Ben McCollum and his family pulled up to Carver-Hawkeye Arena as passengers in a black Chevy Suburban 15 minutes before his scheduled introductory news conference as Iowa’s new men’s basketball coach on Tuesday.

New head coach Ben McCollum's Iowa roots are "a special part of the story," but athletic director Beth Goetz said he was hired to lead the men's basketball team because he is "a proven winner."

Tough kids win,” McCollum said when asked about what he learned from having to rebuild Drake’s roster last offseason. “Connected groups win. Kids that work with a level o