Fran McCaffery and the Hawkeyes land an athletic forward in the portal. It’s the offseason for college football and basketball, but even though the transfer portal is officially closed for new entrants, it is still portal season in both sports.
Iowa forward Patrick McCaffery, son of coach Fran McCaffery, has entered the transfer portal, according to the school. Patrick McCaffery has one season of eligibility remaining after playing in 123 games for the Hawkeyes over the past four-plus seasons.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team defeated Michigan State, 78-71, on Tuesday night at the Breslin Center. The Hawkeyes move to 16-11 on the season and 8-8 in Big Ten conference play.
Patrick McCaffery, shower philosopher, apparently delivered the perfect assessment of Iowa’s 88-86 overtime win over No. 20 Wisconsin on Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The second largest second-half comeback win in Iowa’s men’s basketball history was all but complete. Six seconds remained on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena clock, and guard Payton Sandfort jumped and thrust his fist twice toward the crowd.
Payton Sandfort and Patrick McCaffery scored 21 points apiece, and Iowa stormed back from a 20-point deficit in the second half to beat Minnesota 90-85 in a Big Ten matchup on Sunday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa.
The opportunities, Patrick McCaffery, are still there for Iowa’s men’s basketball team. But for the Hawkeyes to make a postseason tournament in a Big Ten schedule jammed with parity, they will have to win close games that have escaped them in recent weeks.
Iowa’s frontcourt depth may shift again this week heading into Wednesday’s home game with Maryland. Patrick McCaffery, who has missed the last two games with an injured ankle, might be available, coach Fran McCaffery said on Monday.
The historic win was inevitable. But it still brought out the emotions in Fran McCaffery, who became Iowa’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach with Monday’s 86-77 win at Minnesota.
Fran McCaffery became the winningest coach in Iowa history as the Hawkeyes pulled away for an 86-77 win over host Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Monday in Minneapolis.
BOX SCORE His 127th Big Ten win as Iowa’s coach was just like the others, Fran McCaffery said. The Hawkeyes’ 86-77 victory over Rutgers on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena helped McCaffery pass Tom Davis as the program’s all-time winningest coach in conference play.
The work all week for Iowa’s men’s basketball team was centered on defense. Then Northern Illinois went out and made two-thirds of its shots against the Hawkeyes in the first half of Friday’s game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Christmas break was coming, and maybe that was something Iowa’s men’s basketball team was thinking about early in the first half of Wednesday’s game against UMBC at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
BOX SCORE Iowa’s 90-80 loss to Michigan on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena ended a brutal week for the Hawkeyes, and led to plenty of questions of where the Hawkeyes go in the coming weeks.
BOX SCORE Iowa has never been a team prone to a large number of turnovers. What the Hawkeyes have done in the first week of the season has been special.
Patrick McCaffery poured in 22 points and Payton Sandfort recorded a double-double as Iowa beat Alabama State 98-67 on Friday night in Iowa City, Iowa.
Fran McCaffery used two groups of lineups in Monday’s 103-76 exhibition win over Quincy at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and each did its job. There were the experienced starters — Dasonte Bowen, Tony Perkins and Payton Sandfort at guard, and Ben Krikke and Patrick McCaffery at the two forward spots.
Fran McCaffery’s Iowa teams have featured some of the nation’s best players in the last four seasons. From national player of the year Luka Garza to first-round NBA draft picks Keegan and Kris Murray, the Hawkeyes have had solid rosters with star power.
Patrick McCaffery likes the youthfulness around Iowa’s men’s basketball team, joking that last season’s team was, well, as he said, “old.” “I mean, Filip
The noise started when Patrick McCaffery headed from the Iowa bench to check into the game. The applause became a standing ovation when McCaffery entered the game.
Fran McCaffery expects his son Patrick to return to playing for the Iowa men’s basketball team. Whether it will be in Thursday’s game at Michigan State will be a “game-time decision,” the Hawkeyes’ coach said on Wednesday.
Iowa forward Patrick McCaffery announced Tuesday that he is taking an indefinite leave from the basketball team to address anxiety issues. "I have been battling anxiety for a while, and recently it has peaked, which has inhibited my preparation and performance on the court," McCaffery wrote in a statement.