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Misery? What Misery?

So I'm in Indianapolis Saturday night, on the eve of the Colts' AFC playoff game against San Diego tomorrow, and I hear that Iowa has a 43-36 lead on Michigan State in men's basketball.

Then I find out that score was a final, not a partial. This tells us No. 6 Michigan State isn't exactly in the same league as North Carolina or Memphis or UCLA.

But if you're the Hawkeyes tonight, you couldn't care less.

Meanwhile, Drake merely set a school record for consecutive victories Saturday night with its triumph over Missouri State. That's 13 in a row, the last five in Missouri Valley Conference play.

Drake won without its best player, guard Josh Young, who has a bad ankle. When Iowa's best player, guard Tony Freeman, was sidelined with injury in December, the Hawkeyes lost to Louisiana-Monroe.

That's ancient history. Iowa isn't going winless in the Big Ten this season. Purdue comes to Carver-Hawkeye Wednesday night.

A word of warning to the Boilermakers: Score 45 points or else.

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