IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's only all-Big Ten Conference
basketball selection from last season is leaving the team.
     
Tony Freeman says coach Todd Lickliter didn't treat him with
respect during a post-season meeting.
     
Freeman, a junior, says Lickliter asked him if he ever thought
about transferring and insinuated that he wasn't compatible with
the system the coach is trying to run.
     
Freeman says the final undoing was when Jarryd Cole and Cyrus
Tate were named as co-captains for next season.
     
Freeman says he loves those guys, but he was the one who make
made third-team all-Big Ten last year.
     
In a statement from university, Lickliter, a first-year coach,
says he wishes Freeman nothing but success in the future.
     
Freeman, an off-guard who played point out of necessity, was
with the Hawkeyes for three seasons.
     
He can transfer to a lower-division school and gain immediate
eligibility. Or, he can sign on with a Division One school, but
must sit out a season before he's eligible to play.