Hawkeye Report Podcast 773

About this episode

The episode covers Iowa men's basketball's victory over Florida and features discussions on Iowa wrestling's performance at the NCAA Championships.

A busy edition of the Hawkeye Report Podcast covering a lot of topics. We start with Iowa men's basketball and bring on a very special guest and someone that Ben McCollum talk about following the Hawkeyes stunning victory over Florida and that is Kent McCausland. We look back at Iowa shocking the world, or at last the south region bracket, with a huge win to knock out the top seeded Gators. What did McCausland see from the Hawkeyes in the win and how proud is he of Cooper Koch, who he has known since he was a little kid of his great friends and teammate J.R. Koch. He talks about how Cooper has developed this year and gained his confidence. He also talks about his text to Coach McCollum and how he reached out to him on a regular basis after wins and losses. Plus the Sweet 16 win has brought back the group chats with several of his former teammates from the 1999 team and we talked about their run in the NCAA Tournament. Then we move on to Iowa wrestling and we are joined by Tanner Lafever. The Hawkeyes picked up a fourth place trophy in the NCAA Championships this past weekend in Cleveland. What did we think of the performance by the Iowa wrestling squad? They seemed to have…

People in this episode

Guests: Kent McCausland, Tanner Lafever

Topics covered

• Iowa basketball
• Iowa wrestling
• NCAA Championships
• guest interviews
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Iowa basketball
• Kent McCausland
• NCAA Championships
• Iowa wrestling
• Gabe Arnold
• Cooper Koch
• Tanner Lafever

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iowa men's basketball, Iowa wrestling, NCAA Championships

Places: Florida, Cleveland

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