It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Iowa men’s basketball. Forward Kris Murray officially chose to return to Iowa City instead of remaining in the 2022 NBA draft.
Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery also announced the hiring of former Hawkeye guard and now assistant coach Matt Gatens. With the assistant coaching staff now whole after the addition of Gatens and the elevation of Courtney Eldridge, the Hawkeyes can now turn their attention full bore into summer recruiting efforts.
McCaffery and his staff have made the most out of the past few days and weeks on the recruiting trail, offering six different players across the 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruiting classes. Let’s take a look at each of the six players Iowa has offered since
2023 small forward, Kaden Cooper
Kaden Cooper is a four-star small forward out of The Skill Factory in Atlanta, Ga. According to 247Sports, the 6-foot-5, 180 pound wing is the nation’s No. 48 player in the 2023 class, the No. 8 small forward and the No. 5 player from Georgia.
In addition to Iowa, Cooper also holds Power Five offers from Alabama, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Kansas State, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, Texas, Texas Tech and Wake Forest.
2023 small forward, Jamie Kaiser
To end the month of May, Iowa offered 2023 small forward Jamie Kaiser out of Bishop Ireton High School in Burke, Va.
A pair of 247Sports reporters from InsideMDSports, Colby Giacubeno and Jeff Ermann, recently put in crystal ball predictions for Kaiser to commit to Maryland. Virginia and Wisconsin are also considered as the other two leaders to potentially land Kaiser.
Still, there’s no harm in Iowa offering the four-star talent. According to 247Sports, Kaiser is the No. 77 player nationally, the No. 15 small forward and the second-best player from Virginia in the 2023 class.
2024 center, Raleigh Burgess
One of the Hawkeyes’ most recent offers was to class of 2024 center Raleigh Burgess. A 6-foot-10, 205 pound center out of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Burgess also holds offers from Cincinnati, Indiana, Ole Miss, Penn State, Purdue, Wake Forest and Wisconsin.
2024 combo guard, Nick Janowski
Nick Janowski, a 2024 combo guard from Pewaukee High School in Wisconsin, also picked up a Hawkeyes offer. The 6-foot-3, 180 pound guard is rated by
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