Guards Austin Ash and Joe Toussaint put their names into the transfer portal. Iowa did have several players exit via the transfer portal. Meanwhile, McCaffery chose to make use of a sixth and final season of eligibility. Ogundele entered his name into the transfer portal, but the 6-foot-11, 265 pound center ultimately chose to return to the Hawkeyes. Still, while the Hawkeyes lost out there, Iowa retained a pair of its core in key reserves Connor McCaffery and Josh Ogundele. Both chose elsewhere as Aimaq is headed to Texas Tech and Akwuba is off to Ole Miss. The Hawkeyes were in the mix late for a pair of highly-sought after transfer portal additions in former Utah Valley big Fardaws Aimaq and former Louisiana big Theo Akwuba. Murray is coming back to Iowa City for his junior season and, really, that decision alone is a game-changer for Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery. His twin brother Kris Murray testing out the NBA draft waters might have caught some by surprise, but it ended with the result Hawkeye fans were hoping for. He’s a surefire lottery pick and there’s just no sense in risking injury by returning to Iowa City. He averaged a Power Five best 23.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, which ranked second in the Big Ten. Keegan Murray’s decision to head into the 2022 NBA draft came as no surprise. That’s the case for the Iowa men’s basketball program entering the 2022-23 season after what can best be termed as an offseason of uncertainty.
Let’s take a look at those 11 players below.It’s amazing how much the complexion can change after several decisions. Over the past month, 11 more players across the 2023, 20 recruiting classes have been offered by the Iowa Hawkeyes. That’s just the tip of the recruiting iceberg. 51 overall player in the 2024 class, the No. Koch is rated as a four-star talent, the nation’s No. Of course, Iowa also picked up a commitment from four-star, class of 2024 power forward Cooper Koch out of Peoria Notre Dame High School in Illinois. That group included 2023 small forward Kaden Cooper, 2023 small forward Jamie Kaiser, 2024 center Raleigh Burgess, 2024 combo guard Nick Janowski, 2024 shooting guard Nojus Indrusaitis, 2024 point guard Travis Perry and 2025 center Kai Rogers.
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Hawkeyes Wire detailed a series of seven Iowa basketball offers last month. Of course, while all of this was underway, the staff remained busy on the summer recruiting trail. Gatens sounds thrilled with the opportunity to be back in Iowa City.įinally, Iowa added Tristan Spurlock to the staff as the team’s director of player development. Then, to replace former assistant coach Kirk Speraw, McCaffery and the Hawkeyes went and found a familiar face in new assistant coach Matt Gatens from Drake. That replaced the departure of former assistant coach Billy Taylor. Courtney Eldridge was elevated to one of the Hawkeyes’ assistant coaches from director of recruiting and player development. Of course, Iowa had some staff changes this summer as well.
All in all, it’s a pretty talented projected starting lineup and set of reserves for the Hawkeyes. With the potential emergence of Payton Sandfort and more production from Patrick McCaffery, Iowa has the makings of another NCAA Tournament team heading into the 2022-23 men’s basketball season. Kris is happy with his decision to come back to Iowa for another season and it sets up an opportunity for him to fully showcase everything that he’s capable of as the Hawkeyes’ primary star. Meanwhile, in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes got great news with the return of Keegan’s twin brother, Kris Murray.
Murray’s fit with the Kings is looking better every second. Murray’s stardom throughout the Summer League has made Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery look pretty smart with his remarks for any of the immediate naysayers. 4 overall by the Sacramento Kings and has put on a show with his NBA Summer League performances. It’s been a busy offseason for the Iowa men’s basketball program.
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