While the Iowa Men's Basketball squad sits outside the Top 25 before the 2025-2026 season, expectations are high in Head Coach Ben McCollum's first season in Iowa City.
McCollum has been successful at every stop he has made, holding a career record of 426-95 overall at Northwest Missouri State and Drake, as well as four Division II National Championship titles.
Iowa has 12 new players on the roster this season, including 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer and Player of the Year Bennett Stirtz and 2024 Horizon League Player of the Year Alvaro Folgueiras.
Folgueiras was a member of the Robert Morris program from 2023 to 2025 before joining Iowa this season.
With Folgueiras leading the way for the Colonials last season, they finished with a sparkling 26-9 overall record, including a 15-5 Horizon League conference record.
Robert Morris also won the Horizon League regular season and conference tournament titles last season.
Before the Hawkeyes battle the Colonials, here are all the important game notes.
How to watch Iowa versus Robert Morris
Date: November 4
Time: 7:30 p.m. Central Time
Venue: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
TV: Big Ten Network
Streaming: FuboTV
Iowa record: 0-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Robert Morris record: 0-0 (0-0 Horizon League)
Series history
This will be the first ever meeting between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Robert Morris Colonials.
Important Iowa program notes
Program notes provided by the University of Iowa Men's Basketball media guide
- Iowa has 12 newcomers to the squad this season
- Six of Iowa's players this season played for McCollum at Drake last year when they went 31-4
- Iowa's transfer portal class was ranked No. 8 overall by 247Sports
- Iowa has won its last 13 home openers
Game prediction
The Hawkeyes have a lot of question marks heading into the 2025-2026 season, but not enough for Robert Morris to come into Carver-Hawkeye Arena and get the upset.
Robert Morris will be without do-it-all forward Alvaro Folgueiras, and they lack the defense to slow down a high-powered offensive attack, orchestrated by Bennett Stirtz.
Stirtz will go off for 20-plus points, eight-plus assists, and add a few steals, while Folgueiras adds a double-double in his first game against his old squad.
Iowa will dominate this game and get their first win under new Head Coach Ben McCollum.
Final scored prediction: Iowa 86, Robert Morris 58