Iowa (17-16, 7-13 Big Ten last season) is turning to Ben McCollum to energize a program that had faded the past two years under all-time wins leader Fran McCaffery.

McCollum was one of the biggest stories in college basketball last season. He moved up from Division II Northwest Missouri State to lead Drake to a school-record 31 wins, Missouri Valley regular-season and tournament championships and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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NBA draft prospect Bennett Stirtz , among five players and two recruits who followed McCollum from Drake, blossomed into the nation’s premier mid-major player last season. He was the first MVC player to record 600 points (673), 200 assists (200) and 70 steals (72) in a season.

Kansas State transfer Brendan Hausen provides much-ne

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