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Meet the Hawkeyes: Check out the Iowa men's basketball roster for 2025-26
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Updated: 12:16 PM CDT Oct 16, 2025
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Bennett Stirtz highlights a list of six former Drake Bulldogs who followed coach Ben McCollum from Des Moines to Iowa City. Stirtz, who started his college career with McCollum at Northwest Missouri State, led the NCAA in minutes played per game last season at Drake. He led the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring (19.2 points per game) and steals (2.21 per game) and the conference's player of the year and newcomer of the year awards. McCollum was hired after Iowa fired longtime head coach Fran McCaffery in March. His first season in Iowa City gets underway Nov. 4 against Robert Morris. Here's the team that will take the floor:Meet the Iowa men3 Cam Manyawu | ForwardJunior from Kansas City, Missouri6-foot-9, 250 pounds5 Peyton McCollum | GuardFreshman from Maryville, Missouri6-foot-2, 180 pounds6 Tavion Banks | Guard/ForwardSenior from Kansas City, Missouri6-foot-7, 215 pounds7 Alvaro Folgueiras | ForwardJunior from Malaga, Spain6-foot-10, 230 pounds8 Cooper Koch | ForwardRedshirt freshman from Peoria, Illinois6-foot-8, 220 pounds10 Jacob Koch | GuardSophomore from Iowa City6-foot-2, 185 pounds11 Kael Combs | GuardJunior from Nixa, Missouri6-foot-4, 205 pounds14 Bennett Stirtz | GuardSenior from Liberty, Missouri6-foot-4, 190 pounds15 Brendan Hausen | GuardSenior from Amarillo, Texas6-foot-4, 220 pounds20 Trey Thompson | ForwardFreshman from Greeneville, Tennessee6-foot-8, 220 pounds23 Isaia Howard | GuardSophomore from Plattsburg, Missouri6-foot-5, 215 pounds24 Tate Sage | GuardFreshman from Weatherford, Oklahoma6-foot-7, 210 pounds27 Trevin Jirak | CenterFreshman from West Des Moines6-foot-11, 250 pounds44 Joey Matteoni | ForwardRedshirt freshman from Overland Park, Kansas6-foot-9, 220 pounds
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Bennett Stirtz highlights a list of six former Drake Bulldogs who followed coach Ben McCollum from Des Moines to Iowa City.
Stirtz, who started his college career with McCollum at Northwest Missouri State, led the NCAA in minutes played per game last season at Drake. He led the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring (19.2 points per game) and steals (2.21 per game) and the conference's player of the year and newcomer of the year awards.
McCollum was hired after Iowa fired longtime head coach Fran McCaffery in March. His first season in Iowa City gets underway .
Here's the team that will take the floor:
Meet the Iowa men
3 Cam Manyawu | Forward
- Junior from Kansas City, Missouri
- 6-foot-9, 250 pounds
5 Peyton McCollum | Guard
- Freshman from Maryville, Missouri
- 6-foot-2, 180 pounds
6 Tavion Banks | Guard/Forward
- Senior from Kansas City, Missouri
- 6-foot-7, 215 pounds
7 Alvaro Folgueiras | Forward
- Junior from Malaga, Spain
- 6-foot-10, 230 pounds
8 Cooper Koch | Forward
- Redshirt freshman from Peoria, Illinois
- 6-foot-8, 220 pounds
10 Jacob Koch | Guard
- Sophomore from Iowa City
- 6-foot-2, 185 pounds
11 Kael Combs | Guard
- Junior from Nixa, Missouri
- 6-foot-4, 205 pounds
14 Bennett Stirtz | Guard
- Senior from Liberty, Missouri
- 6-foot-4, 190 pounds
15 Brendan Hausen | Guard
- Senior from Amarillo, Texas
- 6-foot-4, 220 pounds
20 Trey Thompson | Forward
- Freshman from Greeneville, Tennessee
- 6-foot-8, 220 pounds
23 Isaia Howard | Guard
- Sophomore from Plattsburg, Missouri
- 6-foot-5, 215 pounds
24 Tate Sage | Guard
- Freshman from Weatherford, Oklahoma
- 6-foot-7, 210 pounds
27 Trevin Jirak | Center
- Freshman from West Des Moines
- 6-foot-11, 250 pounds
44 Joey Matteoni | Forward
- Redshirt freshman from Overland Park, Kansas
- 6-foot-9, 220 pounds
