Iowa Hoops Star Tavion Banks
Arrested After Alleged Drunken Bar Combat
Revealed
School basketball star Tavion Banks — who helped lead Drake to the second spherical of the NCAA event final 12 months — was arrested over the weekend for allegedly being concerned in a drunken bar struggle.
The 6-foot-7 wing, who transferred to the Univ. of Iowa this previous offseason, was taken into custody at round 1:16 AM on Saturday, after he was accused of being concerned in an altercation at ReUnion Brewery, a well-liked Iowa Metropolis spot that is a 13-minute stroll from the UI campus.
Particular particulars surrounding the incident are nonetheless not but identified, however courtroom paperwork state Banks was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct, preventing/violent habits.
“The UI Athletics Division and males’s basketball program are conscious of Tavion Banks’ quotation over the weekend,” the Iowa Athletics Division stated in an announcement Monday.
“He’s topic to established college protocol relating to the UI Scholar-Athlete Code of Conduct, and the foundations and laws set for members of the lads’s basketball program.”
Tavion Banks (@tavionbanks2) taking full benefit of his alternative. The Jr. Guard @drakeubball simply dropped 15pts|9reb|3blk|3stl to takedown Mizzou within the first spherical #MarchMadness 👀📈 pic.twitter.com/vrD27DtbN1
— Ballers Bridge (@BallersBridge) March 21, 2025
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Banks broke out final season with Drake, averaging 10.1 factors per sport and incomes the MVC Sixth Man of the Yr award.
He helped lead the Bulldogs to a 31-4 file and an upset win over No. 6 Missouri within the First Spherical of the NCAA Match, because of his 15 factors and 9 rebounds.
He transferred to UI to observe his former Drake head coach, Ben McCollum, who took the HC job in Iowa. Banks is among the six Drake gamers who transferred to the Hawkeyes.
