While Iowa’s 2017-2018 basketball season was one of woefully-unmet expectations, the play of then-sophomore power forward Tyler Cook stood as clear bright spot in an otherwise dreary season. Throughout his two years in Iowa City, Cook has scored in double figures 44 times, has posted nine double-doubles, and is only the second player in program history to compile more than 500 points and 200 rebounds as a sophomore. Cook seriously flirted with the NBA this past spring before returning to school in hopes of improving on his Honorable Mention All-Big Ten season and elevating his stock in the 2019 NBA draft.