><span class="ecxFid_18"></span></p>
<img src="cid:part1.08010608.02070601@gmail.com" height="147" width="113"><p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_15"> The Iowa Hawkeyes return to
the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' for the second time in the
2015-16 academic year, with the basketball team making its first
appearance since 1966.</span></p>
<br>
<hr><span class="ecxFid_6">But when asked about what he thought about
being on the cover, Uthoff perked up.</span>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> 'To me it's about us,' Uthoff
said. 'It's about the Hawkeyes and what we've accomplished as a
team. It's nothing about what I've done as an individual. I
think we've come a long way with this program, this year. People
predicted us at the bottom of the Big Ten, and we've proven we
can play with anyone.' That's the kind of response Woodbury
figured Uthoff would give.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> 'I'm sure when you guys asked
him about it, he didn't care,' Woodbury said. 'That's a part of
his deal.' Iowa (17-4, 8-1 Big Ten) entered Tuesday tied with
Indiana atop the league standings and ranked fifth by the
Associated Press and seventh by the USA Today/Coaches poll.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> It's been a gradual climb
upward for the program under McCaffery. In his first season,
Iowa finished 11-20. Following two consecutive NIT berths, the
Hawkeyes have reached the last two NCAA tournaments. Last year,
Iowa won its first NCAA tournament game since 2001.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> The surge from irrelevance to
NCAA title contender is not</span><span class="ecxFid_6"> lost on
McCaffery. He remains focused on Iowa's next game tonight
against Penn State (1111, 2-7) - but he appreciates the
recognition.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> 'It's a reflection of what
they've accomplished,' McCaffery said. 'I think you always want
that to be the case for your guys. When you see them working as
hard as our guys work, you want to see them recognized properly,
so I think it's a terrific honor. Great respect for that
publication, and we're happy to be on it.' It's the second time
in barely two months Iowa athletics has graced Sports
Illustrated. In late November, Iowa tight end George Kittle was
featured on</span><span class="ecxFid_6"> the cover as the football
program finished the regular season unbeaten. The school
previously never had both sports on SI covers in one athletic
school year.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> 'It shows that we've continued
to get better and better every year,' Gesell said. 'I think that
we've done a tremendous job of not letting that get to any of
our heads and just staying level and getting better every day.
It's cool to have that national recognition, especially with the
season football had and now the season we're having.</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_6"> 'It's really, really great to
be a Hawkeye right now.'</span></p>
<p class="ecxabody"><span class="ecxFid_7"> •</span><span class="ecxFid_4">
Comments: (319) 339-3169; scott. <a href="mailto:dochterman@thegazette.com"></a><a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dochterman@thegazette.com">dochterman@thegazette.com</a></span></p>
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