The eccentric quirks and superstitions of Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum
Behind Iowa basketball's mastermind coach Ben McCollum, there is a man with eccentric, and sometimes illogical, quirks.
HOUSTON — Minutes after the dramatic upset win over Florida, we are waiting to be let into the Iowa basketball locker room. The Hawkeyes had just stunned the Gators behind Alvaro Folgueiras’ game-winning 3-pointer, which sent the program to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. A group of reporters were huddled in the underbelly of Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida.
That’s when Iowa coach Ben McCollum, still charged with adrenaline, came marching by. I can’t remember the exact words because, like most of the next few hours, it was a blur. But as McCollum paced by me, he said, in his loud but raspy coaching voice, something like: “Hey, nice, outfit!
” For those unfamiliar, this probably would’ve made no sense. More: Iowa basketball vs Nebraska live updates, latest news, bracket predictions, odds More: Iowa basketball's turn in national spotlight gives Hawkeyes program fuel for future Let me provide some context. McCollum, at some point this season, became invested in the button-down shirt I wore to games.
It seemed kind of like a joke. But the more you understand who McCollum is, the more it makes you wonder. Somewhere along the way, McCollum seemed to believe that my shirt was lucky.
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