# @dmregister on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHpSAiwCSPH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28155722-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-26T02:01:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

## Caption

The news of #BenMcCollum’s hiring, which popped Monday morning, had already energized a ready-to-awaken fan base that watched him run circles around #Missouri in the NCAA Tournament, in what would become McCollum’s 31st win and penultimate game as #Drake’s coach.
 
And just hours before Tuesday afternoon’s official introduction came the expected-but-seismic confirmation that one of the #NCAA Tournament’s first-weekend stars, Bennett Stirtz, was planning to follow McCollum to #IowaCity for his senior season.
Combine those boosts with some of the impressive interview clips that had been circulated in recent days, and it was a stone-cold lock that McCollum would decidedly “win the press conference” in his first public remarks as the #Hawkeyes’ new coach.
 
He, in fact, dominated the press conference.

To read more on what our Hawkeye columnist has to say, tap the link in our bio.

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ncaa, benmccollum, missouri, drake, hawkeyes, iowacity

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