Hawk Central: Evaluating McKeever, Coleman hoops pickups; inside Iowa QBs battle

About this episode

The episode discusses recent Iowa basketball pickups and the ongoing QB battle in Iowa football.

There's a lot happening in Hawkeye sports in late April, starting with the double-weekend pickups for Iowa men's basketball in Ty'Reek Coleman and Andrew McKeever. The Register's Chad Leistikow and Tyler Tachman break down their arrivals while evaluating the Ben McCollum Year 2 roster as a whole. We also explore Iowa football's QB battle between Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski. Finally, Dargan Southard makes his final Hawk Central appearance to take stock of Amari Whiting's signing with Iowa women's basketball.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chad Leistikow, Tyler Tachman

Guest: Dargan Southard

Topics covered

• Iowa men's basketball
• Iowa football
• QB battle
• recruiting
• Hawkeye sports

Keywords

• Ty'Reek Coleman
• Andrew McKeever
• Hank Brown
• Jeremy Hecklinski
• Amari Whiting
• Ben McCollum
• Hawkeye sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iowa men's basketball, Iowa football, Iowa women's basketball

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