Iowa Hawkeyes Land Eye-Opening Transfer Portal Take

The Iowa Hawkeyes' basketball program has entered a new era, as Iowa fired Fran McCaffery after 15 years at the helm and replaced him with former Drake Bulldogs coach Ben McCollum.

McCaffery's departure resulted in the Hawkeyes losing the vast majority of their roster to the transfer portal, so McCollum had his work cut out for him right from the jump.

That didn't come as much off a surprise, as teams typically see a mass exodus once a coach leaves. Still, it didn't make McCollum's job any easier.

However, the 44-year-old has been able to put together an impressive haul himself in the transfer portal, snatching six former Drake players — including Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Bennett Stirtz — as well as some other notable transfers across the country to build a rather solid roster heading into his inaugural campaign as Iowa's head coach.

Tobias Bass of The Athletic really seems to like what the Hawkeyes have done this offseason, and he has listed Iowa among his biggest winners of the transfer portal.