Owen Freeman

Owen Freeman (born November 15, 2004) is an American college basketball center for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Early life and high school
Freeman attended high school at Bradley-Bourbonnais. In Freeman's senior season, he helped lead his school to a state title. Coming out of high school, Freeman decided to commit 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.

College career
Ten games into Freeman's freshman season, he earned a starting spot in the Hawkeyes lineup. On February 11, 2024, Freeman helped the Hawkeyes defeat Minnesota after scoring 17 points, and setting a career high in rebounds with 14, while also having career highs in assists with four and blocking four shots. On March 10th, Freeman blocked five shots in a loss against Illinois. For his performance on the 2023-24 season, Freeman was named the Big Ten freshman of the year by the media and the co-Big Ten freshman of the year by the coaches. Throughout the 2023-24 season, Freeman was named the Big Ten freshman of the week nine times. Freeman 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.