Iowa men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum discusses the Hawkeyes upcoming neutral site game in Des Moines against Bucknell during a midweek media availability in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 18. (Ethan Petrik/Quad-City Times)
MARYVILLE, Mo. — We lost the game. As Carson Parker’s three-point attempt swished through the net and the buzzer sounded, Xavier Kurth conjured one thought.
Then-Northwest Missouri State head basketball coach Ben McCollum reacts to an official in a NCAA Division II Tournament game in 2017. McCollum is now University of Iowa head coach.
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Northwest Missouri State's Justin Pitts drives against Upper Iowa in a NCAA Division II Tournament game in 2017. Northwest Missouri won the game in overtime to spark a run to the tnational title behind head coach Ben McCollum, now coach at Iowa.
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Then-Northwest Missouri State head basketball coach Ben McCollum reacts to an official in a NCAA Division II Tournament game in 2017. McCollum is now University of Iowa head coach.
Photo Courtesy of Northwest Missouri State University Athletics
Northwest Missouri State's Justin Pitts drives against Upper Iowa in a NCAA Division II Tournament game in 2017. Northwest Missouri won the game in overtime to spark a run to the tnational title behind head coach Ben McCollum, now coach at Iowa.
Photo Courtesy of Northwest Missouri State University Athletics