Keying in on the little things could be a driving factor in Iowa men’s basketball’s game at No. 5 Purdue

Iowa Hawkeyes' Isaia Howard (23) tries to gain possession of a rebound during their basketball game at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the game 83-64. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — Iowa men’s basketball has lost back-to-back for the first time in the Ben McCollum era, but it’s not the first time the Hawkeye head coach has coached through small skids. Iowa’s losses to Minnesota and No. 13 Illinois dropped the Hawkeyes out...