No moral victory party from Iowa's loss at No. 4 Cyclones | Leistikow

Video: Ben McCollum reacts to Iowa basketball's loss to Iowa State Ben McCollum meets with media after Iowa basketball's 66-62 loss to Iowa State. AMES — Ben McCollum and Bennett Stirtz, they’re wired the same. While many observers might warm up to the positives of Iowa basketball hanging close until the final seconds of a 66-62 loss at No. 4 Iowa State, the view from McCollum and Stirtz is that the game was lost. End of story. “It’s the same competitive fire. We don’t like losing,” Stirtz said. “In my 3½ years of college basketball, I’ve lost 14 times. Not used to losing. It sucks. You’ve got to let it sting. But it’s the suffering and struggle that makes it better.” From two years at...