After a sensational senior year with Iowa basketball, point guard Bennett Stirtz has officially been invited to the 2026 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago from May 10-17, according to the NBA.
Stirtz, who made stops at Northwest Missouri State and Drake before his lone season at Iowa, finished with a career Division I average of 19.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game on 48.7% field goal shooting, 37.2% 3-point shooting, and 82% from the free-throw line.
Stirtz averaged 19.8 points and 4.4 assists per game on 47.7% field goal shooting and 35.8% 3-point shooting last year with the Hawkeyes.
Alongside Stirtz, 14 other players from the Big Ten are listed among the 72 other names, including three from Michigan, three from Illinois, two from Wisconsin, and one each from UCLA, Purdue, Michigan State, Washington, Northwestern, and Ohio State.
Stirtz will join the 72 other NBA draft-eligible prospects from across the nation at the AWS NBA Draft Combine at Wintrust Arena and the Mariotte Marquis in Chicago with the 2026 NBA Draft occurring at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., from June 23-24.
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