IOWA CITY — Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery has no plans to red-shirt incoming freshman Peter Jok this fall. Actually, McCaffery expects Jok to compete for playing time right away. “With Peter, we looked at a lot of different players,” McCaffery said. “We just kept coming back to him as a guy that we think as a [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery offered Peter Jok a scholarship three years ago when the Des Moines-area athlete was national phenom. McCaffery and his staff kept in touch with Jok after he suffered a torn patella tendon his freshman basketball season. Iowa’s coaches stayed in contact when Jok had surgery to [...]

Iowa men’s basketball program has started to hit its recruiting stride with this year’s crop of five freshmen vaulting the Hawkeyes to 28th nationally in Rivals’ 2012 recruiting rankings. Today, Iowa will sign one player for the 2013 class — West Des Moines Valley guard Peter Jok. At 6-foot-6, Jok has a versatile game that [...]

IOWA CITY — As a freshman, Peter Jok once was the state’s best-known basketball prospect in the 2013 class, and Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery was there to recruit him. A knee surgery after Jok’s sophomore year kept him from reaching his potential at both West Des Moines Valley and with his AAU team, and Jok [...]