 McCaffery with Iowa in 2022 | |
| No. 22–Butler Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 20, 2000 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| College | |
Patrick D. McCaffery (born March 20, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Butler Bulldogs of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
McCaffery was born in Greensboro, North Carolina where his father, Fran McCaffery was the head basketball coach at UNC Greensboro and spent his early childhood there until moving to Albany, New York after Fran became the head coach at Siena. He moved with his family to Iowa City, Iowa at age ten when his father was named the head coach at the University of Iowa. McCaffery was diagnosed with thyroid cancer when he was 13 years old. [1] He was diagnosed cancer free after three months of treatment, including two surgeries. [2]
McCaffery attended Iowa City West High School and made the varsity basketball team as a freshman. [3] He was named first-team All-State after winning the 2017 4A State Championship and averaged 19.9 points and six rebounds per game in his junior season. McCaffery repeated as a first-team All-State selection after averaging 25.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. [4] He also set Iowa City West's scoring record during his senior season. [5] McCaffery was rated a consensus top-100 recruit and committed to playing college basketball for his father at Iowa. [6]
McCaffery played in two games as a freshman before missing the rest of the season after encountering complications from his cancer treatment. [7] He ultimately was granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA and allowed to use a redshirt on the season. [8] [9] He played in all 31 of the Hawkeyes games as a redshirt freshman and averaged 5.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. [10] McCaffery became a starter and averaged 10.5 points and 3.6 rebounds as a redshirt sophomore. [11]
McCaffery started the first 14 games of his redshirt junior season before taking a leave of absence from the team, citing the need to address his mental health. [12] He returned to the team after a six-game leave of absence. [13] McCaffery served as a key reserve coming off the bench after his return. [14] He finished the season averaging 9.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 27 games played. [15] McCaffery played in 31 games with 15 starts during his redshirt senior season and averaged 8.9 points and 2.8 rebounds. After the season, McCaffery decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and entered the NCAA transfer portal. [16]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Iowa | 2 | 0 | 13.5 | .300 | .000 | – | 2.5 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 3.0 |
| 2020–21 | Iowa | 31 | 0 | 14.6 | .438 | .302 | .707 | 2.7 | .9 | .4 | .4 | 5.2 |
| 2021–22 | Iowa | 32 | 32 | 24.2 | .422 | .330 | .714 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .6 | .5 | 10.5 |
| 2022–23 | Iowa | 27 | 14 | 22.4 | .409 | .347 | .771 | 3.5 | 1.0 | .8 | .4 | 9.8 |
| 2023-24 | Iowa | 31 | 15 | 23.0 | .441 | .312 | .788 | 2.8 | 1.2 | .4 | .3 | 8.9 |
| Career | 123 | 61 | 20.9 | .425 | .323 | .750 | 3.1 | 1.2 | .5 | .4 | 8.5 | |
McCaffery's father, Fran McCaffery, played college basketball at Wake Forest and Penn before entering coaching. [18] His mother, Margaret, played basketball at Notre Dame and was an All-American. [19] His brother Connor also played basketball for Iowa. [20] While undergoing treatment for cancer McCaffery became close friends with NBA star Chris Paul. [21]
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