Joey Matteoni???

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Another Drake guy. All I have heard about him is that he is a shot blocker.

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Hawkeyes Add Matteoni to 2025-26 Roster

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Drake transfer Joey Matteoni will be joining the University of Iowa men’s basketball program this fall, it was announced Tuesday by head coach Ben McCollum. Matteoni, a 6-9, 215-p…
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Sounds to me like we have reached critical mass in building this roster.

We've got enough guys, guards, wings, frontcourt, backcourt, center that there will be good competition for playing time, good depth, may the best guys get the minutes.

I suppose they could still bring in another player or two, but they will be picky from here on out is my guess.

All these guys will be showing up in IC in a couple weeks, if they aren't there already, to begin the summer program. Ben evidently runs a good strength and containing program so they will get busy with that, the team will start working together. I believe their contact with coaches is minimal, but it will be a start.

I will look forward to the start of the season.
 


Zstatman said:
Sounds to me like we have reached critical mass in building this roster.

We've got enough guys, guards, wings, frontcourt, backcourt, center that there will be good competition for playing time, good depth, may the best guys get the minutes.

I suppose they could still bring in another player or two, but they will be picky from here on out is my guess.

All these guys will be showing up in IC in a couple weeks, if they aren't there already, to begin the summer program. Ben evidently runs a good strength and containing program so they will get busy with that, the team will start working together. I believe their contact with coaches is minimal, but it will be a start.

I will look forward to the start of the season.
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At least we will have football to tide us over in a few short months!
 


Zstatman said:
Sounds to me like we have reached critical mass in building this roster.

We've got enough guys, guards, wings, frontcourt, backcourt, center that there will be good competition for playing time, good depth, may the best guys get the minutes.

I suppose they could still bring in another player or two, but they will be picky from here on out is my guess.

All these guys will be showing up in IC in a couple weeks, if they aren't there already, to begin the summer program. Ben evidently runs a good strength and containing program so they will get busy with that, the team will start working together. I believe their contact with coaches is minimal, but it will be a start.

I will look forward to the start of the season.
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One HUGE advantage is many of the players will be familiar with the offense and defense and it won't be so much of a learning curve, but focused more on improving over their time at Drake. Should be fun to watch this fall. Curiosity will be at a peak the first season to see what Ben does with his first season in the B!G.
 




good article by Tyler Tachman on Joey on hawkcentral.

State champ as a junior in high school.

first team all-state as a senior.

Army, Navy an DII schools were his only offers.

He says as a senior he weighed 205 lbs 'on a good day'.

His weight is up to 230 lbs now and he says he feels he can put on more before the season starts.

He learned a lot during his redshirt year, the offense, how to prepare.

Who knows if Joey is just a big stiff or will he contribute this coming season? He certainly seems to understand what he needs to do and has prepared well.
 


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