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Recap & Takeaways: ‘We just didn’t show up,’ How Ben McCollum explained Iowa’s upset loss to Minnesota

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Iowa head coach Ben McCollum recaps the Hawkeyes' win over UCLA during a postgame press conference in Iowa City on Saturday, Jan. 3. (Ethan Petrik/Quad-City Times)

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MINNEAPOLIS — No. 19 Iowa failed to overcome a slow start in a 70-67 upset loss to Minnesota in Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

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