Articles Tagged: Ben McCollum

Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz strongly considered turning pro after last season at Drake, but instead is spending a fourth year with Ben McCollum, this time at Iowa.

Redshirt freshman forward Cooper Koch is the only returning scholarship player on Iowa’s roster.

Peyton McCollum averaged 13.1 points, 5.2 steals for Waukee Northwest’s state runner-up team

Hawkeyes Coach Ben McCollum says Stirtz, who has been with him the last three years, will be an NBA first-round draft pick next year.

The new Iowa men’s basketball coach said there’s no magic in building a winner. McCollum said he looks at the emotional side of players as much or more as their physical attributes.

Tate Sage, who was recruited to Drake by Ben McCollum, will join McCollum’s Iowa program.

The men’s basketball teams of Iowa and Northern Iowa will participate in a tournament in Palm Desert, Calif., in the last week of November.

Folgueiras, a Spaniard, helped Robert Morris win the Horizon’s regular-season and tournament titles.

Hausen averaged 10.9 points for K-State in 2024-25. He has made 178 career 3-pointers.

The 6-foot-9 senior from state-champ West Des Moines Valley switched his commitment from Northern Iowa to Iowa.

Luke Barnwell was an assistant coach for two years at Texas Tech before joining McCollum’s Hawkeyes.

College basketball analyst Jess Settles joins host John Steppe on this week's episode of Hawk Off the Press to talk about Iowa men’s basketball.

Connor Wheeler was on Ben McCollum’s staff in the 2024-25 season, as were two other new Iowa assistants

Banks averaged 10.1 points, 5 rebounds for the Bulldogs and was on MVC’s All-Tournament team.

Cam Manyawu and Kael Combs, both part of McCollum’s rotation on his Missouri Valley Conferece-championship team, are becoming Hawkeyes.