Bennett Stirtz...

[Zstatman]

That Isaia Howard listed as entering the portal could be BM's PG in waiting. I remember him playing the Mizzou game saying he could play the 1 or the 2. He's 6'5" so Stirtz like height.

I looked him up and he was the Missouri Class 2 Player of the Year his senior year at Plattsburg HS. Plattsburg is a small town between Maryville and Kansas City. For you trivia fans, Plattsburg is the original hometown of Mavs coach Jason Kidd (I have a lot of useless data running around my brain). His family moved to the Bay Area when he was a young tyke. But maybe there is some good basketball DNA in the water there.

 

[kicker22]

That Isaia Howard listed as entering the portal could be BM's PG in waiting. I remember him playing the Mizzou game saying he could play the 1 or the 2. He's 6'5" so Stirtz like height.

I looked him up and he was the Missouri Class 2 Player of the Year his senior year at Plattsburg HS. Plattsburg is a small town between Maryville and Kansas City. For you trivia fans, Plattsburg is the original hometown of Mavs coach Jason Kidd (I have a lot of useless data running around my brain). His family moved to the Bay Area when he was a young tyke. But maybe there is some good basketball DNA in the water there.

Sounds like there's a chance that DNA could be landing in Iowa City. We can hope.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

I saw Manyawu entered the portal as well. I don't have the basketball IQ to say whether he has what it takes to in the B1G, but I enjoyed watching him play at Drake. He's 6-8, 228.

	GP	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
2024-25	35	18.8	57.8	0.0	49.5	5.3	0.9	0.7	1.3	2.6	1.1	7.1
2023-24	32	22.7	60.7	0.0	57.6	6.7	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.8	1.3	7.5

 

[Hawkfnntn]

I saw Manyawu entered the portal as well. I don't have the basketball IQ to say whether he has what it takes to in the B1G, but I enjoyed watching him play at Drake. He's 6-8, 228.

	GP	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
2024-25	35	18.8	57.8	0.0	49.5	5.3	0.9	0.7	1.3	2.6	1.1	7.1
2023-24	32	22.7	60.7	0.0	57.6	6.7	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.8	1.3	7.5

Needs to work on his FT shooting but everything else about him is great. Big time effort guy that's unselfish.