With the start of football season only a few weeks away, Hawkeye fans have understandably fixed their attention on Kirk Ferentz’s team, pouring over practice photos, twitter videos released by the program, and unsourced reports about which players are set for a breakout year. However, the summer of 2022 has also been an extremely productive one for Fran McCaffery and the Iowa basketball program. Earlier this month, McCaffery secured a commitment from four-star small forward Pryce Sandfort, the younger brother of freshman flamethrower Payton Sandfort who provided Iowa with a consistent scoring spark off the bench last season. Pryce is now the third committed player for the class of 2023, joining three-star power forward/center Owen Freeman and criminally overlooked point guard Brock Harding.
Iowa Basketball’s 2023 Recruiting Class Could Be Fran McCaffery’s Magnum Opus
