Iowa director of athletics Beth Goetz did not need long to land on Ben McCollum as the right man to lead the Hawkeye men's basketball team.

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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."