Iowa athletic director Gary Barta apologized to the family of Hawkeyes basketball great Roy Marble on Tuesday for any hard feelings they have over the retirement of star player Luka Garza’s number. “We have learned since Sunday that Roy Marble’s family was hurt and feeling disrespected since that day,” Barta said. He and Garza are the only Iowa men’s players to score more than 2,000 points. Coach Fran McCaffery said he got involved in the discussions with the Marble family because he coached Roy Devyn Marble. “I felt it was important to do that,” McCaffery said, “and our conversations have been very positive and they will remain so as we move forward to honour Roy the way that he should be.”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

Source: thestar March 09, 2021 23:15 UTC