Ever since taking over the head coaching job with Iowa men’s basketball, Ben McCollum has been aggressively pursuing top talent on the recruiting trail.
The program added Ethan Harris, Washington’s No. 1 overall prospect in the 2026 recruiting class, and 2026 Iowa Mr. Basketball Jaidyn Coon during the offseason, and haven’t stopped their pursuit of top future talent. McCollum and the program are still very much in the mix for top 2027 guard prospects Cayden Daughtry and Jalen Davis, and have recently gotten more great news as two top-50 2028 prospects have locked in visits to campus.
2028 No. 6 overall prospect Bentley Lusakueno locked in an official visit
With college football ramping up and the calendar flipping to September, McCollum hasn’t changed his recruiting strategy. He knows the type of guys he wants and gets involved in recruiting as early as possible. That remains true for the 2028 recruiting class, as a top-10 overall prospect has locked in an official visit to the program.
Visit News: Bentley Lusakueno, the No. 6 overall prospect in the class of 2028, has scheduled official visits to Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Illinois and Iowa, source tells @247SportsStory: https://t.co/oN1Cc7Nknupic.twitter.com/s1hLDVfDB5
— Dushawn London (@DushawnLondon1) September 2, 2026
According to 247Sports national basketball recruiting analyst Dushawn London, Bentley Lusakueno, the No. 6 overall player in the 2028 recruiting class, has scheduled an official visit with the Iowa program on September 25. 247Sports currently ranks Lusakueno as a five-star prospect, Florida’s No. 3 overall prospect, the No. 3 power forward prospect, and the No. 6 overall prospect in the 2028 recruiting class. Lusakueno is an extremely skilled big who can get to the rim at ease and can run the floor extremely well…