No such thing as bad Big Ten win for Iowa basketball, regardless of how ugly

Video: Freshman Tate Sage scores career-high 17 points vs. Rutgers Tate Sage meets with media after Iowa basketball's 68-62 win over Rutgers. IOWA CITY — As he describes a performance like the one Iowa basketball had against Rutgers on Jan. 20, Ben McCollum drops his head and lets out a groan. McCollum manages to deliver a perfect encapsulation of the game without saying any words at all. Take your pick of adjectives that could replace McCollum’s brief wail: Ugly, underwhelming, unpleasant, unimpressive. Any of those would work. Rutgers, which entered the day having lost nine of its last 14 games, tested Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Scarlet Knights, a double-digit underdog, led for more...