Iowa Basketball: Patrick McCaffery granted hardship waiver, his impact on the 2020 season

IOWA CITY, IOWA- FEBRUARY 8: Forward Ryan Kriener #15, forward Luka Garza #55, guard Connor McCaffery #30, guard C.J. Fredrick #5 guard Joe Toussaint #1 and guard Joe Wieskamp #10 of the Iowa Hawkeyes cheer from the bench in the second half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 8, 2020 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)

Iowa Basketball received good news yesterday when it announced that Patrick McCaffery’s hardship waiver was approved by the Big Ten conference. In layman’s terms, Patrick McCaffery will not lose a year of eligibility for dealing with “residual health issues” related to his diagnosis of thyroid cancer in 2014.