Summer workouts are underway at Iowa as a new era of Hawkeye basketball begins under Ben McCollum. The roster is almost entirely new. Redshirt freshman Cooper Koch is the only returning scholarship player returning from a team that finished 17-16 in the final season under former coach Fran McCaffery.

Koch on his decision to remain at Iowa.

Koch says on the court there has been an emphasis on defense but the biggest difference with the new coaching staff is off the court.

Senior forward Tavion Banks is one of six players who played for McCollum at Drake last season. The Bulldogs finished with a school record 31 wins and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Banks says the former Drake players are helping to install McCollum’s style of play.

Banks says he is not surprised so many former Drake players followed McCollum to Iowa.