Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery finally closed out his 2015-16 recruiting class Monday with the commitment of Tyler (Tex.) Community College forward Dale Jones. The 6'8, 220-lb. power forward is unranked by most of the recruiting sites -- 247 gave him a cursory two-star ranking when Iowa offered -- but had been pursued by Minnesota. He was in Iowa City this past weekend for an official visit, and apparently signed a letter of intent before leaving.
Jones originally graduated from Waterloo West in 2012 at about 6'5 and 200 pounds. He didn't draw much recruiting interest as an undersized power forward, even though he averaged a double-double as a senior and could clearly jump.