Iowa's Owen Freeman enters the transfer portal
Iowa's Owen Freeman enters the transfer portal
AND 11 OVERALL. IOWA BASKETBALL SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OVER. A SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON TELLS US THE HAWKEYES WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY POSTSEASON COMPETITION. THIS COMES ONE DAY AFTER HEAD COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY WAS LET GO WITH MCCAFFERY鈥橲 REMOVAL. A 30 DAY TRANSFER PORTAL WINDOW OPENS FOR ALL IOWA PLAYERS IN IOWA. CENTER OWEN FREEMAN IS TAKING THAT OPTION. FREEMAN ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE鈥橲 HITTING THE TRANSFER PORTAL. THE FRESHMAN WAS SIDELINED AFTER SEASON ENDING FINGER SURGERY IN EARLY FEBRUARY BEFORE INJURY. HE WAS AVERAGING 17 POINTS AND SEVEN REBOUNDS A GAME. SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE SWIRLS IN THE IOWA MEN鈥橲 BASKETBALL PROGRAM. ONE OF THE NAMES BEING TOSSED AROUND IS WEST VIRGINIA HEAD COACH DARREN DEVRIES. NOW, IF THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU, REMEMBER THAT DEVRIES WAS THE HEAD COACH AT DRAKE FOR SIX YEARS. HE LEFT LAST SPRING TO TAKE THE WEST VIRGINIA JOB. THE BUYOUT FOR DEVRIES IS 4.6 MILLION. THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE 4.26 MILLION IOWA HAS TO PAY. MCCAFFERY. THE DES MOINES REGISTER REPORTS THAT THE COMBINED $9 MILLION WOULD REPRESENT ONLY 5% OF IOWA ATHLETICS REVENUE. DEVRIES IS FROM APLINGTON, IOWA, AND HIS SON TUCKER DOES HAVE
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Iowa's Owen Freeman enters the transfer portal
Iowa star forward Owen Freeman announced his intention to enter the transfer portal Saturday morning. The news comes less than 24 hours after the school announced that it would be parting ways with longtime head coach Fran McCaffery.Freeman missed the final six weeks of the season after opting to get finger surgery. He led the Hawkeyes in points (16.7) alongside Payton Sandfort, rebounds (6.7) and blocks (1.8) this past season. As a freshman, he led the Big Ten in rebounds, blocks and double-doubles and was named the conference's co-Freshman of the Year.WATCH: Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery fired after 15 years
IOWA CITY, Iowa —
Iowa star forward Owen Freeman announced his intention to enter the transfer portal Saturday morning.
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The news comes less than 24 hours after the school announced that it would be parting ways with longtime head coach Fran McCaffery.
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Freeman missed the final six weeks of the season after opting to get finger surgery. He led the Hawkeyes in points (16.7) alongside Payton Sandfort, rebounds (6.7) and blocks (1.8) this past season.
As a freshman, he led the Big Ten in rebounds, blocks and double-doubles and was named the conference's co-Freshman of the Year.
WATCH: Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery fired after 15 years