Welcome aboard, officially, Cooper Koch! Cooper Koch, PF He’s a top-75 prospect nationally according to virtually every recruiting service out there and chose the Hawkeyes over offers from Purdue, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Bradley and Western Illinois. As a junior at Peoria Notre Dame last season, Koch averaged 18.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals while shooting 48% from the field, 40% from beyond the arc and 85% from the FT line. He can knock it down from anywhere on the floor and has a well-developed repertoire of moves that should make him a day one contributor for the Hawkeyes. He has the size to post up smaller forwards but really excels with his face up game. The son of former Hawkeye JR Koch, Cooper is not quite as tall as his old man listed at just 6’7” but he is a very highly touted prospect out of Peoria, Illinois The Metamora product is likely to remind fans more of current Hawkeye Payton Sandfort than his father.Īt 6’7” and 205, his build is similar to Sandfort, as is his shooting stroke.

Here’s a look at both of Iowa’s class of 2024 signings from this week. Redshirt senior Patrick McCaffery could also choose not to use his COVID season while the transfer portal is always front of mind in today’s world. In the class of 2024, the Hawkeyes look to add more post depth as they are set to lose Valpo transfer big man Ben Krikke (who is currently using his COVID season at Iowa this year). All four of those freshmen saw meaningful playing time in Iowa’s opener and all have looked the part early. This comes on the heals of Iowa’s 41st ranked class of 2023 (per On3) that included 4-star Pryce Sandfort and 3-star prospects Owen Freeman, Brock Harding and Ladji Dembele.

The Hawkeyes signed a pair of prospects in the class of 2024, both of which look primed to be big contributors in future years.

That continued on Wednesday as college basketball’s national signing day snuck into the fray. That got underway earlier this week as both the Iowa men and women kicked off their seasons with home wins in the non-conference slate. The Iowa Hawkeyes may be right in the thick of a Big Ten West division title race with three regular season games left to go, but basketball season has already begun to take headlines away from the gridiron.

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