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UNI finding success after Seth Tuttle

Register sports writers Andrew Logue, Chad Leistikow and Tommy Birch preview the matchups of the Big Four Classic between Iowa vs. Drake and Iowa State vs. UNI. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

Seth Tuttle is gone, but Northern Iowa is still shooting and scoring at an impressive clip.

In-state basketball fans were clamoring last season for a showdown between the NCAA Tournament-bound Panthers and Iowa State.

Tuttle’s absence would seem to dull the enthusiasm for Saturday’s meeting at the Big Four Classic in Des Moines, but coach Ben Jacobson has found others to pick up the slack.