Sad news about a former Hawkeye great. John Johnson, one of the stars of Iowa's sensational 1969-70 team, has passed away at the age of 68.
— Iowa Basketball (@IowaHoops) January 9, 2016
Johnson, a JUCO transfer from a school in Wyoming, had a short Iowa career -- just two years, 1968-69 and 1969-70 -- but he was brilliant in the short time he was in Iowa City. Johnson scored a school-record 699 points as a senior, averaging a mind-boggling 27.9 ppg in Iowa's 25-game season. He also has Iowa's two highest-scoring games of all time, 49 versus Northwestern in 1970 and 46 against UW-Milwaukee in 1968, led the team in scoring and rebounding both years he was at Iowa, and was named team MVP as a junior and a senior.