Owen Freeman

Freeman attended Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School before transferring to Moline High School for his senior season. As a senior, at Moline High School he helped lead his school to a state title.^[1] Coming out of high school, Freeman committed to play college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes over offers from other schools such as Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Indiana, Marquette, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, Butler, Wake Forest, Illinois, and Western Illinois.^[2]

Freeman earned a starting spot in the Hawkeyes lineup ten games into his freshman season.^[3] On February 11, 2024, he recorded 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds while also having career highs in assists with four and blocking four shots in a win over Minnesota.^[4] On March 10, Freeman blocked five shots in a loss to Illinois.^[5] For his performance on the 2023–24 season, he was named the Big Ten freshman of the year by the media and the co-Big Ten freshman of the year by the coaches.^[6][7] Throughout the 2023–24 season, Freeman was named the Big Ten freshman of the week nine times.^[8] He finished his freshman season in 2023–24 playing in 34 games with 25 starts where he averaged 10.6 points per game, 6.6 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, and 1.8 blocks per game.^[9]