The Iowa Hawkeyes are entering a new era on the men’s college basketball side of things. After 15 seasons under Fran McCaffery, which produced many highs but also some lows, the Hawks went out and got one of the best young up-and-coming coaches in the game. Ben McCollum, formerly of Drake, is the new head coach in Iowa, and there’s a ton of hype surrounding his tenure before it’s even begun. One of the biggest things that McCollum has done right away is quickly remake the Hawkeyes in his image. He brought in eight players via the transfer portal, including five who followed him from a Drake team that went 31-4 and won a March Madness game in a big upset over Missouri last season. Speaking of hype, one of those players, senior Bennett Stirtz, is getting a ton of it as the season quickly approaches. So much so that Stirtz was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team by the conference. It makes sense, too. Stirtz, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from Liberty, Missouri, was tremendous for McCollum at Drake last seasoRead More
Iowa begins Ben McCollum era with transfer player getting named to preseason All-Big Ten team
