A lousy week gets worse as Iowa basketball legend Roy Marble succumbs to cancer.
Roy Marble, the all-time leading scorer in Iowa basketball, has died of brain cancer, according to assistant coach Kirk Speraw and media reports. Marble was just 48 years old.
Marble's legacy is one of the most remarkable in program history. His 2,116 career points are best among men or women, he still leads the program in career two-pointers and free throws made, and though he never made first-team All-Big Ten, he was second-team twice and third-team another year, in one of the finest stretches in conference history.