Summary: Stirtz is a savvy shot-creator with high-level feel who carried Drake like a one-man band, showing the playmaking and shooting touch to fit into a modern offense. If he adjusts to the physicality and speed of the NBA,

Drake basketball’s Bennett Stirtz will enter the transfer portal with the intent to join Ben McCollum at Iowa, he confirmed to the Register on Tuesday. Jeff Goodman was the first to report the news. Stirtz informed the Register that he plans to test NBA Draft waters but will maintain his college eligibility with the intent to play for Iowa next season.

Drake's leading scorer, Bennett Stirtz, is transferring to Iowa. With the move, Stirtz follows head coach Ben McCollum, who accepted the top job with the Hawkeyes on Monday. Stirtz was named Player of the Year in the Missouri Valley Conference and was an honorable mention All-American after averaging a league-leading 19.

In a move that reshapes the landscape of Iowa basketball, junior point guard Bennett Stirtz announced his decision to enter the transfer portal and commit to Iowa. The announcement comes just one day after Ben McCollum was named the Hawkeyes’ new head coach on March 24,

Bennett Stirtz led the Drake Bulldogs with 21 points and four assists in the team's 67-57 win over Missouri in the NCAA Tournament.

He may not have been well-known during the season, but the whole country knows his name now. Drake star Bennett Stirtz took the nation by storm in his first NCAA Tournament game in his first Division I season.

A team from one of the power conferences is set to win the national championship. On Monday, the transfer portal opened, and within hours, an overwhelming number of athletes flooded in. One of the tournament's standout players who flew under the radar was Drake's Bennett Stirtz.

Just days after Iowa announced that former Drake head coach Ben McCollum would be taking over as the program's next head coach, one of his former players appears set to follow him to Iowa City. Drake guard Bennett Stirtz is set to enter the transfer portal and intends to join the Hawkeyes alongside McCollum,

Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Bennett Stirtz will follow coach Ben McCollum to Iowa basketball.