Less than 24 hours after Beth Goetz and the Iowa athletic department parted ways with head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery, the dam of Hawkeye players entering the transfer portal has broken.
First on the list? Iowa’s best player, and former Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Owen Freeman.
Freeman’s potential (but very, very likely) departure from the program would a tremendous blow for Hawkeye roster, irregardless of the fact that his entrance to the portal was rumored with or without a coaching change. With the numbers floating around out there that he could earn from elite programs, it’s hard to blame him.