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Iowa basketball earns official visit from priority 2026 recruit
Iowa basketball is set to host one of its priority recruiting targets in the 2026 class later this month. Hawkeye Insider's Sean Bock reported that four-star forward Trey Thompson has set an official visit to Iowa for June 23. Advertisement Thompson is a four-star power forward in the 247Sports composite rankings, the nation's 131st-ranked player, the No. 26 power forward and the No. 4 player from Tennessee. The 6-foot-8 forward hails from Greeneville High School in the Volunteer State. Thompson also holds offers from schools such as Purdue, Tennessee, Indiana and Kansas. Other programs that have offered include Stanford, UConn, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Xavier, Appalachian State, Butler, East Tennessee State, Indiana State and Ohio. The Hawkeyes are currently without a 2026 commit, but Iowa also just hosted three-star in-state forward Colin Rice. Advertisement Thompson has garnered more and more attention from high-major programs as he excels with the Tennessee Impact team on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit. According to On3's Jamie Shaw, Thompson was averaging 17.6 points per game on 39.2% shooting from 3-point distance thus far in Adidas 3SSB Circuit play. Here's a look at Thompson's recent Adidas 3SSB highlights. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa basketball earns official visit from priority 2026 recruit
USA Today
12-05-2025
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- USA Today
In-state Iowa basketball 2026 recruit decommits from Hawkeyes
In-state Iowa basketball 2026 recruit decommits from Hawkeyes After reaffirming his commitment to Iowa in April, class of 2026 guard Navon Shabazz has now decommitted from the Hawkeyes. Hawkeye Insider's Sean Bock broke the news that Shabazz had decommitted from Iowa and that former Hawkeye head coach and current Penn men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery had offered. Shabazz is ranked as a three-star combo guard by 247Sports. 247Sports rates Shabazz as the nation's No. 21 combo guard and as the No. 4 player from Iowa. A member of Iowa United Prep, Shabazz picked up his initial offer from Iowa in February of 2024 before committing on Sept. 16, 2024. With a new head coach in Ben McCollum in place in Iowa City, it's not surprising that either the staff or player might have a different vision about the future as compared to the fit with the previous staff. Shabazz also picked up offers from Iowa State, Wake Forest, Siena and Southern Miss before initially committing to the Hawkeyes. The 2026 guard's decommitment leaves Iowa without a high school pledge in the cycle for the time being. Iowa flipped a pair of high school recruits in the 2025 class in former UNI signee Trevin Jirak and former Drake signee Tate Sage. Jirak is a 6-foot-10 center from Valley High School in West Des Moines, who averaged 16.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.1 blocks per contest while shooting 59.2% from the field, 38.6% from 3-point range, and 71.2% from the free-throw line. According to On3, Jirak is a three-star addition to the program, the nation's No. 27 power forward and the top player from Iowa in the 2025 class. Meanwhile, Sage is a 6-foot-7 guard from Weatherford, Oklahoma, that averaged 11.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game during his junior season. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
