High School Top 25 team preview: No. 24 Iowa City West

By Staff Report Nov 9, 2016, 11:00am

McCaffery brothers hope to help Trojans reclaim the throne in Iowa.

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24. Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa)

Head coach: Steve Bergman (522-181 career record)

2015-16 record: 22-5

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Devontae Lane (6-2, Sr., G) … Receiving recruiting interest for both basketball and football

Connor McCaffery (6-6, Sr., G) … Committed to Iowa



Patrick McCaffery (6-7, So., G/F) … MVP at recent Pangos All-Midwest Frosh/Soph Camp

STORYLINES

* Connor and Patrick McCaffery are the sons of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery. Connor averaged 15.3 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game as a junior en route to first team Class 4A All-State honors. Patrick, a cancer survivor, was regarded as one of the state's best freshman a year ago and really turned heads at the Pangos All-Midwest Frosh/Soph Camp in October.

* The Trojans should be hungry to reclaim the throne in Iowa after three-peat state titles in 2012, 2013 and 2014. West reached the semifinals in 2015 and lost in last year's final to West Des Moines Valley 46-39. The program has six state titles all-time.

KEY DATES

Dec. 2 – vs. Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, Ill.)



Jan. 14 – vs. Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, Kan.)

Feb. 18 – vs. Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.)