Iowa Hoops Recruiting: Pryce Sandfort Commits to Hawkeyes

We’re counting down the Saturdays till the return of faculty soccer and far of the eye over the summer season has been on the comings and goings of Iowa soccer, however Fran McCaffery and employees have additionally been extremely busy over the past a number of weeks. That included an lively analysis interval in July capped off by a giant official go to weekend every week in the past.

Earlier this week, we took a have a look at the 2 guests on the town, Waukee native Pryce Sandfort and Maine native JP Estrella. Each are huge time prospects and each got here in excessive on the Hawkeyes. From all studies, each Sandfort and Estrella actually loved their visits and getting to hang around with one another.

On Saturday, Sandfort confirmed simply how a lot he liked the go to when he introduced his dedication to McCaffery and the Hawkeyes.

As most Hawkeye followers will know, Sandfort is the youthful brother of sophomore ahead Payton Sandfort. He’s a 4-star small ahead based on 247 Sports activities’ composite rankings, however is a 3-star on Rivals.

Much like his older brother, Pryce Sandfort boasts a lightning-quick launch and really stable taking pictures for a participant of his dimension. Talking of dimension, the youthful Sandfort has loads of it for a small ahead. He’s listed at 6’7” and 190 kilos as a senior-to-be. That’s notable given Payton was listed on the similar top as a prospect however is now reportedly as much as 6’9”.

Whereas Pryce is an excellent shooter, maybe higher than Payton, what actually stands out when making the plain comparability to Payton is a greater potential to created off the bounce on the similar age. No person goes to confuse him for a degree guard, however when Fran first began recruiting him that’s precisely the place the employees noticed the youthful Sandfort. As he has continued to develop, he’s stored most of his ball-handling talents and may combine them in properly with the short set off from deep.

So how does he slot in with Iowa’s system? Very properly. Talking with HawkeyeReport, Sandfort mentioned Fran expects him to return in with a inexperienced mild, able to knock down a great deal of photographs.

“They see me becoming in completely with how they need to play. Taking part in quick, taking pictures plenty of 3s, all of that. They see me enjoying the 1-3 or 4. Fran has informed me earlier than, he sees me coming in as a freshman and making 60 3s and having a giant function straight away. Clearly, it’s all as much as me and the way onerous I work.”

That’s not completely unreasonable for a participant who averaged 26.6 factors on 52.6% taking pictures with 40.5% from deep as a junior at Waukee Northwest. Sandfort additionally added 10.3 rebounds a sport a season in the past.

That helped the sharp shooter curiosity from a number of applications and sure would have led to much more presents if Iowa wasn’t seen as a probable vacation spot. Pryce garnered presents from Clemson, Nebraska, Seton Corridor and Washington State, in addition to Drake again when new Hawkeye assistant Matt Gatens was his lead recruiter.

Once more talking with HawkeyeReport, Sandfort mentioned Iowa simply felt just like the place for him primarily based on a number of components.

“On the go to it simply felt like residence. I didn’t need to be anyplace else or go to anyplace else. I fell in love with the campus and the imaginative and prescient that Coach Fran and Coach Gatens had for me. Additionally, I had a good time hanging out with the blokes.”

With Pryce Sandfort now on board, the Hawkeyes are as much as three commitments within the class of 2023. He joins Rock Island, Illinois native Brock Harding, a degree guard, and his new huge man down low, Owen Freeman.

Iowa at the moment has one scholarship nonetheless accessible, however with the variety of transfers in faculty basketball and the probability that Kris Murray does greater than take a look at the NBA Draft waters subsequent spring, the Hawkeyes make look so as to add a couple of extra scholarship participant this cycle. They may additionally decide to carry a gap heading into subsequent offseason now that there are two NIL teams lively and in a position to assist entice potential transfers.

Till then, all eyes shall be on JP Estrella, who visited with Sandfort as beforehand talked about.

Welcome aboard Pryce Sandfort!

Pryce Sandfort, SF
Hometown: Waukee, Iowa (Waukee)
Peak: 6’7”
Weight: 190 lbs
Star Ranking: 247 Sports activities – 4, Rivals – 3