When the Iowa Hawkeyes fired Fran McCaffery they immediately pivoted to bring McCollum back home, and since then he's done everything he can to make himself comfortable in his new

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

Drake basketball added a new piece to the program on Wednesday. Braden Appelhans announced his commitment to the Bulldogs on social media. The 6-foot-7 guard comes to Drake after three seasons at New Mexico.

As the Iowa basketball program reforms its roster ahead of Ben McCollum's first year, the Hawkeyes have added four-star transfer portal forward Cam Manyawu to the roster as he rejoins McCollum after playing one season at Drake.

Kael Combs started at Wyoming before joining McCollum at Drake. He played 13 minutes per game for McCollum’s 31-4 Bulldogs.

Iowa basketball struck gold with a headlining transfer portal addition that has the potential to change the program's trajectory.

As he deals with a depleted roster, New Iowa Head Men's Basketball Coach Ben McCollum grabs two more of his former Drake players from the transfer portal.

Iowa men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum has officially hired a pair of assistants to his first coaching staff with the Hawkeyes.

Drake transfer Kael Combs has committed to Iowa men’s basketball, per an announcement on his social media pages on Wednesday afternoon. The sophomore guard is the second player to follow Ben McCollum to Iowa City.